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Check out these great annual flowers we plant every year in Ohio for long lasting summer color!

Ageratum

Botanical Name

Ageratum houstonianum

ageratum

Height

4 - 30"

Spacing

8"

Flower Color(s)

blue, white, pink, lavender

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, midborder

Hardiness

tender

Alyssum, Sweet

Botanical Name

Lobularia maritima

alyssum

Height

4 - 8"

Spacing

8"

Flower Color(s)

white, pink, purple

Exposure

full sun / part shade

Uses

edging, rock garden, container,  groundcover

Hardiness

hardy

 

Begonia

Botanical Name

Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum

begonia

Height

6 - 16"

Spacing

8"

Flower Color(s)

white, pink, red

Exposure

part shade / shade

Uses

massed, edging, container

Hardiness

tender

 

Celosia

Botanical Name

Celosia argentea

celosia

Height

6 - 36"

Spacing

12 - 24"

Flower Color(s)

red, yellow, orange, gold, pink

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, midborder, everlasting

Hardiness

tender

Cleome

Botanical Name

Cleome hasslerana

cleome

Height

24 - 48"

Spacing

15 - 18"

Flower Color(s)

white, pink

Exposure

full sun

Uses

background

Hardiness

tender

Coleus

Botanical Name

Coleus x hybridus

coleus

Height

9 - 24"

Spacing

12"

Flower Color(s)

variegated foliage: green, red, white, chartreuse,  pink, salmon, yellow

Exposure

full sun to part shade

Uses

foreground, midborder, container

Hardiness

tender

Cosmos

Botanical Name

Cosmos bipinnatus

cosmos

Height

12 - 36"

Spacing

24"

Flower Color(s)

pink, red, white, bicolor

Exposure

full sun

Uses

midborder, background, cut flower

Hardiness

tender

Dusty miller

Botanical Name

Senecio cineraria

dustymiller

Height

8 - 15"

Spacing

8"

Flower Color(s)

white-wooly foliage

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, accent, container

Hardiness

hardy

Flowering tobacco

Botanical Name

Nicotiana alata

flowering_tobacco

Height

12 - 14"

Spacing

12"

Flower Color(s)

red, white, rose, pink, lime, crimson

Exposure

full sun, part shade

Uses

foreground, midborder, container

Hardiness

tender

Geranium

Botanical Name

Pelargonium x hortorum

geranium

Height

12 - 18"

Spacing

18"

Flower Color(s)

white, red, pink, rose, orange, salmon,  bicolor

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, foreground, massed, containers

Hardiness

half hardy

Globe  amaranth

Botanical Name

Gomphrena globosa

globeameranth

Height

9 - 24"

Spacing

12"

Flower Color(s)

white, pink, purple, orange-red

Exposure

full sun

Uses

foreground, midborder, everlasting

Hardiness

tender

Helioptrope

Botanical Name

Heliotropium arborescens

helioptrope

Height

10 - 18"

Spacing

12"

Flower Color(s)

white, blue, violet, purple

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, foreground, containers

Hardiness

tender

Impatiens

Botanical Name

Impatiens wallerana

impatiens

Height

6 - 18"

Spacing

12"

Flower Color(s)

numerous

Exposure

part shade, shade

Uses

edging, foreground, massed, containers

Hardiness

tender

New Guinea impatiens

Botanical Name

Impatiens platypeltatum

newguinea

Height

12 - 24"

Spacing

18"

Flower Color(s)

pink, red, orange, purple, white

Exposure

part shade

Uses

edging, foreground, massed, containers

Hardiness

tender

French Marigold

Botanical Name

Tagetes patula

marigold_french

Height

6 - 18"

Spacing

8"

Flower Color(s)

orange, yellow, red, bicolor

Exposure

full sun

Uses

edging, foreground, containers

Hardiness

half hardy

American marigold

Botanical Name

Tagetes erecta

marigold_american

Height

12 - 24"

Spacing

18"

Flower Color(s)

orange, yellow, cream, white

Exposure

full sun

Uses

foreground, midborder, background

Hardiness

tender

Petunia

Botanical Name

Petunia x hybrida