Annual Flowers and Plants

Annuals are plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season. They deliver long-lasting color from spring right through the first frost. Unlike perennial flowers, you replant them each year (and that's actually one of the best things about them). This gives you the freedom to try new colors, varieties, and combinations every season. 

At Garden Crossings, our summer and spring annuals come in a wide spectrum of colors and textures to bring vibrancy all season long.

Close-up of Angelface® Perfectly Pink Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia) featuring vibrant magenta-pink flowers with deep purple centers and lush green leaves - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.
Superbena Sparkling® Rose Verbena features clusters of five petaled vibrant pink flowers with white centers and green leaves - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Superbena Sparkling® Rose Verbena features vibrant pink blooms with lush green leaves, delicate petals, and a cascading habit - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Superbena Sparkling® Rosé Verbena

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Aromance® Mulberry™ Nemesia displays vibrant pink and purple blooms with yellow centers among green foliage, paired with orange daisy-like flowers and dark purple accents - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Aromance® Mulberry™ Nemesia is a fragrant annual with clusters of small purple and magenta flowers with yellow centers amid green foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Aromance® Mulberry™ Nemesia

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Close-up of a Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia) with small, round green leaves set against a blurred blue pot and reddish ground - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCA hanging basket filled with Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia) and vivid orange and yellow blooms is showcased in a lively garden with colorful flower beds, stone borders, lush ground cover, and a partly cloudy blue sky - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC. Hanging basket not included.

Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia)

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Cluster of blue Blue My Mind® XL Dwarf Morning Glory (Evolvulus) flowers with five petals each, surrounded by green leaves. The flowers have white stamens in the center and are densely grouped, creating a vibrant and colorful display in the foliage - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.A lush potted Blue My Mind® XL Dwarf Morning Glory (Evolvulus) with vibrant blue flowers and green leaves, arranged in a textured dark blue pot, set against a white background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Blue My Mind® XL Dwarf Morning Glory (Evolvulus)

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Close-up of Supertunia Vista® Paradise Petunia flowers, featuring vibrant tropical pink blooms with dark veining and green leaves - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Supertunia Vista® Paradise Petunia from Proven Winners bursts with vibrant blooms amid bright yellow flowers and green leaves, creating a colorful, lively garden display - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Supertunia Vista® Paradise Petunia

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Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus features a dense cluster of sun-tolerant, bright lime-green serrated leaves that overlap to create a lush, vibrant ground cover - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCThe sun-tolerant Colorblaze® Lime Time® Coleus, with its bright green scalloped leaves, creates a vibrant garden display alongside blooming white and purple petunias and small pink flowers - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC

Colorblaze® Lime Time® Coleus

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Clusters of vibrant Superbena® Violet Ice Verbena are framed by red and yellow blooms with green foliage, creating a colorful garden scene - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.Close-up of Superbena® Violet Ice Verbena features vibrant violet blooms surrounded by lush green leaves and accented by white and lavender flowers, creating a colorful and lively garden display - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Superbena® Violet Ice Verbena

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Close-up of vibrant Supertunia® Black Cherry® Petunia flowers with dark centers and deep red trumpet petals amid lush green foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A blue textured planter filled with red Supertunia® Black Cherry® Petunias, leafy greens, and tall grasses sits on a brick patio beside a building with stone landscaping in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC. Decorative pot not included.

Supertunia® Black Cherry® Petunia

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Close-up of Rockapulco® White Double Impatiens flowers in bloom, featuring green leaves and unopened buds next to open flowers. The delicate, layered white petals give the blossoms a full, textured look - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A close-up of a single Rockapulco® White Double Impatiens, featuring rose-like white double blooms with soft, layered petals nestled among dark green leaves - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Rockapulco® White Double Impatiens

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A garden bed featuring Unplugged® So Blue™ Salvia, its vibrant blue flower spikes standing above lush green foliage, with clusters of pink blooms in the background—creating a lively, textured pollinator garden. - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A close-up of tall Unplugged® So Blue™ Salvia showcases blue flower spikes and lush green foliage—ideal for adding vibrant color and attracting pollinators to your garden. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Unplugged® So Blue™ Salvia

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A silvery Angel Wings Sea Cabbage (Senecio) with pale green broad leaves is framed by bright pink and small white flowers in a sunlit garden bed with lush green foliage in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Velvety, silvery-white leaves of Angel Wings Sea Cabbage (Senecio), a drought-tolerant plant, stand out among small green leaves and pink flower clusters in the garden - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Angel Wings Sea Cabbage (Senecio)

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Close-up of Volcanica™ French Quarters Coleus leaves, featuring jagged edges, bright green borders, deep pink centers, and dark purple patches. This shade annual’s colorful, densely packed foliage creates striking contrast - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCClose-up of Volcanica™ French Quarters Coleus—this eye-catching plant has jagged bright green edges, deep pink centers, and rich maroon patterns, making it a striking shade annual - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulure, Inc.

Volcanica™ French Quarters Coleus

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A vibrant Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower (Helianthus) with a dark brown center stands out among green leaves and blurred yellow blooms - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A vibrant garden bed highlights a row of Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower (Helianthus) in the back; vivid pink flowers in the middle; and lush green plants in front, against trees and shrubs - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower (Helianthus)

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A close-up of vibrant Colorblaze® Velveteen® Coleus leaves with serrated edges, displaying deep burgundy and bright pink patterns, surrounded by colorful foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCA close-up of Colorblaze® Velveteen® Coleus shows its jagged-edged leaves with deep purple and magenta markings, edged in green - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Colorblaze® Velveteen® Coleus

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Close-up of Bossa Nova® Pure White Begonia flowers with creamy white and soft pink petals hanging from green foliage. A blurred green and pink background highlights these elegant, trailing begonias in the foreground - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCA planter with Pure White Begonia, bright pink geraniums, and yellow-green trailing foliage is covered in water droplets - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC

Bossa Nova® Pure White Begonia

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Island Giants™ Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear (Colocasia) large green leaves with dark stems growing in a garden with bright grass, pink flowers, trees, and a brick-edged bed in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC. A vibrant Island Giants™ Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear (Colocasia) with large heart-shaped leaves, displayed in a glossy black textured pot, isolated on a white background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Island Giants™ Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear (Colocasia)

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A close-up of the Stratosphere™ Pink Picotee Butterfly Flower (Gaura) displays its pale pink, veined petals, long stamens, and slender green stems on a dark gray background, with buds and soft-focused blooms behind - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.A decorative gray pot holds a Stratosphere™ Pink Picotee Butterfly Flower (Gaura), a drought-tolerant plant with slender green stems and many small, delicate pink blooms - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Stratosphere™ Pink Picotee Butterfly Flower (Gaura)

$11.99
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Close-up of vibrant pink Rockapulco® Coral Reef Double Impatiens, with lush green leaves and several unopened buds surrounding its double blooms - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Rockapulco® Coral Reef Double Impatiens bloom in bright pink, with lush green leaves, bringing vibrant color and beauty to any shade garden - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Rockapulco® Coral Reef Double Impatiens

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A close-up of the Starlet™ Velvet Petunia highlights its velvety black petals and dark center, framed by lush green leaves - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.A cluster of Starlet™ Velvet Petunia, with deep purple, velvety flowers and green leaves, trails beautifully in bright sunlight - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Starlet™ Velvet Petunia

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A large pot brimming with Supertunia® Priscilla® Petunias, featuring double ruffled blooms, sits outdoors on wood chips, surrounded by lush green leaves - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC. Decorative pot not included.A close-up of Supertunia® Priscilla® Petunia in a hanging basket, featuring one large, ruffled double-flowered bloom with dark purple veins among smooth white blossoms and lush green foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Supertunia® Priscilla® Petunia

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A cluster of Cape Town Blue Blue Felicia Daisy displays purple daisy-like flowers with bright yellow centers, surrounded by green foliage - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Cape Town Blue Blue Felicia Daisy (Felicia)

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Clusters of vibrant purple and pink Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower (Cleome) with long, narrow petals stand out among lush green foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A dense cluster of Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower (Cleome) blooms with green leaves fills the foreground, while purple and pink flowers blur into a vibrant spring garden backdrop - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower (Cleome)

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Colorblaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus displays serrated red, pink, and yellow leaves. Yellow and pink petunias bloom among the annual foliage, adding vibrant contrast and eye-catching visual interest - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCA large Colorblaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus with serrated red and green leaves grows among blooming yellow petunias in a neat garden, with green grass and greenhouse structures visible in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC

Colorblaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus

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Dense, dark purple pointed leaves of a nearby plant create a striking contrast with the bright yellow Golddust® Mecardonia flowers and green foliage - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Three dense mounds of Golddust® Mecardonia, a low-maintenance plant with small yellow flowers, grow in a mulched garden bed, surrounded by green plants and pink flowers in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Golddust® Mecardonia

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Golden Butterfly marguerite daisy summer annual flowers

Why Gardeners Love Annual Flowers

Annuals are perfect for filling bare spots in your landscape and infusing your garden with color. Because these yearly flowers complete their growing cycle in a single growing season, you have the freedom to completely change your color scheme, style, or layout. They also grow very well in window boxes, hanging baskets, and pots. When designing a pot, try the thriller-spiller-filler approach:

  • Thriller for height
  • Filler for density
  • Trailing spiller to cascade over the edges

Just choose your annuals based on your temperature and sun exposure. Garden Crossings features spring annuals, summer annuals, and fall annuals, all chosen for quality and performance.

Henry III purple aster annual flowers

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Because annuals grow quickly and bloom prolifically, you'll see results fast and enjoy nonstop color all season long. Keep in mind that many annuals need water every day, especially if they’re in the hot sun. Learn more on our annuals care guide.

Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or testing your green thumb, find your perfect pick at Garden Crossings. We’ve built a reputation around our high-quality plants and genuine passion for helping gardeners succeed. Order online for pickup in Zeeland, MI, or ship them directly to your garden!

FAQs

Zinnias, marigolds, and Calibrachoa all tolerate high temperatures well and keep flowering through the hottest stretches of the season. These varieties are good choices for full-sun beds and containers in warmer regions. Grouping heat-tolerant plants together keeps a container or bed looking full all summer.

Trailing varieties like Calibrachoa and Bidens cascade nicely from hanging baskets, while upright types such as Aster and Begonia fill out garden beds and borders.

Yes, annual flowers complete their entire life cycle within a single growing season and do not return the following year. This means gardeners replant annuals each spring, which also allows for easy color changes and design updates compared to fixed perennial plantings.

Begonias are among the most versatile annual flowers, performing well in both shaded containers and sunnier garden spots. This flexibility makes them a practical choice for mixed-light areas where other annuals might struggle to bloom consistently.

Varieties like Bidens, Calibrachoa, and certain Aster types are bred to flower steadily through the summer months. These annual flowers typically need minimal deadheading and respond well to regular watering and feeding, maintaining vibrancy all season long.