Annuals
Pronunciation: beh-GOHN-yuh x too-bur-HI-brid-ah
Family: Begoniaceae
Plant type: Annual, succulent or cacti
Zone: 10
Origin: South America
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Mature size
Height: .2-.4 m
Spread: .1-.3 m
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Habit: Pendulous, Upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: Simple Alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 9-15 cm
Margin: incised
Characteristics: soft flexible, lustrous, acute, oblique uneven base
Colour: green, dark green, bronze/red accents
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: cyme
Colour: showy, yellow, orange, pink, red
Size: 4.6-5.2 cm
Time: June- September
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Exposure - deep shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, hanging basket
Propagation - seed, Division - below ground
Comments - modified tubers
Pests - blight or needle cast, mildew, mites
Helichrysum petiolare cvs. (Licorice Plant)
Pronunciation: hell-ih-KRYE-zum pet-ee-oh-LIAR-ee
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 10
Origin: Africa, Australia, NZ
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Mature size
Height: .7-1.3 m
Spread: 1-1.5m
Form: Climbing, mounded, weeping
Texture: medium
Habit: Pendulous, spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 1.3 cm wide x 1-2.5 cm long
Margin: ciliate, undulate, wavy
Characteristics: pubescent, soft flexible
Colour: grey green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: small head in corymb
Colour: showy, white
Size: 2mm heads in bunches
Time: August
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Fruit type: Achene
Colour: Not showy
Time: September
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Exposure - full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - Rocky, gravelly or dry, well drained
Landscape uses - container planting, hanging baskets, perennial border
Propagation - cuttings
Comments - Low maintenance
Pests - pest and disease resistant, although susceptible to caterpillar and cutworms
Tagetes tenuifolia (Tagetes)
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Pronunciation: tuh-JEE-teez ten-yoo-iff-FOLE-lee-uh
Family: Compositae/ Asteraceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 8-11
Origin: North America
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Mature size
Height: 1-2 feet
Spread: 1-2 feet
Form: dense, roundedd upright
Texture: fine
Habit: round
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Leaves
Arrangement: opposite, subopposite, odd-pinnately compound
Shape: oblong
Size: >2 inches
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: dull look
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: single flower
Colour: orange yellow, golden, bi colored , showy
Size: 2-5 cm
Time: June-August
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: thin
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - tolerates clay, send, acidic, and loam,
Landscape uses - container, above ground planter, edging, border, attracts butterflies, accent plant
Propagation - seed
Comments - Some flowers can be used as a pleasant citrus like flavor in salads
Pests - sensitive to mites, leafminers, slugs, leaf tier webs, botrtis blight, tarnished plant bug, leaf hopper etc
Tagetes erecta (African marigold)
Pronunciation: tuh-JEE-teez ih-RECK-tuh
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 9
Origin: Africa
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Mature size
Height: 20-40cm
Spread: 30-60 cm
Form: oval, vertical
Texture: medium, fine
Habit: stiffly upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: compound, alternate
Shape: lanceolate
Size: >7cm
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: soft flexible, glabrous, odd pinnate, cuspidate, attenuate
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: head, capitulum
Colour: yellow, orange, showy
Size: >15 cm
Time: May, June, July, August, September, October
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: herbaceous
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Fruit type: achene
Colour: insignificant
Time: August, September
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - attract beneficial inseccts, bedding plant, summer interest, mass plant
Propagation - seed
Comments high maintenance, daily watering
Pests - pest and disease resistant
Tagetes patula (French marigold)
Pronunciation: tuh-JEE-teez PAT-you-luh
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 9
Origin: South Africa
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Mature size
Height: 10-20 cm
Spread: 10-30 cm
Form: oval, vertical
Texture: medium, fine
Habit: stiffly upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: compound, alternate, basal
Shape: linear/ovate
Size: 3 cm individual leaf, 10 cm long compound
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: narrow and toothed leaflets
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: capitulum, head
Colour: showy, yellow, orange
Size: >5 cm
Time: May, June, July, August, September, October
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: herbaceous
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Fruit type: cypselia (achene + calyx)
Colour: brown, black, insignificant
Time: October, November
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - attract beneficial insects, bedding plants, fragrance, mass planting
Propagation - seed
Comments - high maintenance plants, need daily watering
Pests - pest resistant
Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum)
Pronunciation: lob-you-LAIR-ee-uh muh-RIT-ih-muh
Family: Brassicaceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 7
Origin: Mediterranean, Canary Islands
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Mature size
Height: 10-20 cm
Spread: 10-30 cm
Form: mounded
Texture: fine
Habit: dense
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Leaves
Arrangement: alternate, simple
Shape: elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate
Size: 1-4cm long x 3-5 mm wide
Margin: entire
Characteristics: pinnate venation, soft flexible, pubescent, acute, rounded
Colour: green, silver, grayish, grey green, yellow
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: corym like, raceme
Colour: showy, white, violet, pink
Size: >7.2 mm
Time: May, June, July, August, Sept, October
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: herbaceous
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Fruit type: silicle
Colour: brown
Time: June, July, August, September, October
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Exposure - full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - attract beneficial insects, bedding plants, contaner plantng, filler, hanging basket
Propagation - seed
Comments - a fine addition to landcape filling
Pests - thrips
Pelargonium x domesticum (Regal Geraniums)
Pronunciation: pell-are-GOE-nee-um ex doe-MESS-tih-kum
Family: Geraniaceae
Plant type: Annual, Flowering pot plant
Zone: 10
Origin: Africa
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Mature size
Height: 40-70 cm
Spread: 60-100 cm
Form: Oval, vertical
Texture: medium
Habit: upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: lobed, simple, alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 7cm wide x 13 cm long
Margin: incised
Characteristics: soft flexible, distinctive smell, acute
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: flowers solitary
Colour: showy, white, violet, pink, red, dark red, magenta
Size: >7.5 cm
Time: May, June, July, August, September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: smooth, herbaceous
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Fruit type: insignificant
Colour: brown
Time: October
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Exposure - Full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - Bedding plant, container planting, indoor plant
Propagation - stem tip cuttings
Comments - cool temp treatment required for flower initiation, this limits its use as an outdoor annual, primarily used as a flowering house plant
Pests - Root rot, thrips
Lobelia erinus (Lobelia)
Pronunciation: loe-BEEL-yuh ur-EYE-nus
Family: Campanulaceae
Plant type: annual
Zone: 10
Origin: Garden
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Mature size
Height: 10-20 cm
Spread: 10-30 cm
Form: mounded
Texture: medium - fine
Habit: Dense, Spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple alternate
Shape: linear, obovate
Size: 5-6 cm
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: attenuate, soft flexible, glabrous, acuminate, rounded
Colour: green, bronze
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: raceme
Colour: showy, white, violet, blue, pink
Size: 1-2 cm
Time: June, July, August, September
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Stem
Colour: green, bronze
Description: herbaceouse
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Fruit type: insignificant
Colour: brown
Time: October
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Exposure - full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, container planting, summer interest
Propagation - seed
Comments - need daily watering in hot months
Pests - dead head and die off
Pelargonium x hortorum (Geranium)
Pronunciation: pell-are-GOE-nee-um x hor-TOR-um
Family: Geraniaceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 10
Origin: Africa, Garden origin
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Mature size
Height: .7-1.3 m
Spread: .6-1 m
Form: round
Texture: medium
Habit: dense
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, alternate
Shape: orbicular
Size: >15 cm
Margin: crenate, pinnately lobed
Characteristics:
Colour: green, dark green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, umbel
Colour: showy, white, violet, orange, pink, red
Size: 3.5-4 cm
Time: June, July, August
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Stem
Colour: green brown
Description: herbaceous, smooth
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Fruit type: insignificant
Colour: brown
Time: September, October
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Exposure - full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, container planting, hanging basket
Propagation - seed, softwood cuttings
Comments - great for hanging baskets
Pests - mites, mold, root rot, thrips, virus
Calibrachoa x hybrid (mini petunia)
Pronunciation: kal-ih-bruh-KOE-uh x HIB-rih-duh
Family: Soanaceae
Plant type: Annual
Zone: 9
Origin: Garden origin, South America
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Mature size
Height: 10-20 cm
Spread: 30-60 cm
Form: Creeping, mat-like
Texture: medium fine
Habit: spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, opposite
Shape: ovate
Size:
Margin: Entire
Characteristics: Soft flexible, pubescent, acute, attenuate
Colour: Green, yellow
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, solitary
Colour: showy, white, violet, yellow, orange, pink, purple, red
Size: 1.8-2.3 cm
Time: May - October
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: herbaciouse
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Fruit type: aborted, hybrid, or absent
Colour: not showy
Time: insignificant, November
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - Container planting, hanging basket, summer interest
Propagation - seed
Comments - dead head for maximum flower production
Pests - die off
Impatiens walleriana (Impatiens)
Pronunciation: im-PAY-shunz- wall-ur-ee-AY-nuh
Family: Balsaminaceae
Plant type: Annual, Flowering pot plant
Zone: 10
Origin: Australia, South America, NZ
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Mature size
Height: 40-70 cm
Spread: 30-60 cm
Form: mounded, round
Texture: fine medium
Habit: spreading, dense, stiffly upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: Simple, alternate, spiraled
Shape: ovate
Size: 2.5-3.5 cm
Margin: dentate
Characteristics: soft flexible, lustrous, acute, attenuate, cordate
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, raceme
Colour: showy, white, violet, pink, red, dark red
Size: 4-4.5 cm
Time: June, July, August, September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: herbaceous
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: green
Time: September, October
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Exposure - deep shade, filtered shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, container planting, filler, hanging basket
Propagation - seed
Comments - fruit is insignificant, often bought in pac form at nurseries every year
Pests - fungal leaf spot, mites, nematodes, thrips
Dianthus chinensis (China pink)
Pronunciation: dye-AN-thus chye-NEN-sis
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Plant type: Annual, Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3
Origin: China
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Mature size
Height: .4-.7 m
Spread: .1-.3 m
Form: mounded
Texture: medium fine
Habit: dense, spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: Grass-like, simple, basal, opposite
Shape: lanceolate
Size: 7-8 cm
Margin: entire
Characteristics: long and narrow, grass-like,
Colour: green (blueish)
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: cyme
Colour: showy white, pink, red, fragrant
Size: 3.5-3.9 cm
Time: June-September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: basal
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Fruit type: insignificant
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - acidic, alkaline, well-drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, container plant
Propagation - seed, softwood cuttings
Comments - long season annuals, flower for longer than normal annuals
Pests - aphids, adelgids, sawfly, horntail, crown rot
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