Annuals

Lanata camara   Other Name shrub verbena   Sun Requirements Full sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Mid summer until fall in colors such as red, orange, yellow, violet, white and pink and many bi and tri colors.   Mature Height x Spread 1 to 2 feet x 1 to 4 feet   Added Benefits Attracts hummingbirds, attracts beneficials, drought tolerant, deer resistant   If you're looking for the beach baby of the annual world, consider lantana. This shrubby plant is a perennial in warmer climates, but an annual in New England. Because of...

Lobelia erinus   Other Name Edging lobelia   Sun Requirements Full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early summer until fall in blue, violet, pink, and red   Mature Height x Spread 4 to 6 inches x 4 to 12 inches   Added Benefits Attracts beneficials   Lobelia is a widely popular, low growing, bushy or trailing annual flower. It is often matched with alyssum in containers and garden beds. It can just litter the ground or a container in color. The traditional variety has electric blue or violet colored flowers, but newer...

Tagetes species and hybrids   Other Name French marigold   Sun Requirements Full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Mid summer to fall in colors such as yellow, orange, white, burgundy, maroon and bicolors   Mature Height x Spread 6 inches to 2 feet x 6 inches to 2 feet   Added Benefits attracts beneficial, edible, drought tolerant, deer resistant   What would our annual and vegetable gardens be without marigolds? They are one of the most common and popular annual flowers to grow in any garden. There is a wide range...

Calibrachoa hybrids   Other Name trailing petunia   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early summer to fall in almost any color of the rainbow such as blue, pink, red, yellow, white, lilac, purple, orange, striped and bi-colors.   Mature Height x Spread 6 to 8 inches x 1 to 2 feet   Added Benefits attracts beneficials, attracts hummingbirds, drought tolerant, deer resistant   Calibrochoa or million bells are a mini version of the traditional petunia that has really caught on as an annual flower...

Portulaca grandiflora   Other Name Flowering purslane   Sun Requirements full sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Mid summer until fall in colors such as yellow, orange, white, pink, red, and bi-colors   Mature Height x Spread 6 to 10 inches x 6 to 12 inches   Added Benefits drought tolerant   Moss roses' name describes this annual beautifully. The plant is a low growing, spreader, like moss, with succulent leaves that remind you of a plant in the cactus family. The flowers do look like miniature roses, especially when...