Pacific Northwest Gardening: Favorite Annuals?, 1 by kosk0025

kosk0025 wrote:
Okay---we've got some nice discussions going on shrubs, perennials, etc. Now let's add some annuals chatter. What are your favorites? Is there something you start from seed every year because you love it so much? Are there some perennials or bulbs that are not hardy here that you love so much that you buy them as annuals? What do you buy year after year, and how do you incorporate them with your shrubs, perennials, trees? Do you make your own hanging baskets/pots? PHOTOS PLEASE!!! If you have them!

My pic is actually of something I would put on my NOT favorite list----It's purple wave petunia, and my complaint is that it is not purple. It is magenta. Very, very magenta.

I'm starting boatloads of annuals from seed this year. I can't comment on their performance, because most of them are new to me as seeds. There are many I'm really excited about----one of them is Polygonum 'Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate'. Who can resist that one? And another that I'm doing again this year that I also loved: 'Falling in Love poppies Mix'. Wow---I should have started a thread on Valentine's Day about the most romantic plant names! That would have been a fun one!

Because I'm a newbie to Dave's Garden.......hope I'm not repeating too many topics, by the way!