Zinnias, a genuine annual, are simple to cultivate from seed and reseed, making them a lazy gardener's pleasure. Zinnias in butterfly gardens may attract hummingbirds. This wonderful annual deserves a position in your cutting garden.
You can't go wrong with these easy-care flowers for yard beds, window boxes, pots, and containers. They come in pretty shades of pink, red, white, yellow, and purple. Melissa Lallo Johnson is a master gardener from the Midwest who posts pictures.
Annual plantings go beyond flowers. Beautiful heart-shaped leaves with dark green borders and pale centers make 'Aaron' caladium a favorite of Father Nature Landscapes' landscape designer Daniel McCurry. Most U.S. states allow.
Both drought and heat tolerant, this low-growing ground cover, also known as shaggy dwarf morning glory, offers charm in spades. It's is another favorite of McCurry's for annual plantings.
It's easy to take care of these pretty flowers, which come in white, pink, and red shades. You don't even have to deadhead or prune them! When fall comes, you can either bring them inside or dig up their tubers to use again the next year.
These flowers can handle both heat and dryness, making them great for farmers in the South. These lovely things won't get damaged even on the hottest, sunniest days. In warmer places, they will keep growing well into the fall.
These vibrant beauties are available in a range of hues (pink, red, orange, and yellow) and forms (fans, plumes, and brains). They also grow quickly and need very little maintenance.
These adorable and feminine flowers will continue to grow taller and quicker the more you cut them, which means that you will have gorgeous petals in your garden throughout the whole summer, whether they are pink, white, or purple.
These adorable and feminine flowers will continue to grow taller and quicker the more you cut them, which means that you will have gorgeous petals in your garden throughout the whole summer, whether they are pink, white, or purple.