New annuals and tender perennials
By: Garden Gate staff
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New annuals for 2018!
Add unusual colors and patterns to your garden with the three new annuals and tender perennials you’ll see when you click through our slideshow.
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Can Can® Bumble Bee Pink calibrachoa Calibrachoa hybrid
What we love: Check out this new calibrachoa — its star pattern looks like a bee. Vigorous plants form a mounded habit that looks good in hanging baskets or trailing over the lip of a container. Flowering will slow in the heat of summer but bounce back when temperatures cool down in fall.
Type Tender perennial
Blooms Pink with yellow star pattern that looks like a bee from spring to frost
Light Full sun to part shade
Soil Moist, well-drained
Size 10 to 15 in. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 11
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
Introducer Ball Floraplant®
Source Local garden centers
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‘Lemonade’ cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus
What we love: Tired of cosmos flowers in pinks and purples? Try soft yellow and white ‘Lemonade’. This pastel color and compact size make it easy to work in to any spot in the garden. Grow ‘Lemonade’ near a patio or wherever you need some heat-tolerant color all summer long.
Type Annual
Blooms Pale yellow with a white center summer to fall
Light Full sun
Soil Well-drained
Size 20 to 24 in. tall, 14 to 18 in. wide
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
Introducer Thompson & Morgan
Source Burpee®
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Tangerine Slice A-Peel black-eyed Susan vine Thunbergia alata
What we love: Add height to borders or container with the Tangerine Slice A-Peel® black-eyed Susan vine. Its two-tone blooms just keep coming from planting until frost with no need for deadheading. You can even add it to a hanging basket!
Type Tender perennial
Blooms Orange-red with a lighter orange edge spring to fall
Light Full sun to part shade
Soil Well-drained
Size 60 to 96 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 10 to 11
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
Introducer Proven Winners®
Source Select Seeds
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Check out more new favorites!
You’ll find even more photos, profiles and growing tips for 2018’s best new annuals (and other plants!) in the January/February issue of Garden Gate magazine, available on newsstands now!
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