 Annuals or seasonal are the group of plants

which complete their life cycle (germination,

vegetative growth, flowering, seedling and
finally death of the plants) under a given site
within one season or a year. They beautify
the surroundings and exhibit a good show of
bloom at low cost & bring a change in the
look of garden with change in season.
 Easilygrown plant .
 Varied growth habit, form, flower- colour, size, shape
and season of flowering.
 Provide mass effect in garden.
 Cover a place with in a short span of time.
LANDSCAPE USES OF ANNUALS-:
❖ Specimen plant
❖ Fragrant flowers
❖ Hanging basket plant
❖ Screening
❖ Border plant
❖ Bedding plant
❖ For shady areas
❖ Edging
❖ Dry flowers
❖ Rockery
 Specimen plant : almost every annual can be grown for
this purpose.
 Fragrant flowers : sweet alyssum , sweet william, stock,
viola, sweet pea, sweet sultan
 Pot plant :almost every annual except annual climber.
 Hanging basket plants: annuals with compact growth,
low growing and drooping like daisy ,verbena , portulaca
, nasturtium , ice plant and sweet alyssum.
 Screening : kochia , hollyhock , sweet pea .
 Rockery: Annuals which thrive well and flower profusely
in poor soil with less water like verbena, ice plant,
nasturtium, phlolex , nemesia, stock and vendium.
 Long Lasting Flower: Clitoria, Calendula, paper flower,
amaranthus, nasturtium and gomphrena.
 For shady areas : salvia , cineraria , clarkia and verbena.
❖ Monochromatic colour scheme

Larkspur Calendula

(Arora,1990)
Contrast colour scheme
Portulaca Sweet alyssum

Ice plant Nasturtium

Ipomoea palmata Lathyrus odoratus

Althea rosea
Senecio cruentus Salvia sp.
Petunia hybrida Iberis sp.
Nasturtium Ice plant

Verbena
Summer Rainy Winter
 These annuals are able to tolerate low
temperature These are sown in September-
December in the plains and during
September-November or February-April in
hills. Some of the winter annuals are:
 California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
 Daisy
Bellis perennis
Stock (Matthiola incana)
Scientific name: Antirrhinum majus
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Botanical name: Calendula offcinalis
Family: Compositae
Botanical name: Iberis sp.
Family: Cruciferae
Botanical name: Dahlia variabilis
Family: Compositae
Botanical name: Althea rosea
Family: Malvaceae
Botanical name: Mesembryanthemum
criniflorum
Family: Aizoaceae
Very good for pots, edge, hanging baskets,
beds in sunny dry areas.
Botanical name: Delphinium ajacis
Family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: Viola wittorckiana
Family: Violaceae
Flowers look like Butterfly, good for edge, pots
window- sills and hanging baskets.
Botanical name: Petunia hybrida
Family: Solanaceae
Flowers are bell shaped single, semi double
and double. Good for pots, beds and
borders.
Botanical name: Tropaeolum majus
Family: Tropaeolaceae
Trailing plant with single and semi double flowers
good for screening, hanging baskets.
Botanical name: Alyssum maritimum
Family: Brassiceae
Botanical name: Dianthus barbatus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 Botanical name: Verbena hybrida
Family: Verbanaceae
Good for dry sunny areas in pots, beds ,
borders and rockery.
Botanical name: Helichrysum bracteatum
Family: Asteraceae
Common name : Straw flower
Good for beds, borders, and dry flowers
Botanical name: Centaurea cyanus
Family : Composiatae
These plants grow luxuriantly and produce
flowers under high temperature . They have
ability to survive extremely high temperature
of north Indian Plains. The seeds are sown in
end of February or beginning of March and
seedlings are transplanted in end of March-
April. There are limited number of annuals
which can be grown in this season they are:
Botanical name: Zinnia elegans
Family: Asteraceae
Botanical name: Tithonia rotudifolia
Family: Asteraceae
It is commonly called Mexican Sunflower
Botanical name: Kochia elegans
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Columnar to pyramidal shape, very good light
green foliage.
 Botanical name : Portulaca grandiflora
 Family : Portulacaeae
Annual with drooping succulent branches, good
for shady and semi shady areas in hanging
baskets and window sills.
Botanical name: Gaillardia aristata

Family: Asteraceae

Common name: Blanket flower

 Botanical name : Gomphrena globosa
 Family : Amaranthaceae
common name : Bachelor’s button
Botanical name : Helianthus annuus
Family : Compositae
 These anunuals are grown in rainy season
and can withstand heavy rains , high
humidity in atmosphere than other annuals
. Seeds are sown in june and seedlings are
transplanted in july.
 Some of the rainy season annuals are :
 Botanical name : Impatiens balsamina
 Family : Balsaminaceae
Good for semi shady, sunny areas for pots,
beds, borders, rockery in well drained soil.
Botanical name: Celosia argentia
Family: Campanulaceae
Large crested flower heads like comb, good for
borders, beds and dry flowers
Botanical Name: Callistephus chinensis
Family: Asteraceae
Botanical name : Amaranthus caudatus
Family : Amaranthaceae
Drooping tail like inflorescence, very good for
drying.