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

Hours of Operations
Mon - Fri: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.



SUNSET GREENHOUSES
Closed until Spring 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 
These are the annuals that are normally offered by Phelan Gardens.  Stop by to check   availability and 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 bloomall summer when wilted blooms are kept picked (deadheaded).  The dead flower head, when not picked, can make seeds which stop the flowering process. All measurements below are approximate heights at maturity.
 
Phelan Gardens Annuals  (Up to 6 inches)
Common Name Botanical Name H2O Needs Exposure
Ageratum (Flossflower) Ageratum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Bacopa Sutera High Sun / Pt. Shade
Creeping Charlie Glechoma Medium Sun - Shade
Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia L ow / Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
French Marigold Tagetes Low Sun
Garden Patunia Petunia Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Hanging Petunia Petunia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Impatiens Impatiens High Pt. Sh. / Shade
Ivy Hedra Medium Pt. Shade
Lobelia Lobelia High Sun / Pt. Shade
Million Bells Calibrachoa Medium Pt. Shade
Moss Rose Portulaca Low Sun 
Scaevola Scaevola Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Swan Daisy Brachycome Low Sun
Sweet Alyssum Lobularia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea High Sun / Pt. Shade
Torenia Torenia High Sun / Pt. Shade
Treasure Flower Gazania Low Sun
Verbena Verbena Low Sun
Vinca Vine Vinca Medium Sun
Viola Viola Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Zinnia Zinnia Medium Sun
 
Phelan Gardens Annuals  (Up to 12 inches)
Common Name Botanical Name H2O Needs Exposure
Ageratum (Flossflower) Ageratum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Asparagus Fern Sprengeri Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Candle Vine Plectranthus Medium Part Shade
Cockscomb Celosia Celosia Medium Sun
Coleus Solenostemon Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Dahlia Dahlia Medium Sun
Dianthus Dianthus Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Diascia Diascia High Sun
Euphorbia Euphorbia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Fiber Optic Grass Scirpus Medium / High Part Shade
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
French Marigold Tagetes Low Sun
Garden Patunia Petunia Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Globe Amaranth Gomphrena Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Joseph's Coat Alternanthera Medium Sun
Lantana Lantana Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Marigold Tagetes Low Sun
Mexican Heather Cuphea High Sun / Pt. Shade
Monkey Flower Mimulus High Sun / Pt. Shade
Nemesia Nemesia High Sun / Pt. Shade
Ornamental Cabbage Brassica Medium Sun
Pansy Pansy Medium Sun - Shade
Phlox Phlox Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Pot Marigold Calendula Medium Sun
Snapdragons Antirrhinum Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Stock Matthiola Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Strawflower Bracteantha Low Sun
Sundrops (Evening Primrose) Oenothera Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Tuberous Begonia Begonia High Pt. Sh. / Shade
Verbena Verbena Low Sun
Wax Begonia Begonia High Sun - Shade
Zinnia Zinnia Medium Sun
 
Phelan Gardens Annuals  (Between 12 and 24 inches)
Common Name Botanical Name H2O Needs Exposure
African Daisy Osteospermum Medium Sun
African Marigold Tagetes Low Sun
California Poppy Eschscholzia Low Sun
Cineraria Pericallis High Pt. Sh. / Shade
Coleus Coleus Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Creeping Zinnia Sanvitalia Medium Sun
Dahlia Dahlia Medium Sun
Diascia Diascia High Sun
Double Impatiens Impatiens High Pt. Sh. / Shade
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Fuchsia Fuchsia High Shade
Garden Patunia Petunia Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Geranium Pelargonium Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Hanging Geranium Pelargonium Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Heliotrope Heliotrope Medium Sun
Icicles Helichrysum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Licorice Plant Helichrysum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Marguerite Daisy Argyranthemum Medium Sun
Perilla Perilla Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Plume Celosia Celosia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Pot Marigold Calendula Medium Sun
Snapdragon Antirrhinum Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Sage (Blue - Scarlet) Salvia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Spikes Dracaena Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Star Cluster Pentas Medium Sun
Tuberous Begonia Begonia High Pt. Sh. / Shade
Zinnia Zinnia Medium Sun
 
Phelan Gardens Annuals  (Between 2 and 4 feet)
Common Name Botanical Name H2O Needs Exposure
African Marigold Tagetes Low Sun
Black-eyed Susan Thunbergia Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Coleus Coleus Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Cosmos Cosmos Low Sun
Flowering Tobacco Nicotiana Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Millet Pennisetum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Morning Glory Ipomoea Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Nasturtium Tropaeolum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum Medium Sun / Pt. Shade
Snapdragon Antirrhinum Low Sun / Pt. Shade
Spider Flower Cleome Low Sun
Zinnia Zinnia Medium Sun