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English Daisy
Windflower Anemone
Trailing African Daisy
Garden Tulip
Common Pansy
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Snapdragon

Common name: Snapdragon
Botanical name: Antirrhinum majus

This annual will grow 1'-3' tall and has dark green leaves accented by red, orange, yellow, pink, and white flowers.

English Daisy

Common name: English Daisy
Botanical name: Bellis perennis

This daisy will grow less than 1' tall and has medium-size dark green leaves with pink, white, or red flowers that bloom in the summer.

Windflower Anemone

Common name: Windflower Anemone
Botanical name: Anemone blanda

This plant makes an attractive ground cover that has fern-like foliage accented by daisy-like flowers that bloom in April and May. It comes in many colors.

Trailing African Daisy

Common name: Trailing African Daisy
Botanical name: Osteospermum fruticosum

This groundcover-small shrub will grow 1' tall, spreading 4' in a year. It has medium-size green leaves with lavender that have a dark purple center. The flower color changes to white the next day! The flowers bloom in fall and winter but in mild coastal areas, may bloom all year. It needs well draining soil. This plant looks great on a hillside or in a hanging basket. Other Names: Freeway Daisy

Garden Tulip

Common name: Garden Tulip
Botanical name: Tulipa hybrids

Tulips are bulb plants that typically bloom in spring, double or single, ruffled or not, in red, pink, white, purple, orange or bi-colored. Grown as perennials or annuals, depending on species. This large group of plants likes full sun in well draining, rich, moist soil. They do best in areas with winter rains and warm summers. Tulips looks best if planted in masses or in containers. Leaves are gray green, lance-shaped or long and narrow. Tulips range in size but can grow 2' tall and half as wide.

Common Pansy

Common name: Common Pansy
Botanical name: Viola x wittrockiana

This annual will grow 6"-10" tall and 9"-12" wide. It has shiny green leaves with flowers that come in a wide variety of colors such as yellow, purple, blue and white, many times bi-colored and are in bloom from spring and sometimes into summer. This plant tolerates full sun but needs moisture, rich, well draining soil. If planted in part to full shade, you will have less blooms. In Southern USA, pansies are planted in fall and enjoyed through spring.