8 Ways You Can Add Seasonal Color With Annuals

Annuals are a great way to add color to your garden season after season. Whether you like to honor the season with blooming Annuals or whether you like to stick to a certain color scheme, here are 8 ways you can add seasonal color with Annuals.

1. Add a Colorful Border

Direct traffic with flowers that will catch the eye of your guests! Lining pathways or the edging of a garden bed, annuals make a border you can’t miss.

Beautiful pink petunias create boarders along a pathway.

2. Plant Annuals En Masse

Have you ever caught sight of a field of tulips or a drift of impatiens and become mesmerized by the sight of so many flowers? Try planting a lot of one type of Annual all together. The best part – because different flowers bloom at different times of the year, you can change the feel of your garden when you add seasonal color with annuals!

Annuals like Tulips look mesmerizing when planted en masse

3. Make a Splash

Tucked into a perennial flower bed, or amongst evergreen shrubs, bright, splashy Annuals add an extra dose of color to your garden.

A flower garden with annuals and perennials planted together

4. Decorate a Window

Add some bright color right out of your window that brings a cheerful sight whenever you look outside. A bonus – some Annuals, like Lantana, attract pollinators that you can watch as the dance from flower to flower

5. Adorn Your Front Porch

First impressions are everything, and your front porch is no exception. Delight family members and houseguests before they even make it inside.

Annuals add a splash of character to your front porch

6. Think About Other Characteristics

If you have ever put together an Annual container you will know the rule of three that designers live by: A thriller, A spiller, and A filler. Annuals come in all shapes and sizes and are known for their growing habits as much as their punchy colors.

Use snapdragons not only for their flower, but also their height

7. Annual Containers

A container or planter is a great solution for those who want seasonal color, but don’t have space in their garden. Place these on porches, patios, near the entrance to your home for color all season long. They also look great adorning the start of a pathway in your garden!

Planters with annuals can be placed throughout the garden

8. Hanging Baskets

Do you have a spot on your porch or balcony that is high up and just needs something to fill it? Try a hanging basket! From Ferns to Petunias, a hanging basket can give you the feel of Southern front porches in the heat of summer.

hanging baskets go great on a front porch

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  1. Cali Reply

    I’ve learnt a lot on how i can decorate my home using different annuals through the information you’ve provided and i’ll surely consider the annuals you’ve recommended when i’m buying new plants.

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