Annual 6-Packs

Happily, the time for planning the garden is here again. Annuals, with their bright colors and often furious flowering habits, can be a whole garden themselves or fill in the inevitable gaps left by more permanent perennial plants. Many of our selections are delightfully fragrant and will make gardens that beckon after long days of work. So check them out and expect to find some well known favorites and maybe something new to try out.

The following are Annuals in 6-Packs for $5.50 per pack OR take any eight Packs for only $44.00 (an amazing $ .92 per plant!!). SAVE when you buy 2 or more flats (eight packs per flat) for only $40.00 each!!

	# 010	Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon'
	Ageratum, Flossflower
	A/30"/9"/sun, part shade
These are not your average short Ageratums-- these grow into well-branched, tall plants--great for cutting and for a splash of lavender-blue in the border all summer long.
	# 011	Ageratum houstonianum 'Red Top'
	Ageratum, Flossflower
	A/24-28"/12"/sun, partial shade
Deep red buds open into rosy purple flowers on long stems. The slightly crinkly leaves are tinged in purple. Long flowering, great with Cosmos and Nicotiana.
	# 015	Antirrhinum majus 'Black Prince'
	Snapdragon
	A/18"/8"/sun, light shade
Rich, crimson red flowers give off a steady glow, with the help of dark bronze foliage. Heat up the mixture with Dahlia 'Redskin' and Zinnia 'Old Mexico' or cool things off with silver-leaved companions--we like it with Pyrethrum 'Silver Lace' and Lavender.
	# 016	Anthirrinum majus 'Brazilian Carnival'
	Snapdragon
	A/30"/12"/sun
Tall bicolored Snapdragons for regal additions to bouquets or in beds for glorious summer color. Either way they are a brilliantly hued combinations of deep red, clear yellow, white, pink, and orange. Pinching early will promote bushiness and picking will keep them blooming.
	# 017	Anthirrinum majus 'Double Madame Butterfly'
	Snapdragon
	A/24-36"/12"/sun, light shade
Fragrant, double, Azalea-shaped blooms in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, yellow and white. For cutting and bedding it cannot be beat.
	# 018	Anthirrinum majus 'Tom Thumb'
	Snapdragon
	A/8-10"/6"/sun
We offer these short snaps for a burst of color at the front of beds and borders throughout the summer and into late fall. They are a brilliant range of colors and bicolors including deep red, clear yellow, white, pink, and orange. Pinch these early if you can stand it, and keep deadheaded to keep those flowers coming.
	# 025	Calendula officinalis 'Pink Surprise'
	Calendula, Pot Marigold
	A/24"/8"/sun.
Pink Calendulas? It is true... among bright orange and yellow flowers there are pink tinged blooms for an absolute riot of color. A new look for a classic garden plant.
	# 026	Calendula officinalis 'Touch of Red Mix'
	Calendula, Pot Marigold
	A/18"/8"/sun
Yellow and orange double flowers decorated with dark red markings and dark centers make a stunning addition to bright bouquets and you can eat 'em too! The more you pick them the more they flower. Tolerant of poor soil.
	# 030	Callistephus chinensis 'Floral Decoration'
	China Aster
	A/15-24"/8"/sun
The name means 'beautiful crown' in Greek and the name is well deserved. You will be rewarded with fancy, long lasting cut flowers in late summer if you plant these easy beauties. This mix includes incurved, plume, pompon, single and bicolored forms.
	# 035	Chrysanthemum paludosum
	Creeping Daisy, Baby Margeurite
	A/8-10"/5"/sun, part shade
The name comes from the term day's eye. These are real loves-me-loves-me-not daisies on small plants, perfect for containers or the front of the border. Multitudes of flowers just keep coming if deadheaded periodically. Easy and so refreshing.
	# 045	Cleome hasslerana 'Color Fountain Mixed'
	Cleome, Spider Flower
	A/3-4'/24"/sun
A majestic plant on a grand scale. Its tall, spiky stems are topped with huge pink, rose, white, lilac and purple spidery flowers. Great combined with Cosmos, Asters, and Nicotiana.
	# 050	Cosmos bipinnatus '5-Variety Mixture'
	Cosmos
	A/4-5'/18"/sun
Truly a must for any garden. If I could only have one this might be it. Ferny foliage topped with pink, white and magenta flowers that sway in the August breezes. This mix gives you a chance to grow a few of the different flower forms including 'Candy Stripe', 'Picotee', 'Purity', 'Versailles' and 'Seashell'.
	# 051	Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Mix'
	Cosmos
	A/20"/10"/sun
Large flowers in shades of pink and white are borne on compact plants. Use these in containers or up front in borders, great wind and weather tolorance. And to top them off, their stems are still long enough for picking.
	# 053	Cosmos sulphureus 'Polidor'
	Sulphur Cosmos
	A/30"/10"/sun
Still Cosmos but these are different--bushy plants with hot color flowers of yellow, orange and red. Nonstop flowers if deadheaded.
	# 060	Dalhia variabilis 'Redskin'
	Dalhia
	A/24"/10"/sun
Dark reddish foliage and large flowers in shades of yellow, pink, red, purple and orange make this one a colorful addition to the border. Keep the hummingbirds busy with a hot color garden and try it paired with Salvia 'Signum Blue' for a brilliant contrast. Dahlias form a tuber that may be lifted after the first frost, overwintered frost free and replanted the following spring.
	# 065	Delphinium regalis 'Blue Cloud'
	Larkspur, Annual Delphinium
	A/3-4'/6-12"/sun
Rich blue-purple spurred flowers are arranged on loose spikes--a flower arranger's delight! Plants are delicate so group them for a strong effect or place among other cottage garden flowers to seem as if they planted themselves (and they will self sow next year). Also makes a good dried flower.
	# 070	Dianthus caryophyllus
	Fragrant Carnation, Clove Pink
	A/24"/6"/sun
Intoxicating fragrance will fill the room when you add these double, fringed blossoms to bouquets. Colors range from red to pink to yellow, with bicolors in between.
	# 075	Linaria maroccana 'Fairy Bouquet'
	Toad Flax, Baby Snap
	A/12"/8"/sun, part shade
Throngs of miniature snapdragon-like blooms cover these delicate looking plants. Flowers are pink, blue, white, yellow, rose and magenta with some speckled and bicolored combinations. Perfect with Violas and Brachycome. A plant for cool seasons only or provide some shade and ample moisture during hotter months to extend flowering season.
	# 080	Lobelia erinus 'Crystal Palace'
	Lobelia
	A/6"/5"/sun,part shade
Zillions of striking, deep blue flowers contrast with bronzey foliage. Keep well watered and fertilized through hot spells as this plant prefers cool, moist conditions. Try filling an old tub with Lobelias and Pansies for a match made in heaven.
	# 081	Lobelia pendula 'Rainbow Cascade'
	Lobelia
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
A range of sparkling colors from deep rose to light pink, blue and white bicolors, purple and white. Great in a moss-lined basket to keep you company out on the porch.
	# 082	Lobelia pendula 'Sapphire'
	Lobelia
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
Jewel-like, deep blue with a white eye. Trailing. Choose this variety for cascading over the edges of containers and windowboxes. Try it in a pot with Petunias and Baby Marguerites.
	# 085	Lobularia maritima 'Carpet of Snow'
	Sweet Alyssum
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
The name says it all but I feel the need to go on. 'Carpet of Snow' is the variety for trailing effects. Grow this for its fragrance and its fresh, dainty flowers in windowboxes and along paths in the fragrant garden. Shear back and fertilize in midsummer for renewed flowering into late fall.
	# 090	Matthiola incana '7 Week Trysomic Dwarf'
	Stock
	A/8-10"/6"/sun
Spicy clove fragrance fills the air near these cottage garden favorites. Ruffled, double blossoms are palest pink, soft rose, yellow, purple, red and lilac. Well branched plants flower over a long period even during hot summer weather.
	# 095	Nemesia versicolor 'Blue Gem'
	Nemesia
	A/8-10"/5"/sun, part shade
Clusters of Forget-Me-Not blue flowers cover bushy plants. Flowers long if nights are cool.
	# 100	Nicotiana xsanderae 'Fragrant Cloud'
	Flowering Tobacco
	A/36"/8"/sun, part shade
Purest white, star-shaped trumpets are produced on compact, bushy plants. Very shade tolerant and lightly fragrant for those cool summer evenings.
	# 101	Nicotiana xsanderae 'Sensation'
	Flowering Tobacco
	A/24-36"/12"/sun,part shade
Creating a fragrant garden couldn't be simpler with these beauties. Old fashioned fragrance is released from the star shaped blooms in the evenings although flowers stay open all day. Full range of colors in shades of crimson, red, pink, lavender, cream and pure white.
	# 102	Nicotiana sylvesris 'Only The Lonely'
	Flowering Tobacco
	A/4-5'/18"/sun, part shade
Tall and elegant, this plant makes a great backdrop with its panicles of long white trumpets. Evening scented, its flowers light the way through the moonlit garden.
	# 105	Petunia milliflora 'Fantasy Mix'
	Milliflora Petunia
	A/8"/6"/sun
A favorite of ours in containers, these little petunias flower their heads off as they cascade over the edges of pots and baskets. They are an exact miniature of multiflora types, weather resistant and free-flowering in shades of pink, magenta, white, purple and blue.
	# 106	Petunia multiflora 'Niagara Mix'
	Multiflora Petunia
	A/11"/8"/sun
Blues, lilac and purple shades with white are a cool mix with Nierembergia and Heliotrope. These are weather tolerant and bloom tirelessly with a little deadheading.
	# 110	Phlox drummondii 'Tapestry'
	Annual Phlox
	A/18"/8"/sun, partial shade
Each sweet smelling flowerhead is like a little bouquet of five-petalled flowers in an array of colors and bicolors. Lasts long in a vase and the butterflies will dance around it in the garden from summer until frosts.
	# 113	Pyrethrum maritima 'Silver Lace'
	Dusty Miller
	A/12"/8"/sun
Very finely divided, silvery-white leaves are produced on well-branched, sturdy plants. A favorite in containers or beds where its feathery foliage will blend with anything.
	# 115	Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'
	Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy
	A/36-42"/12"/sun
This is the queen of July and August. Huge golden yellow daisies with deep brown centers make excellent cut flowers.
	# 116	Rudbeckia hirta 'Rustic Colors'
	Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy
	A/24-42"/12"/sun
This mix includes vivid bicolors of mahogany and orange, rusty brown and yellow to warm the soul.
	# 120	Salpiglosis sinuata 'Bolero Mixed'
	Painted Tongue, Velvet Flower
	A/18-24"/10"/sun
Rarely seen annual with exotic Alstomeria-like flowers. Colors are richly diverse and include shades of burgundy, purple, yellow, apricot, red and pink set off by contrasting centers and veining on petals. Excellent cut flower. Likes heat and sun.
	# 125	Salvia farinacea 'Victoria'
	Mealy Cup Sage
	A/18"/10"/sun, part shade
Neat blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of dark blue flowers. Perfect for massing with Snapdragons and Zinnias or in groupings throughout the flowerbed.
	# 126	Salvia farinacea 'Cirrhus'
	Mealy Cup Sage
	A/18"/10"/sun, part shade
Upright plants produce spires of pure white flowers. Nice contrast with silvery green foliage.
	# 127	Salvia farinacea 'Strata'
	Mealy Cup Sage
	A/14-18"/10"/sun, light shade
Stems and buds are silvery white, then open to reveal clear blue flowers.
	# 128	Salvia viridis
	Tricolor Sage
	A/26-28"/10"/sun
Grow this uncommon bedding plant for its colorful bracts in shades of pink, white and purple. Secret flowers are hidden under each bract. Great in drifts between Catmint and Coneflower.
	# 135	Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Butterfly Imperials'
	Pincushion Flower
	A/24-36"/12"/sun
Tall, branching plants hold flowers on long stems, perfect for cutting. Buds are beaded and open to reveal pincushions in shades of crimson marroon pink lavender purple and white. Stake for more upright plants.
	# 141	Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Wizard Mixture'
	Coleus
	A/10"/10"/shade, part shade
At least ten different leaf colors and bicolors are possible in this mixture--from deepest velvety red to apricot to chartruese, all variously blotched and ribboned in pink and green and more. Plants do well in containers and brighten up the shady corners. Pinch to encourage bushiness.
	# 145	Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem'
	Signet Marigold
	A/8-10"tall/space 12"/sun
Hundreds of dainty, lemon yellow single flowers cover tidy low mounds of lacy foliage. Plants have an aromatic lemon verbena scent.
	# 150	Venidium fastuosum 'Zulu Prince'
	Monarch of the Veldt
	A/24"/10"/sun
This South African daisy has big 3-4 inch flowers. Each black central disk is surrounded by a bronze orange ring at the base of its creamy white rays-- great in combination with its silvery grey foliage. Keep deadheaded for flowers from July to frost.
	# 155	Verbena bonariensis
	Tall Purple Verbena
	P/Zone 7-10/36"-48"/10"/sun
Lilac purple flowers sway atop long airy stems. Group these tall, spare plants for best effect. In our northern zone 4-5 these are annuals--quick to flower and usually self sow. Try with Nicotianas and silver leaved Artemesias.
	# 160	Viola cornuta 'Bambini'
	Hybrid Viola
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
These bicolored mini-Pansies have faces and whiskers and come in many warm, bright combinations of purple, bronze, yellow, rose, blue and white. This is an improved form of an old Scottish mixture. Compact plants are very free flowering and quite hardy, too. Can self sow and makes a natural companion for spring bulbs.
	# 161	Viola hybrida 'Sorbet Mix'
	Hybrid Viola
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
Small flowers are held in profusion above the foliage. Flowers "look" toward the sun. A truly cheerful plant for planters and edging. Five colors in perfect harmony-- creamy white, pale yellow, bright yellow, lavender and purple. Edible flowers make the prettiest salad.
	# 162	Viola hybrida 'Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow'
	Hybrid Viola
	A/6"/5"/sun, part shade
My personal favorite. Flowers start out white, fade to pale lavender and finally end up dusty purple. Individual plants end up with flowers at every stage and color.
	# 163	Viola xwittrockiana 'Chalon Improved Mix'
	Pansy
	A/8"/6"/sun, part shade
Velvety flowers crown dark green rounded leaves. Very old fashioned with big, ruffled flowers in shades of mahogany, violet, lilac and yellow accented with dark blotches and picoteed edges.
	# 164	Viola x wittrockiana 'Ice Pansy Mixture'
	Pansy
	A/8"/6"/ sun, part shade
Unusually hardy, this mixture includes three colors to shrug off winter's chilly grasp. 'Celestial Queen' is crisp blue, 'Helios' is yellow with whiskers and 'Northpole' is white with a blue eye. These pansies will bloom all spring and summer and will most likely winter over for a repeat performance. And they're fragrant, too.
	# 165	Viola xwittrockiana 'Silver Wings'
	Pansy
	A/8"/6"/sun, part shade
Upper petals are silvery white and provide the perfect foil for the deepest purple of the lower petals. These make me think of rare, exotic butterflies. A fresh, cheerful match for Sweet Alyssum and blue-eyed African Daisies.
	# 175	Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Series Mix'
	Zinnia
	A/30"/10"/sun
Tall, sturdy stems hold huge, double, dahlia-like flowers in a rainbow of colors--deep red, lilac, rose pink, crimson, orange, bright yellow, and white.
	# 176	Zinnia elegans 'Righteous Red'
	Zinnia
	A/30"/10"/sun
This mix includes singles, doubles, pom-poms--all in a brilliant shade of red. The bouquets will be amazing!!
	# 177	Zinnia haageana 'Old Mexico'
	Zinnia
	A/24"/12"/sun
This heirloom variety is well suited to the heat of summer with bicolored blooms in rich colors. Flowers are a warm mahogany with petals dipped in gold.
	# 178	Zinnia linearis 'Tropic Snow'
	Zinnia
	A/10-12"/8"/sun
Fine narrow leaves are nearly covered with cool, white two-inch flowers. Heat and drought tolerant.

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