Annuals

Learn about nicotiana or flowering tobacco, including varieties and how to plant and grow them. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Nicotiana Nicotiana spp and hybrids Other Name flowering tobacco Sun Requirements full sun, part sun Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Mid summer until fall in colors of blue, white, red, and pale green Mature Height x Spread 1 to 5 feet x 1 to 2 feet Added Benefits attracts beneficials, attracts hummingbirds, deer resistant This relative of tobacco, tomato, petunia and deadly nightshade plants...

Viola x wittrockiana   Other Name Viola   Sun Requirements Full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Spring and fall in colors such as blue, red, yellow, pink, orange, rose, purple, black, white and bi-colors   Mature Height x Spread 6 to 10 inches x 8 to 12 inches   Added Benefits edible, attracts beneficials   This cool season loving flower is a common sight in garden centers in spring and increasingly in late summer as a fall crop. Both pansies and violas are terms that are used interchangeable for the same plants....

Sun Requirements Full sun for best flowering Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Pentas bloom all summer. Mature Height x Spread 18 to 36 inches tall and wide, depending on the variety. Pentas are tropical plants that are perennials in frost free areas, but mostly grown as an annual flower across the country. They are shrubby plants in their native areas, but breeding has created a more attractive 2- to 3-foot tall flower for the garden. Their common name, star cluster, reveals the the nature the brightly colored blooms. They small,...

Petunia hybrida   Other Name garden petunia   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Summer to fall in colors including from white, black, yellow, pink, red, blue, purple, bi colors and striped   Mature Height x Spread 6 to 24 inches x 2 to 3 feet   Added Benefits attracts beneficials, attracts hummingbirds Petunias are one of the most recognizable annual flowers. They fill garden centers in spring and end up in garden beds, hanging baskets, containers, and window boxes in many yards. There are varieties...