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Check out these great annual flowers we plant every year in Ohio for long lasting summer color!
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Ageratum
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Botanical Name
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Ageratum houstonianum
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Height
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4 - 30"
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Spacing
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8"
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Flower Color(s)
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blue, white, pink, lavender
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, midborder
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Hardiness
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tender
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Alyssum, Sweet
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Botanical Name
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Lobularia maritima
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Height
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4 - 8"
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Spacing
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8"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink, purple
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Exposure
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full sun / part shade
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Uses
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edging, rock garden, container, groundcover
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Hardiness
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hardy
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Begonia
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Botanical Name
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Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum
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Height
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6 - 16"
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Spacing
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8"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink, red
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Exposure
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part shade / shade
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Uses
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massed, edging, container
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Hardiness
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tender
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Celosia
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Botanical Name
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Celosia argentea
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Height
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6 - 36"
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Spacing
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12 - 24"
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Flower Color(s)
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red, yellow, orange, gold, pink
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, midborder, everlasting
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Hardiness
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tender
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Cleome
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Botanical Name
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Cleome hasslerana
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Height
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24 - 48"
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Spacing
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15 - 18"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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background
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Hardiness
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tender
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Coleus
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Botanical Name
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Coleus x hybridus
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Height
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9 - 24"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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variegated foliage: green, red, white, chartreuse, pink, salmon, yellow
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Exposure
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full sun to part shade
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, container
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Hardiness
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tender
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Cosmos
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Botanical Name
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Cosmos bipinnatus
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Height
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12 - 36"
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Spacing
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24"
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Flower Color(s)
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pink, red, white, bicolor
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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midborder, background, cut flower
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Hardiness
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tender
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Dusty miller
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Botanical Name
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Senecio cineraria
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Height
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8 - 15"
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Spacing
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8"
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Flower Color(s)
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white-wooly foliage
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, accent, container
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Hardiness
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hardy
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Flowering tobacco
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Botanical Name
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Nicotiana alata
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Height
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12 - 14"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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red, white, rose, pink, lime, crimson
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Exposure
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full sun, part shade
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, container
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Hardiness
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tender
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Geranium
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Botanical Name
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Pelargonium x hortorum
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Height
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12 - 18"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, red, pink, rose, orange, salmon, bicolor
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, foreground, massed, containers
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Hardiness
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half hardy
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Globe amaranth
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Botanical Name
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Gomphrena globosa
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Height
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9 - 24"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink, purple, orange-red
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, everlasting
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Hardiness
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tender
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Helioptrope
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Botanical Name
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Heliotropium arborescens
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Height
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10 - 18"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, blue, violet, purple
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, foreground, containers
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Hardiness
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tender
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Impatiens
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Botanical Name
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Impatiens wallerana
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Height
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6 - 18"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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numerous
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Exposure
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part shade, shade
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Uses
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edging, foreground, massed, containers
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Hardiness
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tender
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New Guinea impatiens
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Botanical Name
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Impatiens platypeltatum
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Height
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12 - 24"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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pink, red, orange, purple, white
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Exposure
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part shade
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Uses
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edging, foreground, massed, containers
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Hardiness
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tender
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French Marigold
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Botanical Name
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Tagetes patula
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Height
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6 - 18"
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Spacing
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8"
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Flower Color(s)
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orange, yellow, red, bicolor
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, foreground, containers
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Hardiness
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half hardy
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American marigold
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Botanical Name
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Tagetes erecta
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Height
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12 - 24"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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orange, yellow, cream, white
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, background
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Hardiness
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tender
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Petunia
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Botanical Name
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Petunia x hybrida
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Height
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8 - 15"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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numerous
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, containers
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Hardiness
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half hardy
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Moss Rose
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Botanical Name
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Portulaca grandiflora
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Height
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6 - 8"
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Spacing
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10"
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Flower Color(s)
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rose, red, yellow, white, peach, striped
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, massed, groundcover, rock garden, containers
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Hardiness
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tender
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Blue salvia
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Botanical Name
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Salvia farinacea
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Height
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8 - 24"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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violet, blue, white
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, everlasting
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Hardiness
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half hardy
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Salvia
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Botanical Name
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Salvia splendens
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Height
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8 - 30"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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red, pink, lavender, white, salmon, bicolor
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Exposure
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full sun, part shade for pastel types
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Uses
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foreground, midborder, massed
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Hardiness
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half hardy
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Snapdragon
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Botanical Name
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Antirrhinum majus
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Height
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6 - 48"
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Spacing
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12 - 18"
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Flower Color(s)
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yellow, white, red, pink, orange, bronze, lavender
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Exposure
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full sun, part shade
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Uses
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edging, midborder, cut flower
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Hardiness
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hardy
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Verbena
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Botanical Name
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Verbena x hybrida
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Height
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6 - 12"
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Spacing
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18"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink, lavender, red, blue, purple, bicolor
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, groundcover, containers
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Hardiness
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tender
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Vinca
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Botanical Name
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Catharanthus roseus
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Height
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8 - 12"
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Spacing
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12"
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Flower Color(s)
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white, pink, apricot, lavender, bicolors
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Exposure
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full sun
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Uses
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edging, containers, massed
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Hardiness
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tender
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