Annuals | Golden Plains Greenhouse & Garden Centre

Ageratum

Ageratum, or "floss flower" is such a little workhorse that nearly every garden should have some. This annual is an easy-to-grow, old-fashioned favorite that produces a steady show of colorful powder-puff-like flowers from late spring through frost. It's also rarely bothered by pests, so you count on it to look good. Plus, it provides some of the truest blues you can find in flowers.
Full Sun to Part Sun

Aloha Blue

Alyssum

Alyssum, or as it's also called, sweet alison with its dainty, fragrant flowers, is often used in containers and hanging baskets to spill over the edges, creating a soft, frothy look. It's also a great edging plant because of its tidy, compact habit. Regardless of how you use it, alyssum does best in spring and fall's cool conditions.
Full Sun to Part Sun

clear crystal white

wonderland mix

wonderland blue

wonderland deep purple

Aster

Aster flowers add colour to the autumn landscape while offering beauty with little work when caring for asters. Asters often bloom in late summer and fall. Learning how to grow asters is easy and rewarding when the star shaped flowers bloom in the landscape. Plant into a full sun to part sun location in loamy, well-draining soil.
Full Sun

duchess formula mix

matsumoto Mix *new 2024*

Begonia

Talk about foolproof: begonias are about as easy as they get. They do well in a variety of conditions, but to keep it its most luxuriant best, give it light shade; rich, well-drained soil; and ample water. It also loves plenty of fertilizer, so be generous. Plant begonias in spring after all danger of frost has passed. No need to deadhead this flower unless you want to, it's "self-cleaning!"
Full Shade to Part Sun

bada bing mix

Calendula

Bright yellow and orange flowers, historically used for medicinal and culinary purposes, come from easy calendula care when growing this simple flower. Commonly called the pot marigold, the calendula flower has long been a staple in British cottage gardens. Petals are used in cooking, and were used as yellow coloring in cheeses and butters in centuries past. While uses of calendula plants are diverse, growing calendula in the flower or herb garden is an optimum use of this attractive plant. Calendula plants are frost tolerant and somewhat cold hardy and add long-lasting colour and beauty in a flower bed or container.
Full Sun to Part Sun

bon bon orange

Celosia

There are few flowers as showy as celosia. Whether you plant the plumed type, which produces striking upright spires, or the crested type, which has a fascinating twisted form, you'll love using celosia in bouquets. The flowers are beautiful fresh, but you can also dry them easily. And they bloom in all the colours of a glowing sunset.
Full Sun

Bright Sparks Scarlet

flamingo feather

bright sparks yellow

icecream mix

first flame purple

Coleus

Coleus are one of the most popular foliage plants available. They have some of the most stunningly colored foliage—in combinations of green, yellow, pink, red, maroon, etc. Coleus also have a wide variety of leaf sizes and overall shapes. This means that no matter what area you are looking to put coleus, you can find one that will be perfect. These plants are great for adding color in the garden (or home), especially in those dark, drab-looking corners.
Full Shade to Part Sun

black dragon

premium sun coral candy *new 2024*

wizard jade *New 2024*

kong mosaic

premium sun ruby heart

wizard select mix

premium sun chocolate covered cherry

premium sun watermelon

Cosmos

Cosmos are prized for their abundant, silky, daisy-like flowers and their unflappable, easy-care nature in the garden. Plant them in full sun and give them protection from strong winds. Cosmos tolerates a wide range of soil types, including poor soil. Plants need even moisture to get started, but mature cosmos are drought tolerant; plants produce more and larger flowers, however, if they are watered regularly.
Full Sun

sonata complete mix

Dahlia

Dahlias are hugely varietal flowers, with little starburst blooms to plate sized flowers in every hue imaginable. Dahlias are relatively sturdy plants if grown in the right lighting, heat, and soil. Dahlias need to be kept weed free. Use organic mulch around the plants to prevent weeds and conserve moisture. Pinch back the terminal buds when the plant is 15" tall to enforce good branching and structure and increase budding. Provide plenty of water to your plants. Water plants deeply once or twice per week.
Full Sun to Part Sun

fresco mix

garden pride mix

Dianthus

This large family of sun-loving, easy-care bloomers includes compact forms as well as and taller forms. All dianthus have pretty blue-green foliage that looks terrific paired with their deliciously fragrant pink, white, rose, yellow, red, or bi-colored flowers. Butterflies love the nectar-rich blooms, too. Use in mixed containers or plant them in drifts or clumps in your flower border or rock garden. Dianthus is also deer resistant.
Full Sun

coronet New Mix

diana loving white

coronet strawberry

super parfait red peppermint

coronet white purple eye

Dusty Miller

The dusty miller plant is an interesting landscape addition, grown for its silvery gray foliage. The lacy leaves are attractive companions for many blooms in the garden. Dusty miller care is minimal when the plant is established. As with most silvery, furry plants, growing dusty miller helps the garden remain attractive through the heat of the summer. Dusty miller can handle the heat, but is best planted where afternoon shade is available during the hottest months of summer.
Full Sun

new look

Silver Dust

Gazania

The gazania is a tough plant that endures poor soil, baked conditions, and drought beautifully and still produces bold-colour, daisy-like flower from summer to frost. These flowers appear over toothed dark green or silver leaves (the foliage colour differs between varieties). They're great in beds, borders and containers, too.
Full Sun

kiss frosty mix

kiss rose

New Day clear orange *New 2024*

New day mix *new 2024*

new day red shades

new day white

new day yellow

Gomphrena

Gomphrena is a cheery little clover look-alike that for centuries has graced classic cutting gardens as it blooms from early summer until the first hard frost. Somewhat short in stature, it is frequently seen in the front of the border. For best results, pinch back blooms on young plants to encourage a bushier habit and increased flowering.
Full Sun

las vegas mix

Gypsophila

From bridal bouquets to flower beds, gypsophila can decorate each in it's own graceful way. In the flower bed, on a big scale gypsophila can grow in bare areas and can be combined with almost every other kind of flower. Gypsophila foremost prefers a sandy and warm ground. It is important that it contains chalk and is rather permeable. Warmth poses an important factor for flourishing, this is why gypsophila often grows in cracks or in stony, dry regions. It's important to plant gyposphila in a wind protected place, so the plant does not get damaged by strong winds.
Full Sun to Part Sun

Gypsy Deep Rose

Gypsy White

Impatiens

Impatiens, also known as "touch-me-nots", are an easy-to-care-for shade tolerant flower that have eye-popping colour all season long. The plants bloom in just about every color except true blue and are well suited to growing in containers or in the ground. These flowers have become a staple for home gardeners because of the minimal attention they require.
Full Shade to Part Sun

Beacon Pearl Island Mix *New 2024*

Imara xdr pink *new 2024*

imara xdr salmon shade *new 2024*

Imara XDR Mix *New 2024*

imara xdr purple *new 2024*

imara xdr tango mix *new 2024*

Imara XDR Orange Star *New2024*

Imara xdr red Star *new 2024*

imara xdr white *new 2024*

Lobelia

Lobelia is a compact and reliable annual to add some bright splashes of colour throughout the garden, even in the cool or shady spots. It flowers in nonstop waves of brilliant blues, pinks, purples, and white all summer long, and has pretty, dainty foliage. This plant is notable for having two different growth habits available, and gives wonderful versatility in the garden or containers. Compact varieties with an upright growth habit are a natural for edging or as fillers in flower beds. And the trailing varieties have a lush, spreading habit that are superb cascading out of containers, hanging baskets, and window boxes – or spilling over rockeries and retaining walls.
Full Shade to Part Sun

Trailing

Color Cascade mix *new 2024*

regatta sky blue *New 2024*

Mounding

riviera blue eyes

riviera lilac

riviera midnight blue

riviera mix

riviera white

Marigold - African

No annual is more cheerful or easier to grow than the marigold. These flowers are the spendthrifts among annuals, bringing a wealth of gold, copper, and brass into our summer and autumn gardens. African marigolds are taller and more tolerant of hot, dry conditions than French marigolds. They also have larger flowers that can be up to 6" in diameter. If deadheaded regularly, African marigold plants will usually produce many large blooms. They grow best in full sun and actually seem to prefer poor soil.
Full Sun

antigua orange

antigua yellow

buttercream *new 2024*

Marvel ii orange

marvel ii yellow

Marigold - French

Just as you'd expect from something called French, these marigolds are the fancy ones. French marigolds tend to be frilly and some boast a distinctive "crested eye." They grow roughly 8-12" high with a chic, neat, little growth habit and elegant dark green foliage. They do best in full sun with moist, well-drained soil and will flower all summer long.
Full Sun

alumia creme brulee *New 2024*

alumia vanilla cream

chica flame

durango red

fireball

flamenco *new 2024*

Gem lemon

janie deep orange

little hero yellow

safari mix

strawberry blonde

super hero spry

Mesembryanthemum

Mesembryanthemums are a group of flowering succulents. Their fleshy leaves, unique shapes and colours, and low maintenance requirements make them a great choice for gardens and containers. They are considered succulents because of their fleshy leaves that hold a lot of water, like cactus. They are also called ice plants because the leaves in this particular genus are often shiny and glistening, like ice. Not only do the Mesembryanthemums have interesting and attractive foliage, they also have pretty flowers. In spring or summer, they will bloom with colourful, daisy-like flowers in red, yellow, white, pink, and other colours. Mesembryanthemum flowers can be clustered or single and tend to be long lasting.
Full Sun

sparkles mix

Mimulus

Mimulus or "monkey flowers" are bright and colourful bloomers and are especially useful in wet situations. Plants form a bushy clump of fresh green leaves, studded throughout the summer with large snapdragon type flowers. Remove faded flowers for continual bloom. Attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds.
Full Sun to Part Sun

magic spring blossom mix

Nicotiana

Growing nicotiana in the ornamental flower bed adds a variety of colour and form. Various sizes of the nicotiana flower can be used at the front or back of a border and provide a sweetly fragrant experience on calm days and especially in the evening. Flowers of nicotiana are tubular shaped and grow moderately to quickly.
Full Sun to Part Sun

perfume mix

Pansy

Pansies are noted for their large multi-coloured flat flowers and their fondness cool temperatures. The gardener knows pansies as flowers with almost heart-shaped, overlapping petals in bright colours or bi-colours, often with face-like center markings. Compact, low growers, pansies are ideal for edging and for squeezing in between rock walls and paths, as long as they can be removed in summer. They’re a great choice for early and late season containers, and in the garden they complement spring-flowering bulbs, flowering as the bulb foliage begins to fade.
Part Sun to Full Shade

cool wave - blue

cool wave - raspberry swirl

delta - violet & white

delta wine & cheese mix

mammoth on fire

spring matrix purple

grandio beacon rose

spring matrix deep orange

spring matrix white

majestic giants blotch mix

spring matrix midnight glow

spring matrix yellow blotch

Petunia - Bedding

Growing petunias can offer long term colour in the summer landscape and brighten dreary borders with lovely jewel-tone and pastel colours. Caring for petunias is easy whether in a garden bed or a container. Regular watering and as much sunlight as possible to promote multiple blooms is about all it takes. While petunias will grow in a partially shaded location, a fuller and more abundant bloom is produced in full sun.
Full Sun

daddy blue

double cascade blue

dreams rose morn

espresso frappe ruby

limbo mix

pretty flora purple

prism sunshine

tritunia blue

daddy peppermint

double cascade mix

dreams sky blue

hulahoop blue

limbo silver blue

pretty flora red

sophistica blackberry

tritunia mix

daddy sugar/orchid

dreams burgundy

dreams white

hulahoop red

madness plum crazy

pretty grand coral

sophistica lime

Phlox

A cottage garden mainstay, phlox owes its enduring popularity to its clouds of billowy blooms and no-fuss nature. But the real icing on the cake is the long flowering season, with varieties beginning to bloom in early spring and others blooming until the first hard frost in fall. You’ll also find phlox in nearly every hue on the color wheel, even hard-to-find shades of blue.
Full Sun to Part Sun

popstars

Portulaca

Portulacas are known by many different names: verdolaga, pigweed, little hogweed, red root, pursley, and moss rose. These flowers are especially well-suited for growing in containers on patios and decks, with their fleshy, succulent leaves, red stems, and colorful cactus-like flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, purple and white. Plants prefer hot, dry, almost desert-like conditions.
Full Sun

Happy hour coconut

happy hour mix

happy hour rosita

happy hour deep red

happy hour orange

happy trails mix

happy hour lemon

happy hour peppermint

Rudbeckia

Rudbeckias are easy-to-grow flowers featuring golden, daisylike flowers with black or purple centers. They are bright, summer-blooming flowers that give the best effect when planted in masses in a border or wildflower meadow. In general, rudbeckias are relatively drought-tolerant and disease-resistant.
Full Sun

Toto mix

Salvia

There are few gardens that don't have at least one salvia growing in them. Whether you have sun or shade, a dry garden or lots of rainfall, there's an annual salvia that you'll find indispensable. All attract hummingbirds, especially the red ones, and are great picks for hot, dry sites where you want tons of color all season. Most salvias don't like cool weather, so plant them outdoors after all danger of frost has passed.
Full Sun

evolution white *new 2024*

reddy bright red

reddy mix

reddy purple

victoria

reddy white surprise

summer jewel mix

Snapdragon

Growing snapdragons in the flower bed provides cool season colour and a mid-sized plant to balance tall background plants and shorter bedding plants in the front. After planting snapdragons in a full sun location with well-draining soil, snapdragon care should include a few well-placed clips to manipulate this plant into a bushy, filled-out specimen. Clip the top stem and any long side shoots to encourage more flowers and more attractive planting.
Full Sun To Part Sun

chantilly mix

floral showers white

snapshot pink

floral showers lilac

floral showers yellow

snapshot red

floral showers mixed

snapshot orange

Stocks

If you’re looking for an interesting garden project that produces fragrant spring flowers, you might want to try growing stock flowers. Highly fragrant and attractive, the blooms start in spring and last through late summer, although these fragrant blooms may take a break during the hottest days of summer.
Full Sun

mime mix

Torenia

When looking for a long lasting and attention-grabbing addition to the part sun flowerbed, consider torenia. This flower is a short, ground-hugging beauty with profuse and delicate blooms. Don’t be fooled though; while the flowers appear delicate, they are tough and able to withstand the hottest of summer heat when properly located in the landscape. Blooms begin in late spring to early summer and continue until frost.
Full Shade to Part Sun

kauai Deep blue

kauai rose

kauai lemon drop

kauai white

kauai magenta

Verbena

Vibrant, vigorous, and versatile, annual verbenas are some standard favorites to the summer garden. It blooms all season long, with miniature nosegays brimming with brightly coloured flowers. Verbena looks just as good weaving through garden beds as it does spilling from pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets. Verbena plants also tolerate midsummer drought and baking heat with little complaint, making it the ultimate easy-care flower.
Full Sun

obsession berry tart mix

obsession eyed mix

obsession mix

Viola

Violas tend to have small flowers and tolerate heat, with a long flowering season from early summer to early autumn. However, there are so many to violas to choose from that you can find one to suit every garden situation from hanging baskets and patio containers, to woodland borders. They combine well with other cool-weather lovers, such as snapdragons, calendula and dianthus.
Part Sun to Full Shade

quick time mickey

sorbet pink halo

sorbet autum select mix

tiger eye yellow

sorbet beaconsfield

Zinnia

Zinnia flowers are a colourful and long lasting addition to the flower garden. Butterflies and hummingbirds are attracted to the cheery flowers that bloom in nearly every bright colour imaginable. They grow quickly and reliably, making them a great choice for first-time flower growers. Add in their low maintenance requirements and the variety of sizes and shapes, and you can’t lose.
Full Sun