Annual Vinca
Catharanthus roseus
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 1 to 2 ft.
Bloom Color: Pink - White - Purple
Bat Face
Cuphea
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low -Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 15 to 18 in.
Spread: 12 in.
Season of Bloom: May to September
Bloom Color: Red
Begonia
Semperflorens cultorum
Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Annual
USDA Hardiness Zone: 10 to 11
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 12 in.
Spread: 6 to 12 in.
Season of Bloom: June to Frost
Bloom Color: White - Pink - Red
Blue Daze
Evolvulus glomeratus
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low -Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Bloom Color: Blue
Coleus Red
Coleus sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 2 ft.
Penta
Penta lanceolata
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 to 1 1/2 ft.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer - Fall
Bloom Color: Red - Pink - Lavender - White
Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds - Butterflies
Portulaca
Portulaca
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 5 to 8 in.
Spread: 8 to 10 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer - Fall
Bloom Color: Rainbow
Lantana 'Silvermound'
Lantana
Type: Annual
USDA Hardiness Zone:
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Spread: 3 to 4 ft.
Season of Bloom: Summer - Fall
Bloom Color: White
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Alyssum
Alyssum sp.
Type: Tender Perennial
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 12 in.
Spread: 9 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring
Bloom Color: White - Pink - Purple
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Lantana 'Dallas Red'
Lantana sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Spread: 3 to 4 ft.
Season of Bloom: May to October
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Dianthus 'Greenleaf'
Dianthus sp.
Type: Annual
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 10 in.
Spread: 15 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Pink - White - Red
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Diascia
Diascia hybrida
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 8 to 12 in.
Spread: 12 in.
Season of Bloom: Late Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Pink - White - Rose - Apricot
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Esperanza 'Orange Bells'
Tecoma stans 'Orange Star'
Type: Annual Shrub
Deciduous - Semi Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 10
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained - Neutral Alkaline
Height: 5 to 8 ft.
Spread: 3 to 5 ft.
Season of Bloom: Summer - Fall
Bloom Color: Golden Yellow
Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds
Flowering Kale
Brassica spp.
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Spread: 12 to 18 in.
Season of Bloom: May to October
Bloom Color: Green - Purple - Red - White - Blue
Native: Native
Geranium
Pelargonium hortorum
Type: Annual
Deciduous
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 ft.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Fall
Bloom Color: White - Red - Pink - Lavender
Native: Adapted
Gerbera Daisy
Gerbera jamesonii "Festival Mix"
Type: Annual
Deciduous
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 12 to 18 in.
Spread: 12 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Fall
Bloom Color: White - Red - Pink - Yellow - Orange
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds
Lantana 'New Gold'
Lantana sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Spread: 3 to 4 ft.
Season of Bloom: May to October
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
'Pineapple' Sage
Salvia elegans
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 4 ft.
Spread: 3 ft.
Season of Bloom: Fall
Bloom Color: Red
Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds
Purslane
Purslane sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 15 in.
Spread: 15 in.
Season of Bloom: Summer
Bloom Color: Variety
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
'Star' Zinnia
Zinnia angustifolia
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 1 1/2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Season of Bloom: Summer
Bloom Color: White - Yellow - Orange
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Violas
Viola sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 10 in.
Spread: 12 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow - Purple - Red - Pink
White - Orange
Wildlife Value: Butterflies
Caladium 'Candyland'
Caladium bicolor
Type: Annual Bulb
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Bloom Color: Greenish White
Native: Adapted
Caladium 'Classic Pink'
Caladium bicolor
Type: Annual Bulb
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Bloom Color: Greenish White
Native: Adapted
Caladium 'Miss Muffet'
Caladium bicolor
Type: Annual Bulb
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Bloom Color: Greenish White
Native: Adapted
Caladium 'White Christmas'
Caladium bicolor
Type: Annual Bulb
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Bloom Color: Greenish White
Native: Adapted
Caladium 'White Wonder'
Caladium bicolor
Type: Annual Bulb
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Bloom Color: Greenish White
Native: Adapted
Coleus Yellow
Coleus sp.
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 2 ft.
Columbine 'Music Blue and White'
Aquilegia hybrid
Type: Annual
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 20 in.
Spread: 1 1/2 ft.
Season of Bloom: Spring
Bloom Color: Blue/White Spurred
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds - Hummingbirds
Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
Type: Annual - Houseplant
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 1 to 1 1/2 ft.
Annual Plumbago
Plumbago auriculata
Type: Tender Perennial
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 1/2 ft.
Season of Bloom: May to September
Bloom Color: Blue
Bachelor's Buttons
Gomphrena globosa
Type: Annual
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low -Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 18 in.
Season of Bloom: May to October
Bloom Color: Red - Lavender - Purple - White
Begonia
Semperflorens cultorum
Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Annual
USDA Hardiness Zone: 10 to 11
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 12 in.
Spread: 6 to 12 in.
Season of Bloom: June to Frost
Bloom Color: White - Pink - Red