Sweet Alyssum is a hardy annual from the mustard family, and is loved all over the world for its honey sweet fragrance.

The Angels Orchid is a relative of the old snapdragon but as the heat of summer arrives instead of wilting it will only continue to get better.

Annuals are plants that grow from seed, attain their growth, flower and produce seed in one year or less, then die, having completed their life cycle.

he China Aster has been developed until is now one of the most popular garden annuals. Aster in Greek means beautiful crown.

Propagated by cuttings, and not by seed, it is a welcome newcomer for window boxes, planters, pots, and a garden ground cover.

The May long weekend signifies the start of gardening season! Garden Centres offer a wide variety of potted and bedding plants that are garden ready, grown right here in Ontario.

The versatile begonia is one of Ontario's favorite flowers for flowerbeds, hanging baskets, container plants, and indoor houseplants.

It's bold colours, heat tolerance, rapid growth, and ultra-early flowering make Calibrachoa Callie a focal point in the garden.

They are low-maintenance tropical plants that will grow and multiply quickly as well as flower continuously from midsummer until fall.

The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe. Cosmos, like many of our warm weather annuals such as marigolds, originated in Mexico and South America.

The plants come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, from the tiny liliput types that reach only 60cm (2ft) tall, to the enormous exhibition varieties with blooms the size of dinner plates.

The garden chrysanthemum is one of the most exciting flowers that can be grown in the home landscape for late summer and fall display.

Geraniums are one of the most popular decorative plants for both indoor and outdoor use.

If ever there were a flower tailor-made for colour, it's the gerbera.

Gladiolus grows from rounded, symmetrical corms, that are enveloped in several layers of brownish, fibrous tunics. The fragrant Gladiolus flower spikes are large and one-sided, with secund, bisexual flowers.

Some species are annual plants and produce flowers from early summer until the first frost, while perennial species, found in milder climates, can flower all year.

The flowers have a sweet scent and open only in the early morning sun (if they are morning glories) or the late evening sun (if they are moonflowers).

It is a low-growing plant, rarely more than four to six inches tall with a foot-wide spread, covered with clouds of exquisitely formed tiny blossoms from late spring until frost.

Marigolds grace our gardens in Ontario as hardy annual ornamental flowering plants that are natural insect repellants.

It is easy to grow, forming a tight, neat green carpet decorated with many flowers throughout the summer.

Pansies are one of the earliest annual flowering plants, blooming right alongside your spring bulbs.

Pennisetum is a genus of grasses in the Poaceae grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are large annual or perennial grasses, reaching 1-4 m tall.

Petunias are one of the most popular summer flowering annuals for massed display, and they also do well in pots and hanging baskets.

Snapdragons are native to the Mediterranean but are considered a hardy annual in this part of the world. They are a particular favorite of children who like to pinch the tiny individual blossoms and make the "dragon mouth" open and close.

To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They perform best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, plants are spaced 1.5' apart.

These sweet little plants are relatively carefree. In fact, the main cause of problems with verbena is over-pampering, especially overfeeding and overwatering.