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Annuals

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
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 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 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 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 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 pumila ’Silver Gray’ Dwarf Kalanchoe

Fleshy, lightly serrated foliage of silvery blue.   Lots of pink flowers in the spring.  Easy to grow container plant.

6-8 inches Full sun Overwinter Indoors
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 Pink’

Mounding and bushy with bright pink flowers sporting a yellow eye, as the flowers age they turn completely pink.

Full sun
Annual LANTANA ‘Confetti’ Lantana

Upright-growing with flowers that are a combination of pink, salmon and red.

2-3 feet 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
Annual LOBELIA erinus ‘Regatta Sky Blue’ Annual Lobelia

Lovely sky blue flowers on compact plants.  This variety is heat-tolerant and weather resistant.  An excellent choice for edging and containers.

4-6 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual LOBULARIA ‘Dark Violet’ Sweet Alyssum

Small, fragrant, dark purple flowers cover this moderate growing variety.

4-6 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual LOBULARIA ‘Stream White’ Sweet Alyssum

More compact with masses of fragrant white flowers.

8-12 Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual LOTUS berthelotii Parrot's Beak

Silvery, needle foliage and orange-red “parrot beak”-like blooms when evenings are cool. Trailing habit to 3 feet. Good foliage accent in containers.

6-8 inches Tropical
Annual MELIANTHUS major Peanut Butter Plant

Evergreen shrub with light bluish-green jagged foliage in whorls.

4-5 feet Full sun Tropical
Annual MELINIS nerviglumis ‘Pink Crystals’ Ruby Grass

Tender grass with erect blue-green leaves and panicles of rose-hued summer flowers that fade to white. Flower panicles are covered with silky hairs. Foliage turns purple-red in fall.

18-24 inches Sun Tropical
Annual MINA lobata Firecracker Vine

Twining vine with crimson to scarlet to orange to yellow and creamy white flowers all at once.

15 feet Sun Tropical
Annual MIRABILIS jalapa ‘Salmon Sunset’ Four-O'Clock

A new color choice in four O’Clocks! Salmon buds open to bright coral flowers with a brilliant magenta star in the center. Lush and full this plant makes a statement in any garden. Flowers open in late afternoon emitting a sweet orange blossom fragrance. Attracts hummingbirds and moths.

24-36 inches Full sun Tropical
Annual MIRABILIS ‘Marbles Mix’ Four O'Clocks

Striped, trumpet-shaped flowers emit an orange blossom scent on the evening air. Opening in late afternoon they attract hummingbirds by day and moths at night. The colors of the interesting flowers range from yellow and white to pink and orange.

24-36 Full sun Tropical
Annual NEPHROLEPIS cordifolia ‘Lemon Button’ Boston Fern

Resilient and un-finicky for a Boston fern; small size is great for growing indoors; leaves give off a faint lemony scent during the spring and summer.

12 inches Part Shade/Shade Tropical
Annual NEPHROLEPIS exaltata ‘Tiger’ Boston Fern

A Boston fern with dark green foliage streaked with chartreuse.

16-18 inches Part Shade/Shade Tropical
Annual NEPHROLEPIS obliterata ‘Kimberly Queen’ Australian Sword Fern

A vigorous upright-growing fern that will tolerate full sun.

2-4 feet Sun/Part Shade/Shade Tropical
Annual NICOTIANA alata ‘Lime Green’ Flowering Tobacco

Long, tubular, nocturnally-fragrant flowers in a bright lime-green.

3-5 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual NIGELLA papillosa ‘Delft Blue’ Love-in-a-Mist

White petals are brushed with a wash of blue looking hand painted! Easy to grow in any garden. As the flowers go by the seed pods are also very ornamental and make a great addition to dried bouquets.

24-30 inches Full sun Tropical
Annual OPHIOPOGON planiscapus ‘Ebony Knight’ Mondo Grass

Purple-black leaf blades and nodding pink bell-flowers that produce bluish-black berries on a slowly spreading clump.  Great as contrast in containers or as a houseplant. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 with protection.

5-6 inches Sun/Part Shade 6
Annual OTHONNA capensis Little Pickles

Blue-green, cylindrical leaves with stems of bright yellow daisies above creeping, low-growing foliage for the rock garden or as a houseplant. Need excellent drainage and a dry winter spot. Attracts butterflies. Salt tolerant.

4 inches Sun 5
Annual OXALIS regnelli var. triangularis Purple Shamrock

This cultivar has deep purple leaves with magenta markings and small pink star-like flowers. Overwinter indoors or use as a houseplant year-round. Grows from a small corm which can be separated to increase your collection.

6-8 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PACHYPHYTUM ‘Blue Haze’ Pachyphytum

Rosettes of thick, rounded blue-gray foliage tinged pink.  Small orange-red flowers late in the season.

4-6 inches Sun Succulent
Annual PANDORA jasminoides ‘Variegata’ Variegated Bower Vine

A beautiful twining vine with cream and green variegated foliage. Large pink trumpet flowers with a bright pink throat are produced summer to fall.

10-14 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PASSIFLORA aurantia Orange Petaled Passionflower

Native to Australia this more compact grower sends out loads of tangerine-orange blooms.

12-14 inches Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual PASSIFLORA caerulea ‘Blue Bahama’ Passion Flower

Unusual gorgeous blue and green and white flowers.

10-15 feet Sun/Part Shade 6
Annual PASSIFLORA foetidia ‘Popping Jay’ Stinking Passionflower Vine

Very pretty smaller white & purple flowers, but that’s not why you grow it! Each flower produces really cool feathery bracts that surround the buds and fruits!

10-12 feet Full sun Overwinter Indoors