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10 Annual Flowers To Plant In Your Garden This Spring

You’ll hear the words “Annuals” and “Perrenials” but you may not know which is which.  Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better…

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You'll hear the words "Annuals" and "Perrenials" but you may not know which is which. 

Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Sweet Pea

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According to HGTV, Sweet Pea flowers are cool-season type flowers and are great to put along a fence or a trellis. There are a few hues to choose from, ranging from pink to a violet color.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Cornflower

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Cornflowers have two strains, an annual (Centaurea cyanus) and perennial (Centaurea montana), and typically show off blue blooms according to HomeGuides. The nickname, Bachelor's Buttons, are spring through summer blooms, and can grow extremely tall, and look a little bit like wildflowers. You can also find them in a "dwarf" version, which grows 6 to 12 inches tall.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Begonias

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Begonias are Partial Sun / Shade flowers that bloom in multiple shades, mostly pinks, and reds. According to Illinois.edu's Annual Directory, the flowers bloom best from May to October. Be sire to have them in rich, organic soils that are moist, but don't overdo it. The most commonly seen are 'Surefire Rose' Begonias.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Supertunia & Superbena

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Broken Down into two groups, Supertunia and Superbena are considered a "verbena hybrid." They are best set up in the summer and the purple flowers tend to resemble a gramophone. According to HGTV, the flowers stand the test of fall frosts, and are great to use as container edges and hanging baskets.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Pansy

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According to The Spruce, pansies are the "most popular" and "recognizable" cool weather annuals. They say that Pansies will bloom the best in full sun to partial shade, but will grow the best in partial shade. They bloom from spring to summer, but some will repeat in the fall.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Geraniums

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Geraniums can be grown indoor or outdoor depending on what you're looking for. According to Gardening Know-How, indoor geraniums need lots of light and must stay at 65-70 temperature wise. If you bring them inside afterward, the Farmer's Almanac says that you can bring Geraniums inside, as long as they will get 4 to 6 hours of sunlight daily.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Impatiens

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The Spruce suggests that Impatiens, aka "Busy Lizzy" are treated as annual plants, but are also considered hybrid plants. North American areas find them traditionally planted around Memorial Day, or when the danger of frost has passed.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Snapdragons

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HGTV suggests Snapdragons as a colorful way of sprucing up your world in subfreezing temperatures. The seeds can be sowed in fall, winter, or early spring.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Marigold

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The Old Farmer's Almanac classifies the Marigold as a full sun flower, and it's one of the most popular of the annuals. Marigolds are also known to help keep pests away, and are used as a companion plant all over gardens.


Annuals are helpful to fill containers in gardens, especially early-blooming spring annuals. According to Better Homes & Gardens, you have to be careful of the plants that have sun or shade restrictions, which will grow in specific soil conditions, and more.

Check out the gallery of flowers here that are considered Annuals, and which will work best for your garden.

Zinnias

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According to Organic Life, Zinnias are the best to kick off indoors in pots 4 weeks before the last frost, and then transplanted into the garden around the last frost date, and they typically grow from the 1 to 4 feet tall range.

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