Opting for more unusual and often underrated bedding plants is a way of giving your garden long-lasting color and interest. In many cases, it's possible to choose repeat performers that will come back year after year, as well as varieties that will beautifully fill out beds, borders and containers all summer long.
Traditional annual bedding plants are designed to give an instant off-the-shelf fix to borders and container gardens. They come in a range of showy colors that lift the garden such as intense pink petunias, scarlet geraniums, and coral begonias. The downside is these high maintenance plants need regular watering, feeding and deadheading.
