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)
Mimulus x hybridus 'Calypso Hybrids'
Monkey flower, Musk
Nemesia 'Aroma Banana Split'
Cape snapdragon
Nemesia 'Ayana'
Cape snapdragon
Nemesia 'Bordeaux'
Cape snapdragon
Nemesia 'Danish Flag'
Nemesia 'Lady Penelope'
Cape snapdragon
Nemophila menziesii
Baby blue eyes
Nicotiana 'Domino Salmon Pink'
Flowering tobacco
Nonea lutea
Yellow nonea
Pelargonium 'Bull's Eye Red'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Maverick White'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Roi des Balcons Lilas'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Savannah Amanda'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Savannah Merlot Sizzle'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Tango Salmon'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Tornado Pink'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium 'Tornado'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium Amelit = 'Pacameli'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium Flower Fairy Berry = 'Sweberry'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium Savannah Pink = 'Duesapi'
Tender geranium
Pelargonium Tango Dark Red Improved = 'Zontadered'
Tender geranium
Petunia 'Burgundy'
Petunia 'Explorer Blue'
Petunia 'Explorer White'
Petunia 'Express Blue'
Petunia 'Horizon Blue'
Petunia 'Million Bells Cherry'
Million Bells Petunia
Petunia 'Purple Wave'
Petunia 'Ramblin Blue'
Petunia 'Ramblin Red'
Petunia 'Ramblin White'
Petunia 'Tumbelina Maria'
Petunia 'Wave Lavender'
Petunia 'Wave Pearly'
Petunia 'Wave Salmon'
Petunia axillaris
Large white petunia
Petunia Easy Wave Blue = 'Pas320593'
Petunia multiflora 'Frenzy Red Frost'
Petunia Surfinia Lime = 'Keiyeul'
Petunia x atkinsiana 'Storm Lavender'
Portulaca oleracea
Summer purslane, Common purslane, Pussley
Salvia splendens
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens 'Blaze of Fire'
Scarlet sage, Sage
Salvia splendens 'Carabiniere'
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens 'Red Arrow'
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens 'Salsa Light Purple'
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens 'Sizzler Red'
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens 'Vista White'
Scarlet sage, Sage