Winter Annuals

Florida's mild winters give gardeners the opportunity to grow beautiful flowering annuals that are grown elsewhere in the spring and summer. Chrysanthemums, petunias, violas and foxglove are just a few.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Pansies and Petunias in the 2008 UF Winter Trial Garden
• Planting Pinellas: Flowers in Winter

UF/IFAS Publications

• Digitalis grandiflora Floxglove (photos)
• Evaluation of Pansy Varieties as Bedding Plants to Select the Best-of-Class for Florida
• Pansies
• Two Flowers for the Winter Garden (PDF)
• Use Winter Annuals to Brighten Your Garden (PDF)
• Viola x wittrockiana Pansy

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Annual Flowers
• Chrysanthemums
• Geraniums
• How to Make an Annual Bed
• Pansies
• Snapdragons

Other Sites

• Pansies and Johnny-Jump-Ups--Clemson (SC) Cooperative Extension
• Pansies Are Foolproof Fall and Winter Flowering Plants--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
• Petunias--Clemson (SC) Cooperative Extension
• Purple Wave Petunia--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
• Violas Best Choice for Wintering Landscape--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension