Purple Annual Flowers

However, sometimes it remains in the garden year round. Because of the reseeding, it seems as if the same plants continue to bloom when in fact new seedlings are filling in. Or pick up a packet of seeds and plant them where you want them to grow.Thanks...

Big Blue Liriope, Liriope muscari 'Big Blue', is an arching, grass-like perennial that produces spikes of dense, lavender flowers throughout summer. The Big Blue Liriope is a tough little plant, terrific as a groundcover or for use in difficult areas...

‘Table Mountain' the perfect, fast-spreading, dazzling groundcover on slopes or in borders for hot, dry, and sunny locations! *Fushia Colored Daisy Like Flowers *Groundcover Blooms All Season *Loves Heat and Drought

The leaves are strappy and beautifully deep green. Plant them where they will hide the feet of straggly shrubs. Let them spill out of your favorite containers. This lovely plant grows in gentle grass-like clumps that happily fill in bare and hard to plant...

It makes the even more attractive for their easy care. Each 8” flower-head is made up of dozens of the individual flowers in the form of a ball. So hardy, in fact, that in places where these beauties thrive they are used in freeway dividers and as foundation...

Licorice Fragrance in Blue Spikes Hyssop Blue Fortune, Agastache 'Blue Fortune', originates from the Greek word aga, meaning "very much," and stachys, meaning "spikes," referring to the many flower spikes.

It will reward you with an over-abundance of flowers all year round, but especially in the spring and summer. You just need to bring them indoors in the coldest months. They are so elegant and striking you can find them in landscapes from urban apartment...

It has purple-blue blooms, similar to grape hyacinths, that appear on top the tidy 9 to 12" plants in early fall. The flowers are followed by very dark purple, almost black, berries.

The foliage is known to resemble cracked porcelain! ‘Jack Frost' has a plant height of 12-18” and a plant spread of 18”. It does require full shade in most areas. It does require consistently moist soil, and it does not need a lot of care, being...

It's hard to choose which is better – the beautiful star-shaped dark blue flowers that cover the plant in the spring, or the cloud of leafy willow-like leaves that turn such a bright golden-yellow in the fall you almost need sunglasses to look directly...

‘Kobold Gayfeather' is well worth giving a spot in the garden! These unique flowers open from the top down and bloom from June to September. It is a major butterfly and bee attractor.

Gardeners in the South are heading to the nurseries to make their selections about now while those who live in places with very cold winters are taking cuttings and planning to overwinter them for replanting next spring.

They are a colorful addition to potpourri. Garden centers are full, and choosing from among the numerous offerings is often difficult. Expect the plants to grow from nine inches to three feet tall, depending on which selection is chosen.

It needs full sun though it will tolerate some shade and will grow up to 4 feet tall. If you wanted a novelty shade garden, 'Green Lace' might look interesting next to Heuchera 'Green Spice' and a chartreuse hosta such as 'June.'If you don't live in a...

Dainty clusters of creamy white flowers are produced throughout the growing season on this shrubby native Lantana and are followed by clusters of decorative pinkish purple fruit. For the best results provide your Lantana with an average to well draining...

Bells-of-Ireland is an old-fashioned garden favorite with a showy, quirky appearance. For such a tall plant, bells-of-Ireland matures relatively quickly and will reliably produce stalks from the middle of summer to frost.You can encourage the height of...

This very hardy tree hydrangea can reach 8' tall by 8' wide. The beautiful down-facing bloom is mahogany colored in the center which changes to limey-green toward the outside as the petals turn upward(4).This beauty, also known as Corsican Rose, blooms...

Annuals with green flowers are something of a novelty, and can inspire garden interest all season long. Many types are fragrant as well. Another viridiflora tulip,, is unique in that it is almost completely apple green, with only touches of cream and...

Even the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are printed on hemp paper and first U.S. flag, sewn by Betsy Ross, was made of hemp cloth.There are basically two types of hemp. Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) has been an integral part of human cultures...

I've made my husband pull over at an intersection while I dashed out of the car to snatch as many daisies as I could before the light changed. Of course, they'd have better odds of self-sowing if I didn't keep cutting so many flowers!There are other flowers...

This effect is of course a result of the tannin content of the plant. And sometimes if I was really lucky, there would be a few pink or white blooms amidst the blue. No matter how down and out we find ourselves, one look at these soothingly blue flowers...

Paperwhites grow from bulbs and are easily forced indoors, which is why they are commonly given as gifts in December. The flower stands for patience and daintiness and the word "aster" comes from the Latin for star.

Looking for something to spice up that romantic dinner for that special someone? Just looking for something a little different to dine on? During Queen Victoria's reign, edible flowers found their way to the new world where they are experiencing a resurgence...

Although both rudbeckia and echinacea are referred to as a coneflower, rudbeckia can be distinguished from echinacea, or purple coneflower, by its leaves, which are hairy and coarse in texture.

And you can certainly omit golden ones.There are fields of yellow marigolds and formal plantings of yellow canna lilies. It makes sense that all the flowers that are daisy- or sunflower-shaped should be yellow; I think of them as third cousins twice removed.

Antique flower varieties are as popular as antique furniture. Each garden has its own soil type. Research your soil type, if necessary, and amend as needed.about their favorite flowers and how to grow them.

These cheap plants might be labeled and left in their display area, especially if there is a large quantity offered, or they may be moved to a separate rack.I often find the rejects at the back of the outdoor garden department or greenhouse.of checking...