This species belongs to the tallest-growing Tagetes-representatives, reaching 50 - 100 cm in height. Its blooms that impress with their size take on the whole sunny colour palette, including orange, yellow, rusty-red and mahogany.

Start Mentzelia Lindleyi seeds for this fragrant flower. Known as Lindley's Blazing Star, this annual is found in California and Arizona. Mentzelia Lindleyi Blazing Star needs to develop a tap root, so it does best in loose, fast-draining, sandy soils.

Imagine a meadow filled with wild Sunflowers! These giant annuals produce numerous 3 - 6 inch flower heads on branching stems. They are native to dry plains, prairies, meadows and foothills in the western United States, Canada and northern Mexico.

HEIRLOOM. While today's impatiens, a shade-loving of African species, was virtually unknown in gardens until after World War II, balsam, which is native to Southeast Asia, was a well-known favorite by 1900.

Masses of small red, golden centred, daisy-like flowers smother this bright plant all summer long. This lovely single marigold has a neat mound-forming habit and finely cut, citrus-scented foliage.

Begin the Petunia season a week or two earlier this year with big blooms of every color and pattern offered by the beloved Celebrity series! This mix of the entire series contains solid colors, bicolors.

This exceptional variety of Scarlet Sage, very tall and shrubby, is most impressive. Masses of stunning bright red flowers will bloom all summer long. 2.5 ft (70 cm) Once upon a time this plant from Brazil enjoyed the common name of Scarlet Sage.

One of the most popular wildflowers grown in the United States, Coreopsis Tinctoria is also one of the easiest to grow from flower seeds. Used primarily for landscape beautification, it brightens up any setting.

Cobaea scandens 'Purple' will clamber up and over your garden wall. It is a fantastic, exotic looking plant with buds in green-white, deepening to purple as they age. I've picked a bunch of these in December on a sheltered wall in Sussex.

There is a seemingly unsolvable conundrum for the many gardeners among us who would like vertical interest and colour in summer without having to wait a year or two for shrubs or perennial climbers to develop sufficiently to flower well.

The common name is Mountain Garland or Garland Flower, and it originated in California. This variety produces blooms with an array of pink, salmon and hues of maroon, and the colors are most striking when planted in groups.

Dark blue Chinese aster (Callistephus chinensis) "Contraster" combines compact, clustered habit and small size (30-40 cm in height) with unusual ornamental value that results from magnificent, double flower heads.

Many people think of Sweet Peas climbing up trellises, lamp posts, or fences. White Sweet Peas flowers are also extremely popular for weddings and floral arrangements as they make a great cut flower!

Godetia is a flower native to western North America. It can be found between California and British Columbia. Its scientific name, Clarkia, is named for Captain Clark who was an important pioneer for the United States in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

This dwarf Alyssum is a prolific bloomer with delicate white flowers that can bloom all summer long. Alyssum Tiny Tim only grows to slightly over 3 inches in height, and its flower seeds can be planted right in-between pavers.

Enjoy sunny blooms all summer long by starting Marigold seeds in the early spring. This seed mix produces small, compact plants with flowers in shades of orange and yellow. These dwarf plants are perfect for edging the front of the sunny flower garden.

Noted for their narrow window of bloom time in packs, all Dreams varieties flower within 7 days of each other when sown at the same time. As grandifloras with 3 -1/2" blooms, the Dreams are also noted for their holding ability under hot, humid and rainy.

Sunflower seeds are a favorite for children to grow. They are so tall and stately that both children and adults are impressed! Giant Sunflowers have massive 10 inch double blooms that are stuffed with tiny, densely-packed petals of richest golden-yellow.

A delightful miniature strain with compact plants bearing a wealth of blooms in a cheerful range of bright colours. A charming edging plant. 8ins (20cm) This is the hardy annual, Candytuft, which doubtless because of the extreme ease of its cultivation.

A popular variety of Callistephus with long sturdy stems which are ideal for cutting for a vase indoors! Feathery, double flower heads in a sparkling array of colours are borne non-stop from late summer right through until late autumn.

This is a mix of several Morning Glory varieties that range in colour from white to red to purple. It is an annual plant with sinuous stems that grow 250 to 350 centimetres in length. With a blooming period which lasts from July to late September.

This unique morning glory features lovely double cerise flowers that make a bold impact. Multitudes of these beautiful blooms cover the strong vining habit. Can be grown and sold in packs, trellised containers and hanging baskets.

Needle Aster is an annual plant which grows 50 to 80 centimetres in height. This variety is truly outstanding due to its lovely multi-coloured inflorescences, whose single flowers look like needles, hence the name of this plant.

Blue needle petal china aster (Callistephus chinensis) is a wonderful variety with intensely coloured, cornflower-blue, thin-as-needles petals that are bundled in round, double, beautiful inflorescences.

Needle-petal aster "Esmeralda" (Callistephus chinensis) will introduce a fiery red colour to your garden. It will enchant with its intense colouring and the shape of the inflorescence. It consists of myriads of single flowers that look like tiny needles.

Red pompom-flowered aster (Callistephus chinensis) is a very attractive annual plant. Charming, vividly red inflorescences with a diameter of 4-5 cm sit atop long, erect stems. They resemble pompoms and adorn the garden all summer long.

Tall chinese aster "King Size" (Callistephus chinensis) grows up to 100 cm tall and should be considered by all annual plant lovers, who care for exuberant blooming and large flowers. This variety forms a tall, broad tussock.

The very striking, finely pointed quilled petals are the trait that sells this Aster variety. Highly double 5 to 5-1/2" flowers are borne on bushy, well-branched plants.

Chinese asters are annual plants that have their moment of glory at the end of summer and at the beginning of fall. These plants are divided into some groups according to their size and flower shape.

Yellow chinese "Princess" aster (Callistephus chinensis) makes the summer in your garden last until the end of October with its bright yellow flowers. This easily cultivated annual plant grows 50 to 80 cm tall and thrives on sunny flower beds.

Yellow pompom-flowered aster (Callistephus chinensis) is a popular annual plant producing unique blooms that resemble - easy guess - pompoms. This species reaches circa 50 cm in height and takes on a nice bushy habit.

Sky-blue pompom-flowered aster (Callistephus chinensis) belongs to the odd members of the aster family. This plant, commonly grown in home gardens, strikes with a characteristic bushy habit and a height up to 50 cm.

Pink pompom-flowered aster (Callistephus chinensis) is an annual plant that will adorn your garden all summer long. This broadly spreading plant may grow up to 50 cm tall. The abundance of large, pompom-shaped blooms that reach 4-5 cm in diameter.

China Aster ‘Princess Mix’ is a mix of annual china asters with glamorous large multi-coloured inflorescences that produce mostly tubular flowers. Contrary to dwarf aster varieties, which grow up to 30 centimetres in height.

Morning Glory flowers, aptly named, because they are at their best in the early mornings, each last for just one day - but is replaced the following day by others. So, there is a continual supply of the startling blue flowers on the plant in the season.

Start Cypress Vine seeds to create a beautiful climbing vine that makes the perfect concealing screen. Cypress Vines are easy and fast to grow, and they cheer up an unsightly building or climb a trellis or pergola quickly to provide a dazzling display.

This graceful twining vine makes a wonderful addition to any summer landscape setting. Easy-to-grow from Cypress Vine seeds, this vine features feathery, fern-like bright green leaves that add beauty and texture.

Hummingbirds cannot resist Cypress Vines! The star-shaped rose colored blooms are rich in nectar, and hummingbirds love them. To bring hummingbirds to your garden, start Cypress Vine flower seeds and grow this twining vine that grows easily and quickly.

What a spectacular sight! Grown from Morning Glory seeds, this Flying Saucers Morning Glory variety is a fast growing vine shooting up to 180 inches, and it has huge 5 inch blossoms of sky blue with white streaks in a pinwheel pattern.

"Chochlik" aster (Callistephus chinensis) is a dwarf variety that grows 20-30 cm tall, develops a compact habit and double, amaranth coloured, peony-shaped flower heads. These inflorescences reach 3-4 cm in diameter and develop one-by-one atop.