Susan Blevins' Favorite Color-Making Annuals

The following flowers are annuals or tender perennials grown as annuals, unless noted otherwise.

African daisy (Arctotis hybrids) – Creamy apricot and yellow blooms.

Bachelor's button (Centaurea cyanus) – Blue flowers; self-sowing.

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) – Orange blossoms; self-sowing.

Common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) – Fragrant purple flower clusters.

Cosmos – Pink and white daisy-like flowers.

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' – Perennial with vivid blue flowers.

Larkspur (Consolida ajacis) – Tall spikes of blue blooms.

Pelargonium – Crimson flowers.

Perennial blue flax (Linum perenne) – Delicate blue flowers on slender stems.

Petunia – Lavender, burgundy, and pink varieties.

Portulaca – Creamy yellow and peach blooms.

Snapdragon – Pink flower spikes.

Sweet alyssum – Fragrant white flower clusters.