Annual Flowers

Flowering annual plants have a life cycle that lasts only one growing season. In Florida, we can have flowers twelve months of the year, and annuals are an easy way to add color to the landscape. Annuals are typically split into two categories—warm season and cool season.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Gardening Calendar
• Flowers for All of the Year

UF/IFAS Publications

• Annual Flowers for Florida (PDF)
• Topics: Bedding Plants

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Begonias
• California Poppy
• Geraniums
• How to Make an Annual Bed
• Impatiens
• Lisianthus
• Marigolds
• Pansies
• Snapdragons
• Summer Bedding Plants
• Torenia
• Winter Annuals
• Zinias

Other Sites

• Annual Bedding Plants for Louisiana--Louisiana State University AgCenter (PDF)
• Annuals Add Color, Fragrance to Fall Landscape--Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
• Annuals: Culture and Maintenance--Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Flowering Annuals for Georgia Gardeners--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
• Growing Annuals--Clemson (SC) Extension
• Three Easy, Heat-Resistant Flowering Annuals for Your Cut Flower Garden--Miami Examiner.com