Beautiful! Such pretty colors.

A few of my favorite annual stand-bys every year, nothing unusual or exotic, just very dependable and non-stop bloomers in my challenging conditions. We just moved here, so I don’t have as much as usual.

Crossandra (photobombed by a gaura):

I always have pots of (annuals for me) bougainvillea:

Pentas aren’t the showiest, but I just love them:

Annual lantana, they’ve gotten big and shrubby, covered in flowers, but it’s too hard to get a good pic in the blazing sun. Washes everything out:

Portulaca at last house:

Mandevilla:

Me again — I tried to add to last post, but reached the limit on pictures.

I forgot to mention my favorite annual vine — Hyacinth Bean. I plant them in pots every year. This is one month growth ...

June:

Now:

I'm growing that one this year! (last year it was moonvine) It's already reached the top of the garage and wants to go further. It's also reached the top of my pergola (at least 18 feet off the ground) and is now going over it! Mine are still all foliage though. I have Spanish Flag growing with it, and it's really cool that one has three leaves, and the other has trilobed leaves. I can't wait to see them bloom together.

Those stock - beautiful. Send me a dozen or so stems would ya Rob? I've got the perfect vase for them. Lovely container combo Miz G.

If any were alive, you know I'd send them on over to you! We'll have to wait for this year's. They're mighty cute little ol' seedlings, but inch high stems don't make for good cut flowers.