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ANNUALS in PAKS
Ageratum
Dark green foliage with clusters of flowers, sunny location preferred. It has the most even growth habit of all the annual border plants.
Tips: Purchase bedding plants not yet in bloom
choose mid-blue ageratums for an extremely attractive display with salmon or pink geraniums
Low maintenace requirements
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Tycoon Blue
ht. 6" |
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Tycoon Purple
ht. 6" |
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Tycoon White
ht. 6" |
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Blue Horizon
A cut flower grower’s favorite. Height: 30", 15-18" spread. |
Alyssum
Clusters of flowers very sweet smelling compact plants for a sunny location. White flowered have strongest smell.
Tips: Plant alyssum near a doorway or by walkways so that the sweer scent captures you as you pass by.
Easy to grow and no deadheading required.
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Snow Crystals
ht. 6" |
Clear Crystal is more vigorous with larger flowers than Easter Bonnet. Gardeners and landscapers will enjoy the fragrant, large blooms and stronger performance in containers and in-ground plantings. Unique new Lavender Shades and Purple Shades are the first pigmented tetraploid alyssums, and are well-matched for vigour and flower size with companion White.
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Clear Crystal Purple
ht. 6-10" |
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Clear Crystal Lavender
ht. 6-10" |
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Clear Crystal Mix
ht. 6-10" |
Aster
Dark green foliage sunny location.
Aster means "star" in Greek. Botanical name is Greek for "beautiful crown" referring to the shape of the flowers.
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Pot-n-Patio Blue
ht. 6" |
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Pot-n-Patio Mix
ht. 6" |
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Pot-n-Patio Pink
ht. 6" |
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Pot-n-Patio Scarlet
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6" |
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Pot-n-Patio White
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6" |
Begonia
Showy, compact plants with loads of flowers, sun to shade thrives in moist soil.
Bada Boom and Bada Bing varieties height is 8-10" and spread to 6-8". They are mounded and flower from late spring to frost.
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Bada Bing Rose
(Green Leaf)
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Bada Bing Scarlet
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Bada Bing White
(Green Leaf)
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Bada Boom Scarlet
(Bronze Leaf)
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Bada Boom White
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Bada Boom Pink
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Big Bronzed Leaf Bigger is better with this large leaved, large flowered begonia series. Characterized by its upright arching habit, plants perform equally well in settings that move from full sun to shade. Height: 18-24", 12-15" spread.
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Big Bronze Leaf Red |
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Big Bronze Leaf Rose |
Celosia
Unique plants that the blooms can be cut to be dried or for cut flowers, or used as bedding plant. Thrives in hot, dry places.
Plume Varieties ht. 14"
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Fresh Look Orange |
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Fresh Look Yellow |
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Fresh Look Red |
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Fresh Look Mix |
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New Look |
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Amigo Mix
Ht. 12" |
Cleome
Spider flowers that bloom all summer and like sunny hot dry areas.
Tips: Plant several together in groups for best display. Avoid planting in windy locations and provide stakes to support the plants.
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Sparkler Blush |
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Sparkler Lavender |
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Sparkler Rose |
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Sparkler White |
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Sparkler Mix |
Coleus
Compact plants with large colorful leaves prefers shade to part shade. Easy to grow outdoors and can also be grown indoors as a houseplant.
Tips: Coleus work well as an accent plant in containers, hanging baskets, borders, and rock gardens.
Faded foliage indicates too much sun.
Wizard Varieties: Ht.12"
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Wizard Velvet Red |
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Wizard Mosaic |
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Wizard Mixture |
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Wizard Pineapple |
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Wizard Sunset |
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Wizard Scarlet |
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Wizard Sunrise |
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Wizard Rose |
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Fairway Mix |
Cosmos
Great background plant loves sunny location. Cosmos is among the easiest annuals to grow; it can do well in poor soil, needs supplementary watering and requires occasional deadheading.
Sonata Varieties ht. 20"
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Sonata White |
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Sonata Pink Blush |
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Sonata Mix |
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Sonata Pink |
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Sonata Carmine |
Cosmic Varieties are free-flowering, dwarf plants with a well-branched habit. Height 12"
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Cosmic Orange |
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Cosmic Yellow |
The sea shell variety has a mix of white, pink, and crimson flowers. They bloom in Summer to Fall and grow to a height of 36-48" in sun or partial shade.
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Sea Shells |
Dianthus
Dwarf uniform plants that like sun to part shade. It is one of the longest-blooming annuals and has excellent frost tolerance.
Tips: Dianthus is generally disease-free and untroubled by insects.
Elation Varieties ht. 8"
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Elation Pink Bicolor |
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Elation Red |
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Elation Mix |
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Elation Violet |
Dusty Miller
Silvery-white foliage makes an excellent edging locate in sun to part shade. Requires little care other than watering.
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Silver dust ht. 10" |
Gomphrena
Clover-like flowers on compact plants that are great dried flowers. They like a sunny location.
All varieties below grow to 12"
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Gnome Pink |
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Gnome Purple |
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Gnome White |
Hypoestes
Polka-dot leaves make attractive foliage plant.
All varieties below grow to 8"
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Pink Splash |
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Red Splash |
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White Splash |
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Rose Splash |
Impatiens
The most popular of all shade plants. Masses of " flowers all summer long. Easy care with no removal of flowers required. Plants love moist soil to help them out, put coco-hulls around plants.
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Lobelia
Tiny flowers on dark green foliage plants, loves shade.
Riviera varieties grow to 3-4"
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Riviera Blue Eyes |
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Riviera Midnight Blue |
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Riviera White |
Trailing Regatta Varieties grow to 8"
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Regatta Blue Splash |
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Regatta White |
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Regatta Midnight Blue |
Marigold
Easy to grow and brilliant color 'til frost. This plant likes full sun to part shade.
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Nicotiana
Sweet fragrance that attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Hummingbird varieties grow to 12"
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Saratoga Purple Bicolor |
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Saratoga Red |
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Saratoga Mix |
Petunia
The most popular sun plant that produces masses of flowers that bloom until frost. Three popular varieties divide these plants Multiflora-meaning small flowers but lots and lots of them Grandiflora- meaning large flower but less flowers, and Double- meaning of course double flower head.
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Portulaca
Plants love hot, sunny, dry locations, sometimes plant will reseed themselves and come back the next year. Sundial varieties grow from 4-6". Happy Hour varieties grow from
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Sundial Fuchsia |
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Sundial Mixture |
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Sundial Scarlet |
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Sundial Peach |
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Sundial White |
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Sundial Yellow |
the Happy Hour Varieties are extra appealing, with fuller habit and large, semi-double blooms in vivid colours. Great for hot, dry, full-sun conditions, drought-tolerant Happy Hour is sure to please consumers with its excellent garden performance. Portulaca prefers well-drained media and garden soils. Height 8-10"
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Happy Hour Peppermint |
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Happy Hour Mixture |
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Happy Hour Banana |
Salvia
Firecracker plant, excellent heat and drought tolerant. Best in sun or part shade.
Early and compact with tightly spaced florets.
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Salsa Burgundy |
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Salsa Purple |
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Salsa Scarlet |
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Salsa Scarlet Bicolor |
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Salsa Mixture |
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Salsa White |
Excellent series for borders or mass plantings. ht. 15"
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Victoria Blue |
Bonfire Elite has brilliant red flower spikes up to 12" long. Excellent for landscaping and back of borders. Height 30-36"
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Bonfire Elite |
Snapdragon
Sturdy spikes provide a display of color that can be used as cut flowers. In the garden if dead heads are removed the more they flower. One of the first annuals to be planted in spring.
Montego is the earliest flowering dwarf snapdragon that still shows superb garden performance. These varieties last longer in the garden than other dwarf types. Plants exhibit strong basal branching for a robust-looking plant. Flowers are held on strong, sturdy stems close to the top of the foliage. Montego is superb for packs, pots, mixed containers, and garden borders.
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Montego Mix |
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Montego Pink |
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Montego Red |
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Montego Yellow |
Long flower spikes with well spaced florets on vigorous, heat-resistant plants.
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Rocket Red |
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Rocket White |
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Rocket Mix |
Liberty Classic varieties have sturdy flower spikes and uniform habit from color to color. Height 20-24"
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Liberty Classic Mix |
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Liberty Classic Cherry |
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Liberty Classic Yellow |
Statice
Wonderful annual dried flower. Great for flower arrangements. Its papery petals retain their vivid colors indefinitely.
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Fortress Apricot |
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Fortress Dark Blue |
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Fortress Mix |
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Fortress Purple |
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Fortress Rose |
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Fortress Yellow |
Strawflower
A great dried plant with daisy type flowers that love a sunny location.
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Bright Bikinis Mix
Height: 12" Flower Size 1.5" |
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King Orange |
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King Yellow |
Torenia
These have a snapdragon type flower that can tolerate full sun to part shade. It adds color to more shaded areas.
More compact and better-branched than the old Clown varieties, Kauai grows about 2 in. shorter on average. Gardeners value torenia for its superior performance in extreme heat and humidity, and exotic appearance in small garden settings, mixed combos and colour bowls
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Kauai Deep Blue |
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Kauai Rose |
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Kauai Lemon Drop |
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Kauai White |
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Kauai Burgundy |
Verbena
Clusters of flowers on low growing sun loving plants. Best plant for hot, dry areas of a garden. Obsession varieties grow to 10"
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Obsession Blue Eye |
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Obsession Pink |
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Obsession Red |
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Obsession Mix |
Imagination has rich, violet-blue flowers that thrive in heat and drought. Height: 10-12"
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Imagination |
Vinca
Large full rounded flowers on dark foliage also know as periwinkle. Great in sun and dry location.
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Sunstorm Light Blue |
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Sunstorm Violet w/Eye |
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Sunstorm Red |
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Sunstorm Blush |
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Sunstorm Pure White |
Zinnia
Compact plants great for cut arrangements. For spectacular color plant a mass of Profusion zinnias.
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Profusion Fire |
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Profusion Orange |
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Profusion Mix |
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Profusion Coral Pink |
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Profusion Yellow |
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Profusion White |
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Profusion Cherry |
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Profusion Double Fire |
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Profusion Double Cherry |
Mid-height plants are well branched with an equal spread and are heat, drought and disease tolerant. The full, bushy plants of Zahara varieties are covered with vibrant flowers that make a marvelous statement in annual gardens and in containers. Height: 12-18", 12-18" spread
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Zahara Yellow |
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Zahara Fire |
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Zahara Rose |
