Any favorite annuals?

Am I the only one who spends so much time trying to grow annuals? Just for them to die come November? I love the vibrant blooms of the annuals, though. I am growing (trying to grow)marigolds, cosmos, morning glory and coleus this year.
What about you all? Any favorite ones?

 

I love growing annuals from seed, especially morning glories, zinnias, impatiens, and a host of others.

 

I am growing morning glories, marigolds, zinnias, alyssum, cosmos, the petunias, begonias, and I like coreopsis, pansies, poppies, impatients, and just about any other kind. I guess I change my flower beds every year. Some I grow from seeds and some I buy in flats from the nursery. dooley

 

I'm growing nasturiums, morning glories, petunias, impatiens,marigolds (white &yellow), coleus, pansy, zinnia is one of my new ones this year.

 

i want to get some growing this year, i have some seeds but am not familiar enough to remember exactly what i have at the moment. I know i have some Whirly Bird Mix Nasturtiums that my mum gave me last year that i did actually grow. Im going to grow them again this year and maybe some others..

 

I usually grow Castor Beans, a few Salvia's, and Nigella from seed as I can never find those in the nursery's here.
Oh yes and Datura.

 

I like nasturtiums and morning glories and sweet peas and of course my geraniums!!!!

 

Self-sowing calendula, and California poppy is cheery to me. I also save seed for the cosmos, poppies (oriental), and nastursiums.

 

i was reading in the other topic about over wintering geraniums....are they annuals if u can do that. I thought annuals died no matter what?

 

I thought I had posted on here but i guess I didn't.I usually grow Stocks,snapdragons,pansies and patunias.I am not home to do that this spring.I hope some came back from seeds.Heather has tulips all over her tulip and iris bed by her front door.She also has violets all in her backyard.

 

I love annuals, but always forget to sow many as I am so pre-occupied sowing veggie seeds for the allotment. However I do have lots that self sow around the garden, like love in a mist (Nigella), marigolds, poppies and cosmos. I love cosmos! I have remembered to sow Morning Glory and it has already made lovely sturdy little plants.

 

Green_Numb:
geraniums are an annual. but many bring them in the house to over winter. This is the method I use. Some will cut back geraniums, put them in a paper bag then start them back up in the spring. (I've had no luck with this method). There's been 2 dufferant thread about geraniums posted within the last 2 weeks. maybe those will help you also.

 

I like annuals too, but only grow a few. Sweet peas, alyssum, midday blooms, marigolds and some lobelia and stuff in a couple of planters.

 

I am very inpatient when it comes to seed so I usually buy plants if I can except for the cosmos. I like to throw the seed down in the end of May and then they are coming up and blooming when most other things are ending..I do throw other seeds in empty spots, marigolds, coreopsis , cone flowers but that is just to fill in....Sherry8