Annual vinca has a decidedly tropical look with its saucer-shaped flowers in saturated shades of red, rose, pink, and purple. The white varieties stand out best, though.
Plant Name: Catharanthus roseus
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 18 inches tall and wide
Zones: 10, but usually grown as an annual
Plant it with: Grow annual vinca as an upright contrast to trailing calibrachoa or mini petunias.
This easy-growing cut flower offers umbrella-shaped clusters of lacy blooms in mid to late summer. A relative of the carrot, it has a taproot and doesn't transplant well, but it reseeds gregariously.
Plant Name: Daucus carota
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Zones: Biennial in Zones 4-8
Plant it with: Queen Anne's lace has a lot of charm; plant it with other cottage-garden plants such as foxglove (Digitalis) or zinnia.
Immortality Iris
Tall bearded irises are great garden plants, but varieties like pure-white 'Immortality' are must-haves because they often rebloom again in late summer.
Plant Name: Iris 'Immortality'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Zones: 3-9
Plant it with: Peonies such as 'Krinkled White' for a knock-out combination.
This beautiful annual is great for evening gardens; its perfumed white trumpet-shaped flowers open at dusk and remain open until dawn.
Note: All parts of this plant are extremely poisonous
Plant Name: Datura meteloides
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is quite drought tolerant.
Size: To 3 feet tall and wide
Zones: Annual
Grow it with: Evening primrose (Oenothera), which also blooms at night.
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