The Planting Guide provides as an overview of the frequently used flowers in the Adopt-A-Spot program.
Please utilize this as a point of reference to plan your successful plot of flowering annuals.
Ageratum
Light: Sun or part sun
Flower Color: Blue
Height: 4 - 6”
Width: 6”
Alyssum - Sweet Alyssum
Light: Full sun or part shade
Flower Color: White
Height: 10”
Width: 4 - 6”
Begonia - Green & Red Leaf
Light: Full or part sun
Flower Color: Pink, red, white
Height: 6 - 12”
Width: 12”
Celosia - Tall & DWARF Cockscomb
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Dwarf mix; Tall - red or yellow
Height: Dwarf - 12”; Tall - 30”
Width: 8 - 15”
Coleus - Wizard Mix & Rainbow
Light: Wizard Mix - sun; Rainbow - shade
Foliage Color: Mix
Height: 18 - 36”
Width: 9 - 12”
Dusty Miller
Light: Full sun or partial shade
Flower Color: No flowers - silver foliage
Height: 12 - 18”
Width: 12 - 18”
Dahlias
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Mix
Height: 12 - 16”
Width: 6 - 12”
Gazania
Light: Full sun or partial shade
Flower Color: Mix
Height: 8 - 12”
Width: 8”
Lobelia
Light: Full or partial shade
Flower Color: Blue
Height: 3 - 9”
Width: 6”
Melampodium
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Yellow
Height: 8 - 12”
Width: 12”
Osteospermum
Light: Full or partial shade
Flower Color: Mix (passion)
Height: 12 - 18”
Width: 10”
Petunia
Light: Sun to part shade
Flower Color: Blue, mix, red, red/white, white
Height: 12 - 15”
Width: 12 - 15”
Portulaca - Moss Rose
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Mix
Height: 8”
Width: 10 - 12”
Rudbeckia - Denver Daisy
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Yellow gold with a brown eye
Height: 18 - 24"
Width: 12 - 18"
Rudbeckia - Prairie Sun
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Bright yellow to golden orange with a green eye
Height: 2 - 3'
Width: 1 - 2'
Salvia
Light: Sun, part sun
Flower Color: Dwarf - red or white; Tall - blue or white
Height: Dwarf 8 - 10”; Tall 24 - 30”
Width: 12”
Verbena
Light: Full sun, partial shade
Flower Color: Mix
Height: 6 - 12”
Width: 8 - 15”
Snapdragon
Light: Full sun, part shade
Flower Color: Mix
Height: Dwarf 10”
Width: 6 - 12”
Zinnia
Light: Full sun
Flower Color: Orange, cherry, or Thumbelina mix
Height: Mix - 6 - 8”, Orange and cherry - 12 - 30”
Width: 15 - 18”