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Annuals

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
Annual PENNISETUM advena ‘Rubrum’ Red Fountain Grass

Striking burgundy grass with rosy plumes. Lasts well into fall.

2-3 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PETCHOA ‘Snowberry White’ Hybrid Petunia

Pure white with a pink eye mini petunia.

Full sun
Annual PETCHOA ‘Sunray Pink’ Petunia Hybrid

Scads of bright pink flowers on cascading plants.

Full sun
Annual PETCHOA ‘SuperCal Blue’ Petunia Hybrid

The best characteristics of the favorites Petunia and Calibrachoa with medium blue flowers.

10-14 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PETUNIA ‘Crazytunia Blue Picotee’

Deep purple-blue with a wide white border.

Full sun
Annual PETUNIA ‘Easy Wave Coral Reef’

Light salmon-pink on this free flowering cascader.

Full sun
Annual PETUNIA ‘Easy Wave White’ Petunia

Mounding/semi-trailing to a width of 2-3 feet; abundant white blooms; great in baskets or landscapes. Petunias don’t require deadheading but cutting back the ends promotes bushier growth. Attracts pollinators.

6-12 inches Sun Tropical
Annual PETUNIA Supertunia ‘Mini Vista Yellow’ Petunia

Petite yellow flowers with a pale green throat.

6-12 inches Sun Tropical
Annual PETUNIA ‘Surfinia Blue Vein’ Petunia

Trailing/spreading up to 3 feet, with velvety, pale lavender to white ruffled flowers with darker purple-blue veins/centers.

8-12 inches Sun Tropical
Annual PETUNIA ‘Blue Skies’ Hybrid Petunia

New Petunias require no deadheading.  This cultivar with lovely sky bloom flowers.

6-10 inches Full sun
Annual PHORMIUM tenax ‘Pink Stripe’ New Zealand Flax

Leathery sword-shaped leaves are bronze striped in pink.

4-5 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PHYGELIUS aequalis ‘Devil’s Tears’ Cape Fuchsia

Brilliant red long, trumpet-shaped blooms with yellow throats on bushy plants. Attracts hummingbirds

18-24" Full sun
Annual PHYGELIUS ‘Passionate’ Cape Fuchsia

Deep black-green foliage and bright coral-red tubular flowers. Hummingbird magnet

18-24" Full sun Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS collides ‘Mini Variegata’ Cuban Oregano

Felted, semi-succulent gray-green foliage is edged in cream and is highly aromatic.  Trailing stems to 2 feet long.  Great in containers.

10-12 inches Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Green on Green’ Swedish Ivy

Thick, soft, velvety leaves are green and edged in lime.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Marginatus’ Swedish Ivy

Very large leaves of dark velvety green with white edges and heavy scalloping on an upright bushy mound.

28-30 inches Full Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PLECTRANTHUS ‘Troy’s Gold’ Swedish Ivy

Compact grower with gold leaves randomly in green.

Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS ‘Velvet Elvis’ Swedish Ivy

Fuzzy deep green leaves with a deep purple underside sport many sprays of lavender flowers in late summer.

12-24" Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual POLYSTICHUM tsus-simense Korean Rock Fern

Compact, fine-toothed leaves and lance-shaped fronds that are leathery and glossy. It will make a lovely addition to shady mixed planters.

12-24" Part Shade/Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PORTULACA ‘Colorblast Dragonfruit’ Moss Rose

Succulent and trailing plant covered in double blooms of magenta centers and yellow-orange outer petals..  The Colorblast series have blooms that stay open longer in low light conditions. Drought tolerant

4-6 inches Full sun Succulent
Annual PORTULACA grandiflora ‘Double Sunset Fire’ Moss Rose

Bright double flowers feature  intense magenta ruffled center petals surrounded by lemon-yellow back petals.  Narrow succulent foliage forms flat mats.  Great for hot dry situations.

6-8 inches Full sun
Annual PTERIS cretica ‘Albo-lineata’ Variegated Brake Fern

Small, delicate fern with gray-green margins on silver fronds.

18-24 inches Part Shade/Shade Tropical
Annual PTILOTUS ‘Joey’ Pink Pussy Tails

Interesting feathery pink flowers with grey-green foliage all summer. Drought tolerant

12-24" Full sun
Annual ROSMARINUS ‘Tuscan Blue’ Tuscan Blue Rosemary

Upright hedge of aromatic, needle-like evergreen foliage excellent in culinary and medicinal applications. Profuse clear blue flowers. Can be kept as a houseplant.

6 feet Sun 8
Annual RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’ Gloriosa Daisy

Beautiful cherry-red petals surround a chocolate-brown center. An easy to grow self-sowing annual.

20-22 inches Sun 6
Annual RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Indian Summer’ Gloriosa Daisy

Free-flowering “gloriosa daisies”are short-lived, but reseed vigorously. This cultivar has large, 6-8 inch golden yellow flowers with dark centers.

2-3 feet Sun 6
Annual RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ Gloriosa Daisy

Free-flowering “gloriosa daisies”are short-lived, but reseed vigorously. This cultivar has yellow flowers centered in orange.  

30-36 inches Sun 6
Annual RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Denver Daisy’ Gloriosa Daisy

Compact with larger golden-yellow flower have a mahogany blotch at the base of each petal.

12-20 inches Sun 6
Annual RUSSELIA equisetiformis ‘Coral Fountain’ Coral Plant

Bright orange trumpet-shaped blooms in profusion on cascading stems. Attracts hummingbirds & butterflies

24-36" Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual SALVIA ‘Amante’ Hybrid Sage

Bright fuchsia flowers with dark calyxes on tall stems. Hummingbird and bumblebee magnet

40-48 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA ‘Amistad’ Hybrid Sage

Salvias are pollinator magnets with long, narrow, tubular blooms that hummingbirds love! Whorls of large deep purple flowers all summer on a semi-shrubby plant.

4-6 feet Sun Tropical
Annual SALVIA coccinea ‘Cherry Blossom’ Scarlet Sage

Bushy plants with many stems bearing salmon-pink tubular flowers that the hummingbirds go nuts for.

18-24" Full sun
Annual SALVIA ‘Ember’s Wish’ Hybrid Sage

A sport from S. ‘Wendy’s Wish’ with large coral red tubular blooms through the summer.

3-4 feet Tropical
Annual SALVIA guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Blue Anise Sage

Royal blue flowers from black calyxes.

3-4 feet Sun Tropical
Annual SALVIA leucantha ‘Bicolor’ Mexican Sage

Small white tubular flowers emerge from very fuzzy purple calyxes creating a distinctive bi-color display. Drought tolerant

36-48 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’ Mexican Sage

Solid purple fuzzy flowers on a more compact plant. Attracts pollinators Deer tolerant Drought tolerant

24-36 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA leucantha ‘Solid Purple’ Mexican Sage

Much like Salvia ‘Santa Barbara’ but much taller. Solid purple velvety flowers on long stems.

36-48 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA leucantha ‘Velour Pink’ Mexican Sage

Fuzzy pink flowers emerge from velvety soft white calyxes. An eye-catching combination.

24-36 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA leucantha ‘White Mischief’ Mexican Sage

An all white version of Mexican sage. White tubular flowers emerging from fuzzy white calyxes.

36-48 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA microphylla Little-leaf Sage

Striking red, velvety blooms over small oval foliage.  Will flower from late spring through frost.

28-30 inches Full sun Tropical
Annual SALVIA ‘Mystic Spires’ Mystic Spires Sage

A sport of S. ‘Indigo Spires’ with a more compact form.

22-24 inches Sun Tropical
Annual SALVIA patens ‘Blue Angel’ Gentian Sage

A compact, well-branched cultivar with large, vivid blue flowers through the summer. Loved by pollinators. Deer/drought resistant.

24-36 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual SALVIA patens ‘Pink Ice’

Large, soft pink flowers loved by hummingbirds.

14-16 inches Full sun
Annual SALVIA uliginosa Bog Sage

Native to South America. Beautiful light blue flowers on tall airy stems summer to hard frost. Needs consistently moist soil.

4-6 feet Sun Tropical
Annual SALVIA ‘Wendy’s Wish’ Hybrid Sage

Large, hot pink tubular flowers all summer over attractive dark green foliage.

2-3 feet Sun Tropical
Annual SAUROMATTUM venosum Voodoo Lily

An unusual relative of our native jack-in-the-pulpit. this rarity flowers early in the season with stinky flowers that are pollinated by flys. Once the flower dies down it then sends up a large fingered leaf with heavily spotted stems.

24-36 inches Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual SCABIOSA atropurpurea ‘Formula Mix’ Pin-cushion Flower

An heirloom annual that has been grown in gardens since colonial times. The closed buds resemble your grandmother’s pin cushion! This mix produces a beautiful array of colors to add brilliance to the later summer garden. Perfect for cutting. Deer resistant. Attracts all pollinators.

30-36 Full sun Tropical
Annual SCAEVOLA ‘Fairy Blue’

Loads of blue fan shaped flowers cascade over the pot edge.

Full Sun/Part Shade
Annual SCAEVOLA ‘Fairy White’

Low maintenance cascade with pure white fans.

Full Sun/Part Shade
Annual SEDUM japonicum ‘Tokyo Sun’ Sedum

Mats of brilliant gold mini succulent foliage. Excellent for troughs.  Topped with yellow flowers in summer.

1-2 inches Sun Succulent