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Some people get a bit snobby when it comes to flowers. Perennials usually come high in the pecking order for the 'must have' plants of the moment, but when did you last hear anyone singing the praises of hardy annuals?Annuals are the unsung heroes

Does anyone know where I can find seeds for this amazing flower.  It is native in Australia but I know it can be grown over here as an annual. Scaevola aemula or fan flower blue wonder. I have only ever seen Scaveola offered as plants or plugs John

give you some ideas for summer baskets and planters. Thank you Obelixx that is a useful list since it gives colours and sizes as well as flowering months. Lots of annuals are good (quick) for kids and bees like then. Echiums,they're  like viper

start on the same seeds being planted in the spring - so hopefully bigger plants which flower earlier... They do not die down-hardy annuals will survive the winter in situ then when the warmer weather arrives off they go again to give your earlier

an extra chance to grow some annuals such as peas. beans and sweet peas. That way you could use the produce and still provide the flowers for the insects. As for the pots annuals for quick results and perennials will take longer. If you are not fussy

A term that usually refers to non-woody plants that live for more than two years or three seasons. Flowering annually, perennial plants tend to die down during the winter, but have roots that will survive low temperatures.

I was given some of these late in the season and they're obviously not going to get to flowering before the frosts. Are they annuals or tender/half hardy perennials? If I dig one up and bring it into a cold greenhouse might it survive long enough

hello I have grown these plants from an unamed seed mixture. Need help with any clues as to what they are. They have flowered kind off so I think they may be annuals       It looks like one of the mallows - are all the flowers that yellow colour

Plant out perennials in groups of three, five or seven for maximum effectSprinkle fertiliser around clumps of tulips to boost floweringSow hardy annual flowers directly into beds where you'd like them to bloomPrune Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria

Plant gladioli in groups to depth of 10-15cm, planting onto gravel if you have heavy soilComplete outside sowings of hardy annual flowers Lightly clip box edging and topiary to neaten them upSpray new leaves on disease-prone roses with fungicide