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Annuals for the Garden

Annuals for the Garden. Johnson County Extension Master Gardeners K-State Research and Extension. Advantages of Using Annuals. Can try new types of flowers Change the color scheme yearly Easy to prepare bed Easy to weed Bloom all summer. Disadvantages to Using Annuals.

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Annuals for the Garden

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  1. Annuals for the Garden Johnson County Extension Master Gardeners K-State Research and Extension

  2. Advantages of Using Annuals • Can try new types of flowers • Change the color scheme yearly • Easy to prepare bed • Easy to weed • Bloom all summer

  3. Disadvantages to Using Annuals • Expensive to buy them each year • Delay in planting if spring is cool or wet • Must replant every year

  4. Descriptions of Annuals…

  5. Bells of Ireland Light: Full sun Water: Moist soil Height: 2 – 3 feet Colors: green

  6. Blue Salvia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 18 inches Colors: violet-blue ‘Victoria Blue’

  7. Canna ‘Tropicana Rose’ Light: Full sun Water: Moist soil Height: 3 feet Colors: flowers pink, orange, red; leaves green or bronze

  8. Celosia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 1 – 2 feet Colors: red, orange, yellow, gold, pink ‘Pink Castle’

  9. Cleome Light: Full sun Water: Dry Height: 3 – 4 feet Colors: white, pink, lilac, violet, red

  10. Dusty Miller Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 1 – 2 ½ feet Colors: foliage plant; has light greenish-white felt-like foliage

  11. Gaillardia Light: Full sun Water: average – dry soil Height: 1 -2 feet Colors: yellow, orange, red, white

  12. Gazania Light: Full sun Water: average - dry Height: Up to 16 inches Colors: yellow, golden, white, red, orange

  13. Gerbera Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 18 inches Colors: white, yellow, orange, red, pink, salmon, violet

  14. Gomphrena Light: Full sun Water: Average – dry soil Height: 8 – 20 inches Colors: white, pink, red, purple, orange ‘Strawberry Field’

  15. Heliotrope Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 2 – 4 feet Colors: purple, violet, white

  16. Lantana Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 4 feet Colors: white, pink, yellow, orange, red, lavender

  17. Licorice Plant Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 4 feet Colors: foliage plant; leaves are silvery-green and wooly

  18. Mandevilla Light: Full sun Water: Average – moist soil Height: 3 – 8 feet Colors: white, pink, red, yellow

  19. Marigold Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 6 – 18 inches (French), 10 – 36 inches (African) Colors: white, yellow, orange, red-brown ‘Golden Gate’

  20. Melampodium Light: Full sun Water: Average – dry soil Height: 15 – 24 inches Colors: yellow

  21. Morning Glory Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Creeper, up to 10 feet Colors: pink, red, blue, purple

  22. Pentas Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 1 - 2 feet Colors: white, pink, red, lilac

  23. Petunia Light: Full sun Water: Average – moist soil Height: 8 – 15 inches Colors: white, pink, red, burgundy, purple, blue, yellow Petunia ‘Fantasy Pink Morn’ ‘Wave’

  24. Portulaca, Rose Moss Light: Full sun Water: dry Height: creeper, up to 10 inches Colors: white, yellow, pink, red, purple Sunglo series and Calypso Mixture are recommended for Kansas

  25. Red Salvia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 3 feet Colors: red, purple, white ‘Lady in Red’

  26. Sanvitalia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Creeper, to 6 inches Colors: ray flowers yellow or white, disk flowers brown or purplish black ‘Mandarin Orange’

  27. Snapdragon Light: Full sun Water: Moist soil Height: 15 – 36 inches Colors: red, white, yellow, orange, pink

  28. Strawflower Light: Full sun Water: Average – dry soil Height: 1 – 2 feet Colors: white, orange, yellow, red

  29. Sweet Potato Light: Full sun Water: Moist soil Height: 8 inches; spreads 18 inches - 8 feet Colors: chartreuse or deep purple foliage

  30. Tithonia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 4 – 6 feet Colors: golden or orange ray flowers, yellow disk flowers

  31. Verbena Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: Up to 12 inches Colors: Pink, red, purple, yellow, white Verbena Verbena ‘Trinidad’ Verbena ‘Imagination’

  32. Zinnia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 1 – 3 feet Colors: every color except blue ‘Profusion Orange’ ‘Yellow Marvel’

  33. Zinnia angustifolia, Star Zinnia Light: Full sun Water: Average soil Height: 12 – 16 inches Colors: white, orange, yellow ‘Crystal White’

  34. Ageratum Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: 4 – 12 inches Colors: white, blue, pink

  35. Alyssum Light: Sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: Up to 12 inches Colors: white, lilac, pink, purple

  36. Bacopa Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Moist soil Height: 3 inches; Stems spread 12 – 20 inches Colors: white, lavender, pink, violet, blue

  37. Balsam Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Moist soil Height: 2 – 2.5 feet Colors: salmon, rose, scarlet, yellow, purple, white

  38. Cosmos Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average – dry soil Height: 2 – 6 feet Colors: white, pink, crimson, yellow, reddish-orange ‘Sunny Red’

  39. Dianthus Light: Sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: 1 - 2 feet Colors: red, rose-purple, white, varicolored ‘Neon Flash’

  40. Elephant Ears Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average – moist soil Height: 2 – 5 feet Colors: Foliage plant; green, purple-black leaves

  41. Evovulus Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: creeper Colors: blue ‘Blue Daze’

  42. Geranium Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: 12 – 20 inches Colors: red, pink, salmon, white Variegated Leaf

  43. Larkspur Light: Sun – part shade Water: Dry soil Height: 1- 2 feet Colors: violet, rose, pink, blue, white

  44. Nicotiana, Flowering Tobacco Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average soil Height: 1 – 3 feet Colors: white, pink, red, yellow, lime green, lavender

  45. Sunflowers Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Average – dry soil Height: 12 feet (common varieties) or 30 – 40 inches (dwarf varieties) Colors: white, yellow, orange, chestnut, maroon

  46. Vinca Vinca ‘Pretty in Rose’ Light: Full sun – part shade Water: Dry soil Height: 10 – 14 inches Colors: pink, white, rose

  47. Pansies Light: Part sun Water: Moist soil Height: up to 9 inches Colors: purple, blue, maroon, red, yellow, orange, white

  48. Hesperis Dame’s Rocket, Sweet Rocket Light: Part sun Water: Average soil Height: 1 – 4 feet Colors: purple, lavender, white

  49. Begonia Light: Full sun - shade Water: Moist soil Height: 8 – 12 inches Colors: flowers red, pink, white, yellow; leaves green or bronzy-green Dragon Wing

  50. Streptocarpus Light: Part sun Water: Average – moist soil Height: 8 – 12 inches Colors: violet, blue, dark red

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