was my friend Alice Doyle’s response when I told her I was writing about tall annuals with distinctive shapes instead of the usual “color spots.” Let’s face it: Customary annuals like ...

Following are a dozen of the best heat-tough annuals you’ll find in local garden centers. Most also aren’t deer or rabbit favorites. These foot-tall annuals with the glossy leaves can take the ...

Figure on less than 1-foot tall with a 2-foot spread in a pot or ... and it really peaked in late fall after frost had taken down most other annuals. My "Blushing Princesses" continued to bloom ...

Tithonia's bold colors and tall growth habit create a dynamic and lively garden display. Zinnias are popular annuals known for their bright, cheerful flowers that come in a wide range of colors ...

You can get around this by building in a bit of impermanence and planting tall annuals is the ideal way to do so. Think of plants such as cosmos, lavatera, nicotiana, cleome, sunflowers ...

The bloom time of many perennials is fleeting, but annuals continue to flower all summer long. In combination, they become a partnership that pays beautiful dividends. Tall annuals can be planted ...

Most grow to about 12 inches tall. The plant has long, thin leaves and will form clumps to 12 or 14 inches in diameter. Dianthus is the most drought tolerant of the cool-weather annuals because of ...

Using tall annuals here and there in the garden has some distinct advantages, and such plants can be used in a variety of ways to enhance the landscape. Tall annual plants used to be relegated to ...

It is wiry and tall and you can get that airy purple mist effect in your garden as well as in vases. In addition to those classics there are many newer annuals that work well in either the garden or ...

Summer annuals are given a tall order -- perform continuously for five or six months of sweltering heat. Some persist. Some don't. The May-through-September stretch may bring too much rain.