Common Name |
Botanical Name |
H2O Needs |
Exposure |
Bacopa |
Sutera |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Creeping Charlie |
Glechoma |
Medium |
Sun – Shade |
Creeping Wire Vine |
Muehlenbeckia |
Low / Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
French Marigold |
Tagetes |
Low |
Sun |
Garden Petunia |
Petunia |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Gazania |
Gazania |
Low |
Sun |
Trailing Petunia used on ground |
Petunia |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Impatiens |
Impatiens |
High |
Pt. Sh. / Shade |
Ivy |
Hedera |
Medium |
Pt. Shade |
Lobelia |
Lobelia |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Million Bells |
Calibrachoa |
Medium |
Pt. Shade |
Moss Rose |
Portulaca |
Low |
Sun |
Creeping Zinnia |
Sanvitalia |
Medium |
Sun |
Scaevola |
Scaevola |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Swan Daisy |
Brachyscome |
Low |
Sun |
Sweet Alyssum |
Lobularia |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Sweet Potato Vine |
Ipomoea |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Torenia |
Torenia |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Verbena |
Verbena |
Low |
Sun |
Vinca Vine |
Vinca |
Medium |
Sun |
Viola |
Viola |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Zinnia—dwarf types |
Zinnia |
Medium |
Sun |
Phelan Gardens Annuals (Up to 6")
Phelan Gardens Annuals (Up to 12")
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
H2O Needs |
Exposure |
Ageratum (Flossflower) |
Ageratum |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Asparagus Fern |
Sprengeri |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Begonia, Tuberous |
Begonia |
High |
Pt. Sh. / Shade |
Cockscomb Celosia |
Celosia |
Medium |
Sun |
Coleus |
Solenostemon |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Dahlia dwarf types |
Dahlia |
Medium |
Sun |
Dianthus (pinks, sweet william) |
Dianthus |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Euphorbia |
Euphorbia |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Fiber Optic Grass |
Scirpus |
Medium / High |
Part Shade |
Flowering Tobacco |
Nicotiana |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
French Marigold |
Tagetes |
Low |
Sun |
Garden Petunia |
Petunia |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Globe Amaranth |
Gomphrena |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Joseph’s Coat |
Alternanthera |
Medium |
Sun |
Lantana |
Lantana |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Marigold |
Tagetes |
Low |
Sun |
Mexican Heather |
Cuphea |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Monkey Flower |
Mimulus |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Nemesia |
Nemesia |
High |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Ornamental Cabbage |
Brassica |
Medium |
Sun |
Pansy |
Pansy |
Medium |
Sun – Shade |
Phlox |
Phlox |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Pot Marigold |
Calendula |
Medium |
Sun |
Snapdragons—dwarf types |
Antirrhinum |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Stock |
Matthiola |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Strawflower –dwarf types |
Bracteantha |
Low |
Sun |
Twinspur |
Diascia |
High |
Sun |
Verbena |
Verbena |
Low |
Sun |
Wax Begonia |
Begonia |
High |
Sun – Shade |
Zinnia |
Zinnia |
Medium |
Sun |
Phelan Gardens Annuals (Between 12" and 24")
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
H2O Needs |
Exposure |
African Daisy |
Osteospermum |
Medium |
Sun |
African Marigold |
Tagetes |
Low |
Sun |
Coleus |
Coleus |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Dahlia |
Dahlia |
Medium |
Sun |
Double Impatiens |
Impatiens |
High |
Pt. Sh. / Shade |
Flowering Tobacco |
Nicotiana |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Garden Petunia |
Petunia |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Geranium |
Pelargonium |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Heliotrope |
Heliotrope |
Medium |
Sun |
Icicles |
Helichrysum |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Marguerite Daisy |
Argyranthemum |
Medium |
Sun |
Snapdragon |
Antirrhinum |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Sage (Blue – Scarlet) |
Salvia |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Spikes |
Dracaena |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Star Cluster |
Pentas |
Medium |
Sun |
Tuberous Begonia |
Begonia |
High |
Pt. Sh. / Shade |
Zinnia |
Zinnia |
Medium |
Sun |
Phelan Gardens Annuals (Between 2' and 4')
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
H2O Needs |
Exposure |
African Marigold |
Tagetes |
Low |
Sun |
Black-eyed Susan vine |
Thunbergia |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Coleus |
Coleus |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Cosmos |
Cosmos |
Low |
Sun |
Flowering Tobacco |
Nicotiana |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Millet |
Pennisetum |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Morning Glory |
Ipomoea |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Nasturtium |
Tropaeolum |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Purple Fountain Grass |
Pennisetum |
Medium |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Snapdragon |
Antirrhinum |
Low |
Sun / Pt. Shade |
Spider Flower |
Cleome |
Low |
Sun |
Zinnia |
Zinnia |
Medium |
Sun |