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)
Convolvulus tricolor
Dwarf morning glory, Annual morning glory
Coreopsis grandiflora
Large flowered tickseed, Lance coreopsis
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Heliot'
Large flowered tickseed, Lance coreopsis
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Rising Sun'
Large flowered tickseed, Lance coreopsis
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunfire'
Large flowered tickseed, Lance coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Annual tickseed, Golden coreopsis
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander, cilantro
Cosmos bipinnatus
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta'
Mexican aster
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Ladybird Orange'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Carmine'
Mexican Aster, Tall Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Pink'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata White'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Xsenia'
Mexican aster
Cosmos sulphureus
Orange cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Yellow'
Sulphur cosmos
Cuphea ignea
Cigar flower, Firecracker plant, Red-white-and-blue flower, Cigar plant
Cuphea llavea 'Georgia Scarlet'
Shrubby waxweed, Red cuphea, Bat faced cuphea
Cuphea procumbens 'Sweet Talk Lavender Splash'
Dahlia Lubega Power Tricolor = 'Volddah5612'
Dahlia variabilis 'Midnight Georgia Peach'
Dahlia variabilis 'Midnight Lively Lavender'
Dahlia variabilis 'Midnight Sultry Scarlet'
Datura inoxia
Downy thorn apple, Indian apple, Horn of plenty
Datura stramonium
Jimson weed, Jamestown weed, Common thorn apple, Devil's apple, Mad apple
Daucus carota
Wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, Bird's nest
Dianthus 'Mondrian'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Tenelke'
Carnation
Dianthus barbatus 'Barbarini® Red Picotee'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Barbarini® Red'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Dart™ Pink Magician'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Dart™ Red White Picotee'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Dash Magicien Pink and White'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Dash Pink'
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Dash White'
Sweet William
Dianthus chinensis
Annual Chinese pink, Indian pink
Diascia 'Flying Colours Deep Salmon'
Twinspur
Diascia 'Flying Colours Orange'
Twinspur
Diascia Flying Colours Apricot = 'Diastina'
Twinspur
Dicranostigma franchetianum
Eastern horned poppy
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Nemaqualand daisy, African daisy, Star of the veldt, Sun marigold
Dorotheanus gramineus
Livingstone daisy
Echium plantagineum
Purple bugloss
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
Salad rocket, Rocket, Rocquette, Arugula
Eschscholzia californica
California poppy, Mission bells