Annuals for 2009

The following annuals have been organically grown this year:

Calendula - Resina, Flashback

Nasturtiums - Jewel Mix

Tithonia rotundifolia, Mexican Sunflower
A must-have plant if you love butterflies - because butterflies LOVE this plant! Stunning orange flowers smother this huge plant by mid-summer, and keep going until frost. Stake when young, because the plant is eventually top-heavy. Sun. 4'h x 3'w

Other Annuals:

Angelonia species, Angelonia
Looks like a delicate orchid in flower, in colors of pink, purple, or white. To 2' tall, loves sunny, hot, dry conditions. Blooms early summer to frost.

Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' and 'Margarita', Sweet Potato Vine
Great trailer for containers with large leaves, dark chocolate brown ('Blackie') or golden yellow ('Margarita').

Ipomoea x multifida, Cardinal Climber
A delicate-looking vine that can climb up to 20' in one season, covered with tubular red flowers from mid-summer through frost. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. A great backdrop against a fence!

Lablab purpureus, Hyacinth Bean
A fast-growing climbing vine with bright pink, pea-like flowers followed by large, shiny purple seed pods. Beautiful in flower and then in seed! Can cover an area 10' x 10' in one season.

Lantana species, Lantana
Bring the tropics right into your backyard with the sultry colors of Lantana. Covered in blooms of red, orange, yellow and every combination thereof, Lantana loves it hot and dry. To 2'. Great for containers for all-summer bloom!

Linaria 'Enchantment', Linaria
Like a delicate-looking, miniature snapdragon - light and airy, to 15" tall, magenta flowers with a gold throat. A cool weather annual.

Osteospermum, Cape Daisy
Striking, large daisy flowers with elegant form and coloration. White, pink and purple cultivars - all-season bloom! 1'-2' tall.

Salvia coccinea, Texas Sage
Striking spikes of small red flowers, blooms summer to frost. Great in containers or in the garden. Attracts hummingbirds. Sun. 1'-3't x 2'w

Salvia coccinea ’Coral Nymph', Texas Sage
Coral pink and white bicolor flowers, heat loving, self sows to return in late summer. Sun. 2't x 1'w

Thunbergia alata, Black-eyed Susan Vine
The classic climbing vine! Orange with black eye. Fast growing! Sun to part shade. 5'-8'h x w.



Also, hanging baskets of a number of different varieties - big and beautiful!

 

Also see our Vegetable Plants and Seeds or Herbs