How to Prepare Your Soil. What Annuals Should You Select. The Correct Time to Plant Annuals. How Much Water Do Annuals Need

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1 Many gardeners choose to plant and grow annuals because they provide colour all summer long, are fairly easy to grow, and will often last into the fall. Annual arrangements and placements can be changed yearly, making them an open canvas within your garden each and every spring. Annuals are great for beginner gardeners! How to Prepare Your Soil To prepare a bed or container for planting annuals, you must first look at the soil you are planting in. It is a good idea to add compost or fertilizer before planting and after as needed. It is also important that your soil be well-drained, as most annuals will not respond well to being too moist. What Annuals Should You Select When selecting your annuals, it is important that you choose the appropriate varieties for the exposure of your garden or planters. Some annuals require full sun while others require full shade and it is key to plant these annuals in the appropriate environment. The Correct Time to Plant Annuals When deciding when to plant you annuals, remember that most are quite tender, meaning they will not perform well at temperatures close to freezing. A general rule for safe planting of your tender annuals is after the May Long weekend. How Much Water Do Annuals Need It is important to water your annuals on a frequent basis. They will generally need to be watered 2-3 few times per week, but this can increase to every day during the heat of summer. Remember, you also do not want to overwater, as this can be more harmful than not enough water. How to Fertilize Your Annuals To ensure flowering throughout the season, fertilize your annuals once a week with an all-purpose water-soluble fertilizer as well as a granular fertilizer at the beginning of the season. This will ensure your annuals best performance.

2 Flowering Annuals for Sun to Partial Sun Ageratum Flossflower Antirrhinum Snapdragon Argyranthemum Marguerite Daisy Begonia Hiemalis Solenia Begonias Bracteantha Strawflower Calendula Pot Marigold Calibrachoa Million Bells Celosia Cleome Spider Flower Cosmos Cuphea Tiny Mouse Ears Dahlia Dianthus barbatus Sweet William Euphorbia Diamond Frost Diamond Frost Euphorbia Gazania Gerbera Gerber Daisy Heliotropium Heliotrope Impatiens x hybrida Sunpatiens Lantana Lathyrus Sweet Peas Lobularia maritime Sweet Alyssum Nemesia Nicotiana Nicotine Plant Osteospermum African Daisy Pelargonium Geranium Petunia Portulaca Salvia Sanvitalia Creeping Zinnia Scaevola Fan Flower SunPatiens Sutera Bacopa Tagetes Marigolds Tropaeolum Zinnia

3 Flowering Annuals for Partial Shade to Shade Begonia semperflorens Fibrous Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum Wax Leaf Begonia Fuschia Impatien hawkeri New Guinea Impatiens Impatien walleriana Impatiens/Garden Balsam Lobelia Torenia Wishbone Flower Viola x wittrockiana Pansy Annual Foliage For Sun to Partial Sun Cordyline False Dracaena Dichondra Dracaena Helichrysum Licorice Plant Ipomea Potato Vine Isolepsis cernus Fiber Optic Grass Pennisetum setaceum Rubrum Purple Fountain Grass Phormium New Zealand Flax Senecio cineraria Dusty Millar Solenostemon scutellarioides Coleus Annual Foliage For Shade to Partial Shade Carex Dracaena Hedera helix English Ivy Lamiastrum Dead Nettle Lysimachia Creeping Jenny Oxalis Wood Sorrell Solenostemon scutellarioides Coleus Strobilanthus Persian Shield

4 Annuals that Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds Ageratum Flossflower Antirrhinum Snapdragon Calibrachoa Million Bells Cosmos Dianthus barbatus Sweet William Helianthus Sunflowers Heliotropium Heliotrope Lantana Lathyrus Sweet Peas Lobularia maritima Sweet Alyssum Nicotiana Nicotine Plant Petunia Salvia Tagetes Marigolds Tropaeolum Zinnia Fragrant Annuals Brugmansia Angel s Trumpet Dianthus barbatus Sweet William Heliotropium Heliotrope Lathyrus Sweet Peas Lobularia Snow Princess Snow Princess Lobularia Lobularia maritime Sweet Alyssum Matthiola incana Stocks Nicotiana Nicotine Plant Petunia Tropaeolum

5 Drought Tolerant Annuals Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum Wax-leaf Begonia Bracteantha Straw Flower Euphorbia Diamond Frost Diamond Frost Euphorbia Gazania Pelargonium Geranium Portulaca Scaevola Fan Flower Senecio cineraria Dusty Millar Tagetes Marigolds Zinnias

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