Annuals
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 aff. adolphii | Golden Sedum | Sometimes considered syn. with Sedum nussbaumerianum, a creeping low-grower with rosettes of yellow-green football-shaped leaves with orange-red highlights. |
8-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
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 | ||
Annual | SEDUM morganianum ‘Burrito’ | Donkey Tails | Trailing stems are densely packed with grey-green fleshy leaves covered with a powdery farina. Small pink clusters of flowers appear in spring. |
6-8 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | SEDUM nussbaumerianum | Coppertone Stonecrop. Golden Sedum | Sometimes syn. with Sedum adolphii; low-growing rosettes of thick pointed yellow-green leaves that turn rosy-gold/bright copper-red in full sun. |
8-9 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | SELAGINELLA ‘Frosty Fern’ | Club Moss | Bright green foliage tipped in white. |
6-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | SENECIO confusus ‘Orange Glow’ | Orange Glow Vine | A vigorous twiner with clusters of brilliant orange 2″ daisy shaped flowers with recurving petals. Attracts butterflies & bees |
6-8' | Full sun | |||
Annual | SENECIO haworthii | Cocoon Plant | Frosty white cylindrical leaves bear bright yellow flowers on upright to trailing stems. |
10-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | SENECIO sp. ‘Mini Blue’ | Miniature Blue Chalk Fingers | Powder blue, cylindrical succulent foliage on a dwarf plant. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | SENECIO citriformis | String of Tears | Unique teardrop-shaped leaves on erect or procumbent stems. Leaves are soft green to deep green adorned with stripes. From late summer to winter, small heads of creamy-yellow flowers appear |
12-24 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | TAGETES erecta ‘Sugar & Spice White’ | Marigold | 3″ wide creamy-yellow double flowers fade to white with a frosting of pink all summer and peaking in late summer. Deadheading will keep the plants producing flowers more abundantly. |
18-24 | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | TAGETES patula ‘Strawberry Blonde’ | Marigold | A color-changing and ruffled marigold that opens red and age to cream and pink. More vibrant colored once the temps begin to drop in the fall. Great for containers. Remember to deadhead to keep it neat and keep it flowering well. |
8-12 | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | TALINUM paniculata | Rock Pink | Chartreuse succulent foliage and clouds of tiny pink flowers all summer. Drought tolerant |
6-8 inches | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | TALINUM paniculatum ‘Variegata’ | Jewels of Opar | Large succulent rosettes of cream-edged green foliage and 2’ tall panicles of small pink flowers. Will self-sow with abandon. |
12-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | THUNBERGIA alata ‘Rose Sensation’ | Black-Eyed Susie Vine | Large rose-pink trumpet flowers with a dark eye all summer on vigorous vines. |
3-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | |||
Annual | THUNBERGIA grandiflora ‘Variegata’ | Clock Vine | Large soft blue flowers and variegated foliage on this lovely vine. |
10-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | TIBOUCHINA urvilana ‘Athens Blue’ | Clusters of large deep purple blooms from fuzzy buds covered in red hairs. |
24-36 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | |||
Annual | TORENIA ‘Magenta Moon’ | Wishbone Flower | Magenta-pink with yellow throats all summer on a mounding plant. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | ||||
Annual | TORENIA ‘Large Silver’ | Wishbone Flower | Light lavender, snapdragon-like flowers all summer. Fast-growing and heat-tolerant. Trailing to 18 inches. |
6-10 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | TRACHYCARPUS fortunei ‘Landcraft’ | Windmill Palm | This hardy selection from Landcraft Environments adds a great architectural element to containers. Large fan-shaped leaves on thick trunks. |
3-4 feet in a container | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | TRADESCANTIA spathacea ‘Tricolor’ | |||||||
Annual | TROPAEOLIUM minus ‘Phoenix’ | Nasturtium | This is a true heirloom variety featured in seed catalogs from the 1890’s! It featured notched petals in brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow with contrasting streaks in the throat. It will trail out along the ground or cascade over pot edges. Deer resistant Attracts all the pollinators. |
12" | Full Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | TROPAEOLUM majus ‘Variegated Queen’ | Nasturtium | An heirloom and trailing variety from 1908 catalogs with green leaves speckled in cream. There’s a full range of flower colors from pale yellow to vibrant red many with contrasting markings in the throat. Plant them where they can spill over rock walls or trailing from a hanging basket. Deer resistant Attracts all the pollinators |
12-14" | Full Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | VERBENA bonariensis | Tall Verbena | Slender-branched stems topped by small clusters of rose-purple flowers through the summer. Looks wonderful coming up through grasses and lower-growing perennials. Excellent cut and attracts butterflies. Reseeds. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | VERBENA cultivars | Verbena | Profuse, long bloomers with clustered flowers on dense, easily grown plants. We will have named Superbena and Lanai hybrids in many colors. |
6-12 inches tall by 18-24 inches wide | ||||
Annual | VERBENA ‘Lanai Peach’ | Vervain | Dark peach fading to shades of apricot on stems trailing 1-2 feet. Deer tend to ignore verbenas, but butterflies love them! |
4-10 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | VERBENA ‘Lanai Twister Pink’ | Bi-colored pale pink around the outer edge, bright rose-pink in the center. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | VERBENA ‘Raspberry Sorbet’ | Rich red-violet flower heads all season on a compact trailing plant. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | VERBENA ‘Tapien Blue’ | Very flat and low growing makes this verbena excellent for hanging baskets and as a ground cover. The bright purple flowers keep going all summer. |
Full sun | |||||
Annual | ZANTEDESHIA aethiopica ‘White Giant’ | Calla Lily | Huge white callas just above the large white speckled foliage on this semi-hardy bulbous plant and will form a large clump over the years. Once cut down by frost cover it with a generous pile of mulch to protect the growing tips. |
4-5' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 6 | ||
Annual | ZINNIA elegans ‘Queeny Lemon Peach’ | Zinnia | A new addition to Queeny series of Zinnias with bright yellow, double blooms showing a hint of lime green and raspberry blush center on strong stems perfect for cutting! Deer resisitant Drought tolerant Attracts all pollinators |
30-36" | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | ZINNIA elegans ‘Queeny Orange Lime’ | Zinnia | Apricot, peach, lime-green and raspberry hues all in each flower. Very double and full blooming all summer with regular deadheading. Give each plant plenty of room to keep powdery mildew in check. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Attracts all pollinators. |
30-36" | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | ZINNIA elegans ‘Queeny Red Lime’ | Zinnia | A gorgeous combination of rose-red, lime-green and mauve in a fluffy flower. Tall and strong stems make a perfect cut flower all summer. Keep it deadheaded for continuous bloom. Deer resistant Drought tolkerant Attracts all the pollinators |
30-36" | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | ZINNIA ‘Profusion Series’ | Zinnia | The plants in this series have a dense and bushy habit with non-stop 2″ blooms, both single and double, through the summer, no deadheading required. Butterfly attractant. Drought/heat tolerant. Amazing as cut flowers. Comes in lots of colors. We’ll carry 6-packs for 2022! |
12-24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | ZINNIA ‘Zahara Series’ | Zinnia | A compact Zinnia that blooms all summer with 2 1/2” brilliant blooms over disease-resistant foliage. No deadheading required. Butterfly attractant. Drought/heat/humidity tolerant. Amazing as cut flowers. We’ll have 6-packs for 2022! |
16-20 inches | Sun | Tropical |