Annual Flower Plants 2026
- Lora Penner
- Apr 3
- 2 min read
These are the flower plants LP Farm Store will be growing and selling this year. Some of my flowers are giving my issues germinating so I may not have a lot of drumstick, gem marigolds, and African daisy plants this year.
Flower name Botanical binomials Height Growing Color
Sensitive plant | Mimosa pudica | 12-18” | Full sun Outdoor/indoor plant | Pink or purple flowers Fern like leaves |
Drumstick | Craspedia globosa | 24-30” tall | Full sun | Yellow pom pom flowers Perfect for bouquets |
Strawflowers | Bracteantha bracteata | 24-36” | Full sun | Apricot, yellow, red, pink, white |
Celosia | Celosia plumosa Celosia spicata Celosia cristata | Full sun Well draining soil | Mix of types: plumes, feathers, fan (brain) Colors: red, yellow, pinks | |
Statice | Limonium sinuatum | Full sun to part shade | Rose, apricot, purple, pastel shades, white, yellow | |
Gomphrena | Gomphrena globosa | 12-24” | Full sun | Rose, white, pink |
African Daisy | ||||
Blue Disc | Osteospermum ecklonis | 24” | Full sun | Silvery white flowers |
African Mix | Dimorphotheca aurantiaca | 18” | Full sun | Shades of orange, buff, and yellow Fuzzy grey foliage |
Calendula | Calendula officinalis | 12-24” tall | Full sun Edible petals Deadhead to encourage blooming | Yellow, apricot, peach, cream, and orange. Self-seeds |
Marigolds | ||||
Safarai | Tagetes patula | 8-10” | Full sun French type | Yellow, scarlet, tangerine, and reds. |
Orange Flame | Tagetes patula | 12” | Full sun Dwarf French type | Orange pom pom with red petals |
Bambino | Tagetes patula | 10” | Full sun | Little flowers in tangerine with lemon stripes |
Gem | Tagetes tenuifolia | 12” | Deadhead regularly | Edible flowers Red and tangerine |
Tall Marigold | Tagetes erecta | 36” | Full sun Deadhead regularly African marigolds | Orange large flowers |
Nasturtium | ||||
Alaska | 10-15” compact | Full sun Edible leaves and flowers | Green and white variegated foliage Peach, yellow, orange, and cherry. | |
Tall Climbing | Tropaeolum majus | 96-120” Will cascade or will need a trellis | Full sun | Yellow, red, and orange |
Bloody Mary | 16-20” | Full sun | Compact and trailing Dark red, coral, cream and bicolor. | |
Dwarf Jewel | Compact plant 12” | Full sun to part shade | Double flowers Light yellow, orange and deep red. | |
Orchid Cream | 12” compact | Full sun Edible petals and flowers | Cream with red blotches. | |
Sunflower Teddy Bear | 36” tall 8-12” containers | Full sun Edible petals | Pom pom yellow blooms | |
Zinnia | ||||
Persian Carpet | Zinnia haageana | 15” | Full sun Moderate moisture Deadhead regularly | Gold, red, chocolate, orange, and cream (bicolors) |
Profusion | Zinnia hybrida | 12” | Full sun | Red yellow bicolor |
Dwarf | Zinnia elegans | 12” | Full sun | White, yellow, orange, red, pink |




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