Growing flowering annuals is an easy and cost-effective way of filling borders and containers with colorful blooms. Whether you have a large yard or a small terrace, annuals can be relied upon to flower for much of the summer. Annuals germinate, grow, flower, produce seed and die all within one season, so they are the ideal temporary fix to fill those gaps in the garden border.
As a professional gardener, I have grown many annuals from seed, and have found that these plants can add impact to borders when positioned alongside shrubs and perennials. Annuals, I think, are important seasonal plants, and as they come and go in a short space of time, gardeners can experiment with color, texture and form. Growing pinks and oranges and yellows in one border might sound too much, but why not give it a go? More is more, as they say.
