These are the annuals that are normally offered by Phelan Gardens.  Stop by to check on availability, to browse at the selection and to obtain growing advice from our professional staff. The true annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in one year.  It germinates, grows, flowers, sets seed and dies in one growing season.  Most annuals will bloom all summer when wilted blooms are kept picked (deadheaded).  The dead flower head, when not picked, can make seeds which stops the flowering process.  (All measurements are approximate heights at maturity.)