Calhoun County, AL – When you have planted your basic shrubs and trees in your landscape diagram, what next? The next important landscape selection for planting is your perennials. However! You cannot neglect annual flower seeds mixed amongst the shrubs, trees, and perennials. Why? Because the splash of colors that annual flower seeds yield are dozens of color options. The annual textures of stems plus the height choices of those stems are important considerations. Also, annuals are not permanent. This means you can place them in areas of the landscape you may change or update in five years. Most annual flowers are heavy-duty pollen providers for your bees and butterflies. Scattering annual seeds near your garden vegetables is a win for your desire for blooms plus helping pollination. Once you create a pathway in the landscape theme of your property, those blooming annuals are corner surprises. While touring and evaluating your landscape for the 2025 season consider the unique choices in annual seeds. I also plant annual flower seeds inside big pots and urns outdoors. Every fall of the year is a bounty of dried seeds to collect from annuals for your next season. Annual flowers in your landscape offer options for bouquets you can create. So many reasons to add annuals to your landscape.
Betty Clark is a contributing writer. She has been an organic gardener since 1998. The signature flower she grows is Dahlias. She has a straw bale garden, a raised bed garden, and an in-ground garden. Both her surnames are agricultural farming families (8 generations). Her hobbies include ancestry research, antiques, continued education classes, and workshops. She also has a background in marketing & promotions including expos. To contact Betty Clark with gardening questions: [email protected]
