Pacific Northwest Gardening: Favorite Annuals?, 1 by bonehead

bonehead wrote:
Kosk, no harm if something might be a repeat. We tend to veer way off topic anyway, with no one objecting, and as you may have already noticed, random topics may circle around the threads.

That said, and back to topic: I don't do many annuals, likely because I suck at starting seed and it seems rather extravagant to spend money on plants that only last one season. I will be interested to see what others have had luck with. I do like petunias of some sort, usually in a container, for their velvet look and fragrance. Snaps are another favorite, they tend to either act as a perennial or reseed themselves for me - I just let them pop up where the want.

I did dig out a sidewalk bed which I am devoting to reseeding annuals, and so far it is working. In it are a little white early blooming bulb, forget-me-nots, CA poppies, white allysum, and coreopsis. The notion is to have something blooming throughout spring/summer/fall which will all reseed. Trying to steer away from a red/white/blue theme by adding in the hot oranges. Still a work in progress (aren't they all). This photo is after the poppies were cut down, with the coreopsis just starting to mingle into the allysum. Full sun on a southwestern slope. Trying to keep it fairly short. Ideas more than welcome.