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Latest photos of annuals

  • Petunia
    Motinot
  • STA70740
    Ziggybird
  • Coleus (Coleus blumei)
    Linda235
  • One of my lizzie baskets
    Raymando

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We have 1147 photos of annuals

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • Basket Mix
    Davebat59
  • Conical "Witch Hat" planter with Mimulus "Magic Rainbow" and trailing Bizzy Lizzy "Spellbound"
    David
  • tower of flowers at Garstang
    Sanbaz
  • Winter pansies, ready for the long haul....:o(
    Janey
  • Nasturtium Planter
    Greenthumb
  • Violas
    Yorkshire
  • Cream Butterfly Antirrhinum (Antirrhinum majus)
    Spritzhenry
  • Petunias (Petunia surfinia)
    Janey

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Gardeners' thoughts

Glorious Petunias!

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Glorious Petunias! Before the summer is well & truly over I thought I might do a blog with some of the photos of the...

7 comments

balcony

10 Sep, 2021
Balcony

Portulaca grandiflora

Portulaca_grandiflora

One of my favorite annuals is Portulaca, or Moss Rose. They are in the Purslane family and get to 2½ to 3 inches across....

7 comments

wylieintheazores

7 Jul, 2017
Wylieintheazores

Flowers from seeds

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When it comes to growing from seeds my results are not usually very good, apart from sweetpeas and nasturtiums, which I grow...

32 comments

hollyeves

1 Aug, 2013
Hollyeves

Gazanias

July_046

I love Gazanias and this year they have been lovely with all the hot weather weve had.

23 comments

hollyeves

25 Jul, 2013
Hollyeves

the vibrant colours of Mesembryanthemums[Livingston daisies]

Sam_1085

These livingston daisies are so cheerful and bright and the recent awful weather does not seemed to have harmed them. I love...

19 comments

helen60garden

17 Jul, 2012
Helen60garden

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Questions & advice on annuals

If you can't find the answer to your gardening question here, feel free to ask our friendly community. Just ask in the form on this page


I have a lot of lobbelia plants in my garden borders which have now finished flowering & left dead trailing stalks

3 replies

cliff48

15 Nov, 2013
Cliff48

Violas - when to plant out.

2 replies

rubysmum

31 Jul, 2012
Rubysmum

I have grown Zinnias from seed this year but believe thay are half hardy

5 replies

sadie

21 Aug, 2011
Sadie

what is a cosmos

2 replies

suefradley

21 Apr, 2011
Suefradley

various flowering plants

2 replies

hollyberry

12 Apr, 2011
Hollyberry

when do i cut down my sunflowers and collect the seeds

2 replies

alisonhughes

10 Oct, 2010
Alisonhughes

Any advice on keeping geraniums

3 replies

bettyboos

1 Oct, 2010
Bettyboos

when can i buy and plant out winter pansies thanks

4 replies

michael49

25 Aug, 2010
Michael49

When does nicotiana sylvestrios flower and is it a biennial?

6 replies

guest

8 Aug, 2010
Guest

Slugs eating marigolds I planted out lots of young marigolds and something has eaten all the leaves off

2 replies

honeybean

14 Jul, 2010
Honeybean

I have collected seed heads of papaver poppies from friends gardens

1 reply

sjw

14 Jul, 2010
Sjw

Hello everybody Why are my double petunias

3 replies

newseed

12 Jul, 2010
Newseed

Sdc12922

HI, JUST A QUICK QUESTION I HAVE BEEN GROWING PETUNIA

10 replies

paulajane

24 Jun, 2010
Paulajane

My Livingstone Daisies have vigerous growth but no flowers

1 reply

elllarcarr

21 Jun, 2010
Elllarcarr

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