Annuals
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 |