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PHELAN GARDENS
4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway,
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 574-8058

Spring Hours
Mon - Fri 9:00 - 6:00
Sat 9:00 - 5:00
Sun 10:00 – 5:00
Directions



SUNSET GREENHOUSES
1023 Sunset Road
Colorado Springs, CO  80909
(719) 634-6232

Hours
Mon - Sat 9:00 - 5:00
Sun 10:00 - 4:00
Directions

 

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.)
 

Annuals (6 inches) 

Botanical Name Common Name
Achillea  Achillea Gypsy
Ageratum  Garden Ageratum
    -Flossflower
Brachyscome  Swan Daisy
Calibrachoa  Million Bells
Dichondra  Dichondra
Gazania  Treasure flower
Glechoma  Creeping Charlie
Hedera  Ivy
Impatiens  Impatiens
Ipomoea  Sweet Potato Vine
Jamesbrittania  Jamesbrithania
Lobelia  Lobelia
Lobularia  Sweet Alyssum
Muehlenbeckia  Creeping Wire Vine
Petunia  Hanging Petunia
Petunia  Garden Petunia
Portulaca  Portulaca
    -Moss Rose
Scaevola  Scaevola
Sutera  Bacopa
Tagetes French Marigold
Torenia  Torenia
Verbena  Verbena
Viola Viola
Vinca  Vinca Vine
Zinnia  Zinnia
   

Annuals (12 inches) 

Botanical Name Common Name
Ageratum  Garden Ageratum
    -Flossflower
Alternanthera  Alternanthera
Antirrhinum  Snapdragon
Begonia  Wax Begonia
Begonia tuber  Tuberous Begonia
Bracteantha  Strawflower
Brassica  Ornamental Cabbage
Calendula  English Marigold
Celosia  Cocks Comb 
Crossandra  Crossandra
Cuphea  Mexican Heather
Dahlia  Dahlia
Dianthus   Dianthus
Diascia  Diascia
Euphorbia  Diamond Frost
Lantana  Lantana
Matthiola  Stock
Mimulus  Monkey Flower
Nemesia  Nemesia
Nicotiana  Flowering Tobacco
Pansy Monkey Face Pansy
Petunia  Garden Petunia
Pholx  Phlox
Plectranthus  Candle Vine
Scirpus  Fiber Optic Grass
Solenostemon  Coleus
    -Painted Nettle
Sprengeri  Asparagus Fern
Tagetes  Marigold
Tagetes French Marigold
Verbena  Verbena
Zinnia  Zinnia
   

Annuals (12 – 24 inches)  

Botanical Name Common Name
Argyranthemum Marguerite Daisy
Antirrhinum  Snapdragon
Begonia  Tuberous Begonia
Calendula  Pot Marigold
Celosia  Plume Celosia
Dahlia  Dahalia
Diascia Diascia
Dracaena Spikes
Eschscholzia  California Poppy
Fuchsia  Fuchsia
Pelargonium Geraniums--Ivy,  Zonal and Specialty
Helichrysum  Licorice
Helichrysum  Helichrysum / Icicles 
Heliotropium  Heliotrope
Impatiens  Double Impatiens and Exotic Impatiens
Nicotiana  Flowering Tobacco
Osteospermum Osteospermum / African Daisy
Pelargonium  Upright Geranium
Pelargonium  Hanging Geranium
Pentas  Pentas / Star Cluster
Perilla Perilla
Petunia  Garden Petunia
Salvia  Sage
    -Blue Salvia
Salvia  Scarlet Salvia
Solenostemon  Coleus
    -Painted Nettle
Tagetes  African Marigold
Zinnia  Zinnia
   

Annuals (2 – 4 Feet) 

Botanical Name Common Name
Antirrhinum  Snapdragon
Cleome  Spider Flower
Cosmos  Cosmos
Ipomoea  Morning Glory
Nicotiana  Flowering Tobacco
Pennisetum  Millet
Pennisetum  Red Bunny Tails
Pennisetum  Purple Fountain Grass
Solenostemon  Coleus
    -Painted Nettle
Tagetes  African Marigold
Thunbergia  Black-eyed Susan Vine
Tropaeolum  Nasturtium
Zinnia  Zinnia