Annuals
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Annual | GAURA ‘Stratosphere Pink Picotee’ | Gaura | Butterfly-like light pink blooms all summer on an upright plant. Best if not fed too heavily. Heat and drought tolerant. May sometimes overwinter (zone 6 rated). |
18-20 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GAURA ‘Stratosphere White’ | Gaura | Butterfly-like white blooms all summer. Best if not fed too heavily. Heat and drought tolerant. May sometimes overwinter (zone 6). Upright habit. |
18-24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GLADIOLUS callianthus ‘Murielae’ | Abyssinian Sword Lily | Fragrant white blooms marked with purple in late summer. Attractive sword-like foliage. Corms easy to store in the north. Syn. Acidanthera |
2-4 feet | Sun | 7 | ||
Annual | GLADIOLUS ‘Mirella’ | Miniature Sword Lily | Bright red blooms with slightly ruffled edges in late summer. Corms are easily dug and brought inside to overwinter. |
18-24 inches | Sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA ‘All Around Purple’ | Gomphrena | Spherical 1 inch rich-purple flower heads are both excellent cut and dried flowers. Blooms through the summer. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA ‘Fireworks’ | Gomphrena | Spherical 1 inch hot pink flower heads tipped in yellow on strong stems are excellent cut flowers. Forms a large, bushy plant by the end of the summer. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA globosa ‘Red Selection’ | Gomphrena | Easy and free-flowering with spherical 1-2 inch red flower heads that are excellent both cut and dried. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GRAPTOSEDUM ‘Alpenglow” | Graptosedum | A Graptopetalum and Sedum hybrid. A bronze/pink succulent that trails as it grows. The rosettes grow tightly along the stem. Syn. Vera Higgins |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Succulent | ||
Annual | HEDERA helix -general | English Ivy | We’ve rooted cuttings from a few resident ‘mother’ ivy plants- ‘Filigran’, Henriette’, and ‘Ingobert’. Treated as a houseplant or for hanging baskets. Solid green ivies are tolerant of shade, while variegated ivies prefer part sun. |
12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | HELIANTHUS ‘Suncredible Saturn’ | Sunflower | Everblooming 4″ large yellow with orange-red banding; excellent cut flower. Doesn’t require deadheading; great for bees/birds/butterflies/critters, but deer resistant! |
24-32 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | HELICHRYSUM petiolare | Licorice Plant | Vigorous trailer with rounded, silver, wooly leaves. |
8-12" | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | HELICHRYSUM petiolare’Limelight’ | Licorice Plant | Outstanding foliage plants with 3′ branching stems and chartreuse woolly leaves. Outstanding in mixed containers. |
36-42 inch spread | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | HELIOTROPIUM arborescens ‘Marine’ | Heliotrope | Deep violet fragrant flower clusters over large, dark green foliage. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | HELIOTROPIUM ‘Augusta Lavender’ | Old fashioned fragrance! Light lavender with a yellow eye. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | HEMIZYGIA ‘Candy Kisses’ | Variegated soft leaves edged in cream with dark purple stems. In late summer it produces spikes of salvia-like flowers in a sweet shade of pink. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | |||||
Annual | HERBS -assorted culinary | We’ll have a selection of culinary herbs available- standards like thyme, basil, oregano, etc. plus some more uncommon varieties! |
Sun | Varies | ||||
Annual | HIBISCUS tiliaceus ‘Variegatus’ | Tricolor Hibiscus | Growing into a small tree with speckled variegated heart-shaped leaves with the newest growth flushed in red. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | HUERINA ‘Zebrina’ | Lifesaver Plant | Toothed stems are upright and trailing bearing the most unusual flowers that are star-shaped and striped with a red lifesaver candy-like center! |
4-6 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | HYMENOCALLIS harrisoniana | Spider Lily | Fragrant white flowers with delicate very narrow petals from a central cup. Blooms in midsummer. Glaucous strap-like foliage. Plant will go dormant in late summer. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | IMPATIENS ‘Bounce Pink Flame’ | Impatiens | Prolific bright-hot pink blooms; resistant to downy mildew; thrives in part sun and shade. |
14-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | IMPATIENS ‘Bounce White’ | Impatiens | Prolific white with dark eye blooms; resistant to downy mildew; thrives in part sun and shade. |
14-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | IMPATIENS ‘Sonic Salmon’ | New Guinea Impatiens | Compact habit and covered in extra large dark-salmon blooms. |
14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | IMPATIENS ‘Sonic White’ | New Guinea Impatiens | Deep green foliage with large pure white flowers. |
12-18 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | |||
Annual | IPOMEA ‘FloraMia Limon’ | Sweet Potato Vine | Heart-shaped lime-green foliage with a more compact habit, semi-trailing to only 2 feet. More shade tolerant. |
4-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | IPOMEA ‘FloraMia Rosso’ | Sweet Potato Vine | Heart-shaped leaves in shades of burgundy to copper trailing up to 2 feet. Very compact habit, great in hanging baskets. More shade tolerant. |
4-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | IPOMOEA alba | Moonflower | A tropical vine, grown here as an annual from seed, with large fragrant white flowers that open in the evening. |
10-12 feet | Full sun | |||
Annual | IPOMOEA ‘Chiaki’ | Morning glory | Twining vine with pale blue trumpets that fade to a pink throat. A bright white star completes the look. |
10-15 feet | Full sun | |||
Annual | IPOMOEA ‘Illusion Emerald Lace’ | Sweet Potato Vine | Deeply cut bright green foliage trails over the pot edge. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | ||||
Annual | IPOMOEA quamoclit | Cardinal Climber | Lacy and feathery foliage adorn this twining vine. Bright red stars bring in the hummingbirds like crazy! |
10-12 feet | Full sun | |||
Annual | IPOMOEA ‘Sidekick Heart Bronze’ | Sweet Potato Vine | Gold foliage with bronze tints cascades over the pot edge. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | ||||
Annual | JASMINUM officinale ‘Melissa’ | Jasmine | A selection of Poet’s Jasmine. The intensely fragrant white flowers are worthwhile to grow as an annual here in VT! Can also be overwintered indoors. This vining climber grows quickly and blooms from early summer through fall. Self-pollinating. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 7 | ||
Annual | KALANCHOE daigremontiana | Devil's Backbone, Mother of Thousands | The leaves grow tiny bulbils along the edges, and when they fall to the ground, they grow new plants. |
3 feet | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | KALANCHOE fedtschenkoi ‘Marginata’ | Rainbow Kalanchoe | Succulent, scallop-edged foliage is blue-green and variegated with cream and pink. Orange dangling bell flowers emerge in winter. |
12-20 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | KALANCHOE tomentosa ‘Chocolate Soldier’ | Teddy Bear Plant | Fuzzy, concave succulent leaves are tipped in brown. |
18-24 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | LAMPRANTHUS blandus ‘Pink Vygi’ | Pink Vygie | Small toothed succulent leaves with red dots are upright to trailing. Free blooming through summer with clusters of bright pink flowers. |
18-20 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Cherry’ | Lantana | Large umbels of hot pink flowers centered with yellow and peach on a compact plant. Heat and drought tolerant. |
12-24 inches | Tropical | |||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Cherry Sunrise’ | Lantana | Lantanas are heat/drought tolerant and great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds! Deep magenta-red with apricot and yellow. |
12-24 | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Lemon Zest’ | Lantana | Large clusters of lemon-yellow to creamy white blooms. |
12-24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Peach’ | Lantana | Large umbels of peach and yellow flowers on a compact plant. Heat and drought tolerant. |
14-16 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Pink’ | Mounding and bushy with bright pink flowers sporting a yellow eye, as the flowers age they turn completely pink. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Bandana Red’ | Lantana | Large clusters of red flowers shade to orange in the center. |
12-24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Confetti’ | Lantana | Upright-growing with flowers that are a combination of pink, salmon and red. |
2-3 feet | Tropical | |||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Light Yellow’ | Mounding with smaller leaves and pale yellow flowers. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Lucky Lavender’ | Lantana | The ‘Lucky’ series is known for being more compact and heavier-blooming. Lavender-pink/cream/yellow flowers from late-spring through fall attract pollinators. Deer/rabbit resistant; salt/heat tolerant. |
1-2 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Marmalade’ | Lantana | Bright red-orange blooms that butterflies love! Heat/drought tolerant. Mounding habit. Deer resistant. |
12-20 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Pink Caprice’ | Pink on the lower half, yellow on the upper half of every flower head on this mounding to slightly trailing plant. Hummingbird magnet |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | LANTANA ‘Radiation’ | A mix of glowing red and orange. Hummingbird magnet |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | LAURUS nobilis | Bay Laurel | Evergreen, sturdy and fragrant. Because it is slow growing, it makes an excellent container plant. Leave the pot outside during summer and bring it inside for the winter in colder zones. |
3-4 feet in a container | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | LEDEBOURIA socialis | Silver Scilla | Bulbous plant with spotted leaves and flowers in spring looking just like Grape Hyacinth. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | LEONOTIS leonurus | Lion's Ear | Brilliant orange, narrow tubular flowers in tiers on sturdy stems. Blooms late summer to fall. |
36-48 inches | Full sun |