Optimum Annual Planting Guide

Optimum Planting Time = Optimal Performance

 

 

Here is a list of the most popular annuals gardeners love to plant in large mass plantings.  Many of these can be planted at anytime during the season listed.  Planting during the optimum month will give you the best and longest show of color.

 

Plant                                       Optimum Planting Time                   Blooming Season

 

Alyssum                                   October - November                          Fall & Spring

Begonia                                   October, February                              Year Round

Bluebonnet                              October - January                              Spring

Caladiums                               April - May                                         Spring - Summer

Chrysanthemum                      February - September                        Spring & Fall

Coleus                                     April - May                                         Spring- Summer

Dianthus                                 October, November, & February        Fall, Winter, & Spring

Flowering Cabbage&Kale       October - November                           Winter & Spring

Impatiens                                October, November, & February        Winter & Spring

Lobelia                                    October, November, & February        Winter & Spring

Marigold                                  September, February                         Fall & Spring

Pansy                                       November                                          Fall & Winter

Petunia                                    October                                              Fall, Spring, & Winter

Portulaca                                 May                                                    Summer

Purslane                                  May                                                    Summer

Snapdragons                           October - November                          Winter & Spring

Vinca                                       May - June                                         Summer

Viola                                        October - November                          Fall - Winter

Zinnia                                      May - June                                         Summer