A Spot of Color, Right Where You Need It
Planting annuals is a way to add color and a bit of fun in your garden that can be easy and affordable. We’ve compiled this list to help you navigate which colorful annual flowers or foliage plants are best for Austin.
An annual is defined as a plant that completes its life cycle in a single growing period. Here in Travis County, our growing periods are usually punctuated either by heat or frost.
Grow Annuals Like a Master Gardener
In addition to native wildflowers, this list by the Travis County Master Gardeners takes some of the guesswork out of the best flowers to plant in Texas. These recommendations are from gardeners who have personal experience growing them or are a result of plant trials conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife. Many of these are perennials in other areas of the country; but we’ve found that since they don’t survive our summers, the plants should be considered annuals.
The plants listed in the following tables are grouped by light requirement, bloom season, height, color, fruit, fragrance, reseeding ability, cut flower potential and whether hummingbirds or butterflies are attracted to them. Most of these seeds are readily available. Use the links in the navigation help below to jump to plant groupings.
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Light Full Sun Partial Sun Shade |
Blooming Season Spring Summer Fall |
Height Tall=24″+ Medium=12″ to 24″ Low=6″ to 12″ |
Flower Color Blue Purple Red Pink Orange Yellow White |
Other Characteristics Cut Flower Fragrant Colorful Leaves or Fruit Reseeds Texas Superstar® |
Attracts Butterfly Hummingbird |
Annuals for Full Sun
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Candlestick Plant Cassia alata |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Copper Plant Acalpha Wilesiana |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Tall | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
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Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Euphorbias ‘Baby’s Breath’ Euphorbia hypericifolia syn. Chamaesyce hypericifolia |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Medium | White | Texas Superstar® | |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
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Gomphrena Gomphrena haageana |
Full sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange |
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Helenium ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’ |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Yellow | Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Melampodium Melampodium divaricatum |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
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Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
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Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Brassica oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Ornamental Pepper Capisicum annum |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Summer | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit, Texas Superstar® – ‘NuMex Twilight, Texas Superstar® – ‘Purple Flash’ |
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Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Swiss Chard Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla |
Full Sun | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Annuals for Partial Sun
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Copper Plant Acalpha Wilesiana |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Tall | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
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Ornamental Pepper Capisicum annum |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Summer | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit, Texas Superstar® – ‘NuMex Twilight, Texas Superstar® – ‘Purple Flash’ |
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Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
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Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series |
Annuals for Shade
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Caladium Caladium bicolor syn. Caladium x hortulanum |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Coleus Plectranthus scutellarioides |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
Spring Blooming Annuals
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
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Helenium ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’ |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Yellow | Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
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Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Brassica oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
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Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series |
Summer Blooming Annuals
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Candlestick Plant Cassia alata |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
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Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Euphorbias ‘Baby’s Breath’ Euphorbia hypericifolia syn. Chamaesyce hypericifolia |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Medium | White | Texas Superstar® | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
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Gomphrena Gomphrena haageana |
Full sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange |
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Helenium ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’ |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Yellow | Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Melampodium Melampodium divaricatum |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
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Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Ornamental Pepper Capisicum annum |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Summer | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit, Texas Superstar® – ‘NuMex Twilight, Texas Superstar® – ‘Purple Flash’ |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Fall Blooming Annuals
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Brassica oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Tall Plants (24″ +)
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Candlestick Plant Cassia alata |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Copper Plant Acalpha Wilesiana |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Tall | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Gomphrena Gomphrena haageana |
Full sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange |
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Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
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Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Medium Height Plants (12″- 24″)
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | strong>Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Caladium Caladium bicolor syn. Caladium x hortulanum |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Coleus Plectranthus scutellarioides |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Euphorbias ‘Baby’s Breath’ Euphorbia hypericifolia syn. Chamaesyce hypericifolia |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Medium | White | Texas Superstar® | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
|
Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
|
Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
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Ornamental Pepper Capisicum annum |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Summer | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit, Texas Superstar® – ‘NuMex Twilight, Texas Superstar® – ‘Purple Flash’ |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
|
Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Swiss Chard Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla |
Full Sun | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
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Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
|
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Low Growing Plants (6″- 12″)
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
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Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Helenium ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’ |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Yellow | Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Melampodium Melampodium divaricatum |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Brassica oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
||
Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Blue Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
Purple Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
|
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
|
Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
|
Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
||
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
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Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
|
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Red Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
|
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
|
Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
|
Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
|
Gomphrena Gomphrena haageana |
Full sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange |
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Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
||
Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
|
Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
||
Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Pink Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
||
Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
|
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
|
Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
||
Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
|
Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
||
Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
|
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
|
Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Orange Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
|
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
||
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
|
Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
|
Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Gomphrena Gomphrena haageana |
Full sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange |
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Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
|
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
||
Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
||
Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Yellow Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Candlestick Plant Cassia alata |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
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French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Helenium ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’ |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Yellow | Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Melampodium Melampodium divaricatum |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring | Medium | Red, Orange Yellow |
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Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
White Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum |
Partial Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
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Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia (Serena Series™) |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Balsam Impatiens balsamina |
Partial Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Blue, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Creeping Zinnia Zinnia angustifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
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Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Euphorbias ‘Baby’s Breath’ Euphorbia hypericifolia syn. Chamaesyce hypericifolia |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Medium | White | Texas Superstar® | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
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Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Impatiens Impatiens walleriana |
Shade | Summer, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Pansy Viola x wittrockiana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White |
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Petunia Petunia hybrida |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer Fall |
Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Texas Superstar® – ‘Laura Bush’, Texas Superstar® – Tidal Wave™ Cherry Petunia, Texas Superstar® – Petunia Tidal Wave™ Silver |
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Phlox Phlox drummondii |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Low | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
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Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird | |
Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet Alyssum ‘White Stream’ Lobularia maritima ‘White Stream’ |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant, Texas Superstar® – ‘White Stream’ |
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Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Torenia Torenia fournieri |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring | Medium | Blue, Purple, White |
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Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Pink, White |
Texas Superstar® – Whopper® Series | |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Colorful Foliage or Fruit
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Caladium Caladium bicolor syn. Caladium x hortulanum |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Coleus Plectranthus scutellarioides |
Shade | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Copper Plant Acalpha Wilesiana |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Tall | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |||
Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima subsp. maritima |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring | Tall | White | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | |
Joseph’s Coat Alternanthera ficoidea |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Brassica oleracea |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Colorful Foliage or Fruit | ||
Ornamental Pepper Capisicum annum |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Summer | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit, Texas Superstar® – ‘NuMex Twilight, Texas Superstar® – ‘Purple Flash’ |
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Swiss Chard Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla |
Full Sun | Medium | Colorful Foliage or Fruit |
Cut Flowers
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Cockscomb Celosia iristatca & Celosia plumosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
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Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers | |
Statice Limonium sinuatum |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Blue, Purple Yellow White |
Cut Flowers | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Fragrant Flowers or Foliage
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum |
Shade | Fall | Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Dianthus Dianthus chinensis |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana alata |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall, Medium |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Geranium Pelargonium × hortorum |
Partial Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Iceland Poppy Papaver nudicaule |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Fragrant | |
Stock Matthiola incana |
Full Sun | Spring, Fall |
Medium | Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima |
Partial Sun | Spring, Fall |
Low | Purple, Pink, White |
Fragrant | |
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Fragrant |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus |
Full Sun Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Medium | Red, Pink, White |
Fragrant | Butterfly |
Hummingbird Lures
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Tall | Red | Hummingbird | |
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
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Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Spider Flower Tarenaya spinosa |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Pink, White |
Hummingbird |
Butterfly Lures
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas Pentas lanceolata |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Summer |
Medium | Pink | Texas Superstar® | Butterfly |
Calendula Calendula officinalis |
Full Sun | Spring | Medium | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers | Butterfly |
Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Orange | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
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Star Clusters Pentas lanceolata |
Shade | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Butterfly | |
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Zinnia Zinnia elegans |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall, Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers, Texas Superstar® |
Butterfly |
Flowers That Reseed Easily
Common Name Latin Name |
Light | Blooming Season | Height | Color | Other Characteristics | Attracts |
African Daisy Dimorphotheca sinuata syn Dimorphotheca sinuata |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange, Yellow, White |
Reseeds | |
African Marigold Tagetes erecta |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Tall | Orange, Yellow, White |
Cut Flowers Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Annual Salvia Salvia Splendens |
Partial Sun, Shade |
Spring, Summer |
Medium, Low |
Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird, Butterfly |
California Poppy Escholzia californica |
Full Sun | Spring | Low | Orange | Reseeds | Butterfly |
Candlestick Plant Cassia alata |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall, Medium |
Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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French Marigold Tagetes patula |
Full Sun | Summer, Fall |
Low | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseed |
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Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers Reseeds |
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Gazania Daisy Gazania |
Full Sun | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Medium | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Hollyhock Alcea Rosea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Reseeds | |
Johnny Jump-up Viola tricolor |
Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Spring, Fall |
Low | Blue, Purple, Yellow |
Reseeds | |
Larkspur Consolida ambigua |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, White |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
Hummingbird |
Melampodium Melampodium divaricatum |
Full Sun | Summer | Low | Yellow | Reseeds | |
Morning Glory Ipomea purpurea |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Blue, Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds | Hummingbird |
Shirley Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
Full Sun | Spring | Tall | Red, Pink, Orange, White |
Reseeds | |
Sunflower Helianthus annuus |
Full Sun | Summer | Tall | Red, Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |
Vinca Cora Series Catharanthus roseus |
Full Sun | Summer | Medium | Purple, Pink, White |
Reseeds, Texas Superstar® |
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Yellow Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus |
Full Sun | Fall | Tall | Orange, Yellow |
Cut Flowers, Reseeds |
Butterfly |