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Annuals - Spring Summer Fall Summer
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Ageratum |
 Characteristics – fluffy powder puff flowers in flattened to slightly rounded clusters atop compact mounded plants. Height range is from 4"-18" tall. Flower is sky lavender and foliage is round with hairy bases. Blooms late spring to frost. |
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| Light – full sun to light shade |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering |
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Amaranthus |
| Characteristics – a showy exotic plant, long rope like flowers cascade to the ground from tall erect red branching stems. Breathtaking in green or red, 3'-4' in height blooms in summer through the fall. |
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| Light – full sun to light shade |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| May need staking, great for pots and cut flowers |
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Begonias |
| Characteristics – showy flowers with four petals, in pairs of two with attractively marked leaves. |
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| Light – full shade to part sun. |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, extra watering during its growth. |
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| Great for hanging plants, and containers |
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Calibrachoa 'Superbells' |
| Characteristics – produces hundreds of small flowers that look like petunias, compact mounded plants grows 3-9" tall. Color shades include violet, blue, pink, red, magenta, yellow and white. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, drought tolerant. |
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| Use in pots and hanging baskets. |
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Cleome hassleriana - Spider flower |
| Characteristics – produces spiky like flowers, which are held on a tall strong leafy stem. A new flower develops everyday elongating the stem up to 6’ tall. Blooms May through September. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, tolerates dryer soil, normal watering. |
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| Great as backdrops for beds and borders |
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Coleus |
| Characteristics – very showy foliage with multiple arrays of colors and distinct veins. Grows 1’-3’ in height, leaves have a furry texture. |
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| Light – part shade to part sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Great for containers, beds and borders |
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Dahlia |
| Characteristics – comes in a wide range of shapes, sizes and especially colors. They produce layers of pointy petals. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – prefers sandy well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Great for beds, borders and cut flowers |
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Dusty Miller |
| Characteristics – silver gray foliage grows 6”-10” tall. Foliage is very soft to touch, no flower but lasts from early May to September. |
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| Light – full sun to light shade |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, tolerates drought, normal watering. |
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| Great for beds, borders and containers |
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Geranium |
| Characteristics – produces a 5 petaled flower in a cup shape that floats on top of the stem. Foliage is serrated or loped, starts to bloom mid summer. |
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| Light – full shade to part sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering, great for containers and hanging baskets |
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Gerber Daisy |
| Characteristics – the flower has two rings of multi layered florets in a variety of colors. The appearance of one large flower, but is made up of hundreds. Height is 6”-18”. Flowers spring to fall. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – consistently moist soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering |
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Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight' - Licorice Plant |
| Characteristics – foliage is bright chartreuse to yellow color that is covered with a velvety down. Climbing, spreading plant with pleasant licorice fragrance. |
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| Light – full sun to light shade |
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| Moisture – prefers, well drained soil, drought tolerant |
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| Use in hanging baskets and pots. |
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Impatiens |
| Characteristics – the flower has five petals around a star shaped disc center. Comes in a wide range of colors 8”-24” blooms from late spring into the fall. The foliage is a glossy green. New Guinea variety is popular. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – consistently moist soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering |
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Ipomoea batatas |
| Characteristics – it is grown mostly for its foliage, it is fast growing twining vine with attractive lobed leaves. It has a beautiful trailing, cascading effect. Comes in chartreuse which is a vibrant yellow green and ‘Blackie’ which is a dark purple. |
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| Light – full sun to light shade |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Great for containers |
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Lantana camara |
| Characteristics – foliage is large rough leaves, that are abundantly covered through the summer with brightly colored flower clusters. Flowers come in white, yellow, gold, orange and red. |
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| Light – full sun to part shade |
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| Moisture – prefers, well drained soil, drought tolerant |
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| Use in hanging baskets and pots. |
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Lobularia maritima - Sweet Alyssum |
| Characteristics – a mat forming plant that produces spreading mounds of well branched stems with linear, lance-shaped gray green leaves. Produces dense clusters of sweetly fragrant, tiny white 4 petaled flowers. Other colors available are pink, rose, lavender, purple and apricot. |
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| Light – full sun to part shade |
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| Moisture – prefers, well drained soil, drought tolerant |
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| Use in rock gardens and pots. |
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New Guinea Impatiens |
| Characteristics – compact, succulent subshrubs with branches growing 1-2' tall, leaves are long and narrow, green, bronze or purple. Flowers are white, pink, lavender, purple, orange and red. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – moist soil |
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| Use in masses of color in beds and borders as well as pots. |
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Petunia |
| Characteristics – normally a funnel shaped flower, they also can be ruffled, fringed or doubled in star patterns with contrasting foliage. They come in every color except orange, leaves and stems are sticky. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Great for pots and hanging baskets |
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Petunia 'Purple Wave' |
| Characteristics – a trailing form, growing only 6" tall, the plant spreads 3-4' and are completely covered with masses of 3" eye popping purple flowers. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – prefers, well drained soil |
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| Use in hanging baskets and pots. |
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Scaevola aemula 'Blue Wonder' |
| Characteristics – foliage is thick leaves on erect sprawling stems. Produces masses of blue, lilac or white flowers with yellow throats. |
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| Light – full sun to part shade |
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| Moisture – prefers, well drained soil, drought tolerant |
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| Use in hanging baskets and pots. |
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Tagetes patula |
| Characteristics – small upright bushy plants with dense arrangement of rays that come in yellows, oranges and bronze shades. They grow from 6”-12” in height they bloom continuously until frost. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering, great for edging and borders |
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Verbena |
| Characteristics – grows in clumps that reach 6-10" tall with trailing habit. The flowers bloom in clusters and come in a variety of colors such as mauve, apricot, purple, pink, white or red. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, drought tolerant. |
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| Use in rock gardens, edging for beds and pots. |
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Zinnia elegans |
| Characteristics – the flowers are ray petals around a large disc eye both single and doubled flowers available. Grows 1’-4’ in height comes in every color except blue. Blooms from May on. |
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| Light – full sun |
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| Moisture – well drained soils, normal watering. |
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| Deadhead to prolong flowering, great for borders and cut flowers |
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