Annual Flowers
Annuals are plants that complete their entire growth cycle in one season. For that reason they are floriferous for a long period, especially when prevented from setting seed. When plants of the annual type return each year, due to having hardy or half-hardy seeds, we say they are “self-seeding”. Many of my favorites are in that category. I love Shirley poppies and Love in a Mists, larkspurs and calendulas, and all of them will self seed in the garden, popping up in sometimes unpredictable places!
Secrets of Success
- Plant them the way they like: from seed or from early starts; in sun or in part-shade.
- Plant early starts with a little attention to teasing out the roots; plant the seeds at proper depth.
- Water,water,water. If they get stressed from drying out, they will go to seed and stop blooming.
- Dead-head. When they do go past their prime (in mid-July or so), trim off their heads (spent blooms).
- They usually need some fertilizer. Not too much, but some. Good soil + organic fertilizer will give brighter and more blooms.
Favorite Annuals
Garden Projects Using Annuals:
You may read descriptions of many of the annuals listed here on my Annual Plants page.
A List of Annuals for Sun[Sun -Part Sun] from the list of what I’ve grown
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A List of Annuals for Shade[Shade/Part Sun] from the list of what I’ve grown
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Perennials grown as Annuals
Some tender perennials are grown for one season
- Begonia x semperflorens -shady to part sun. Some call these annual and some call them perennial. They are grown as annuals here.
- Begonia x tuberhybrida [tuberous begonias] -shady
- Four-O-Clocks -sunny
- Geraniums [Pelargoniums] -sunny
- Heliotrope -sunny
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