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)
Centaurea cyanus 'Midget Mixture'
Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Batchelor's buttons
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Action Bronze'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Action'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Chorus'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Foxtrot'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Gala Crimson'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Mermaid Yellow'
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Showmaker Sundae'
Garden mum
Convolvulus tricolor 'Blue Ensign'
Dwarf morning glory, Annual morning glory
Coreopsis 'Astolat'
Large flowered tickseed, Lance coreopsis
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Pied Piper'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sensation Mixed'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange'
Mexican Aster, Tall Cosmos
Cuphea llavea
Shrubby waxweed, Red cuphea, Bat-faced cuphea
Cyclamen 'Miracle'
Persian violet
Cynoglossum amabile
Chinese forget-me-not
Dianthus barbatus 'Albus'
Sweet William
Dorotheanus oculatus
Livingstone daisy
Exacum affine 'White Midget'
German violet
Fedia cornucopiae
African valerian, House of plenty
Felicia amelloides 'Astrid Thomas'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Felicia amelloides 'Read's White'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Felicia amelloides 'Santa Anita'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Galium aparine
Cleavers, Goosegrass, Hedgeburs, Sweethearts, Sticky willies
Gazania 'Aztec'
Treasure flower
Gazania 'Cookei'
Treasure flower
Gazania splendens
Striking gazania
Geranium favosum
African annual geranium
Geranium molle
Dove's foot cranes bill, Soft cranesbill
Gilia capitata
Queen Anne's thimbles, Blue thimble flower, Globe gillyflower
Glandularia 'Babylon Dark Red Amarena'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Babylon Light Blue'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Babylon White'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Donalena Dark Blue'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Donalena Red Pepper Improved'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Donalena White Hail'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Flamenco Dark Red'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lanai Bright Pink'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lanai Candy Cane'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lanai Raspberry'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lapel Blue'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lascar Cerise'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Lascar Dark blue'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Magalena White'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Quartz Burgundy'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Quartz Scarlet'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia 'Romance Group'
Verbena, Vervain