Flowers this year only (annuals)
Flowering plants that live for a year - they grow, flower, set seed and die in the same year. Plant them for instant colour and replace them with new plants when their flowers finish. Some will disperse their seeds and these will grow into seedlings the next year, though there's no guarantee where the seeds will land and the new plants pop up! ; Top tip: Swap leftover seeds with neighbours and friends, to experiment and try something new. And it saves money!
Annual flowers that don't self-seed
418 plants
Size: medium annual flowers (50-100cm)
134 plants
Size: small annual flowers (up to 50cm)
824 plants
Size: tall annual flowers (100cm+)
65 plants
Spring flowering annuals
235 plants
Summer flowering annuals
830 plants
The autumn flowering annuals for late colour
603 plants
All plants (1062)
Calibrachoa
Trailing petunia
Dianthus barbatus
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus
Sweet William
Felicia amelloides
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Gaillardia
Blanket flower, Jam tarts
Gazania
Treasure flower
Glandularia Seabrookes Lavender = 'Sealav'
Verbena, Vervain
Lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Fan Blau'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Monarda
Bergamot, Bee balm, Oswego tea
Nemesia
Papaver
Poppy
Pennisetum
Fountain grass
Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Baron'
Ornamental millet, Pearl millet
Phlox
Pilea
Artillery plant
Salvia
Sage
Salvia nemorosa
Wild sage, Violet sage, Wodland sage, Perennial salvia
Salvia roemeriana 'Hot Trumpets'
Cedar sage
Sedum
Stonecrop
Solanum
Nightshade
Solenostemon
Painted nettle
Verbena
Vervain
Verbena rigida
Veined verbena, Rigid verbena, Lilac veined verbena
Viola
Pansy
Ageratum 'Blue Champion'
Floss flower
Ageratum 'White Hawaii'
Floss flower
Ageratum houstonianum
Bluemink, Floss flower, Billy goat weed
Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon'
Floss flower
Ageratum houstonianum 'Monarch Magic'
Floss flower
Ageratum houstonianum 'Red Sea'
Bluemink, Floss flower, Billy goat weed
Agrostemma githago
Corn cockle, Rose of heaven
Amaranthus caudatus
Love lies bleeding, Velvet flower, Tassel flower
Amaranthus cruentus
Purple amaranth, Red amaranth
Amberboa moschata 'Dairy Maid'
Sweet sultan
Ammi majus
False bishop's weed, Bishop's flower
Anagallis arvensis
Scarlet pimpernel, Common pimpernel, Poor man's weatherglass
Anethum graveolens
Dill
Angelonia Angelface Blue Bicolor = 'Anstern'
Angel flowers, Summer snapdragon
Anthriscus cerefolium
Chervil, Garden chervil
Anthyllis vulneraria
Ladies' fingers, Common kidney vetch
Arctotis 'Heidi'
African daisy
Arctotis 'Holly'
African daisy
Arctotis 'Hope'
African daisy
Arctotis 'Prostrate Raspberry'
African daisy
Arctotis 'Zulu Prince'
African daisy
Arctotis Hannah = 'ARCHNAH'
African daisy
Arctotis Hayley = 'ARCHLEY'
African daisy