Which Annuals Work Best

Annuals that can miss watering for an entire weekend

• geraniums
• wax begonias

Annuals that grow easily from seed and germinate quickly in warm weather

• marigolds
• zinnias
• cleome

Annuals better suited to sow directly from seed

• larkspur
• bachelor’s buttons
• poppies
• Texas bluebonnets
• Plant in early spring, or fall in areas where the ground does not freeze in winter

Annuals that bloom the longest in warm weather

• melampodium
• wax begonias
• angelwing begonias
• geraniums
• impatiens

Annuals that can easily be brought indoors and respond well to being cut back to produce more blooms

• cosmos
• gomphrena (tall types)
• marigold (tall types)
• tithonia
• scarlet sage
• sunflower (branching types)
• zinnia