List Of Commonly Grown Annuals

Beyond the popular annuals mentioned above you can also try other attractive and colorful annuals listed below.

If you love a colorful summer garden you cannot do away with annuals. Though they have a short life span, spreading over two to three seasons, they give real value for your money with their blossoms, fragrance and foliage.

Periwinkle - Also known as Vinca Periwinkle, they have give off some of the most delicate and enchanting flowers. Flowers on original periwinkle are dark blue in color. The foliage is thick green and the stem gets woody with time. The other colors you can consider in this variety are - red, purple, pink and white.

Pansies - They give off funny looking flowers, looks as if the flowers are sticking their tongue out. Pansies are very popular in most landscape especially for their bi-colored flowers. You can consider buying different sizes; they are available as large, medium and compact. They are very resilient to soil conditions and can be utilized as bedding plants.

Cleomes - They are also know as "spider flowers" because of the unique structure of the flowers. They look most elegant when grow in a group. The foliage is light and at times non-existent. Cleomes can be the show stealers in any garden when in full bloom.

Verbenas - You get to have beautiful clustered flowers from spring to fall when you plant verbenas. They are easy to maintain and resilient to most soil types. Make sure you don't over feed them or over-water them. You can consider various colors in verbena such as - red, pink, mauve and purple. Deadheading would be required for continuous flowering.

Begonias - They valued not only for their attractive flowers but also their foliage. Very popular in American landscapes, they can be grow in containers, overhanging-baskets as well as indoors. They are shade tolerant are very resilient to soil conditions. The various colors you can go for are yellow, red, pink and white.

Salvia - You won't get enough of the flowering plants. The have a fast growth rate and the blossoms are very attractive. The flowers are small and grow in a stem like cluster that is almost breath taking. The most popular color in salvia is purple. They look very eye-catching when grow in a group.

Annuals are low maintenance plants and require very less care. Most plants are drought resistant but watering amply will help the plants generate more blooms. These heavy duty plants do better when fertilized at regular intervals, usually once in two weeks.