Hardy Annual

Question 1

Sunflower

Answer 1

Helianthus Annus.
tall, fast-growing annual
broad, oval to heart-shaped, roughly hairy leaves
huge flowers up to 30cm across with bright yellow petals and dark brownish or purplish centres.
Full Sun

Question 2

Sweet Pea

Answer 2

Lathyrus Odoratus
annual that climbs to about 2m using tendrils. The flowers, produced in summer and early autumn, are 3.5cm across, strongly-scented, with wine-red standard petals and purple wings and keels.
Full Sun/partial shade. -5 to -20 degrees

Question 3

Poppy

Answer 3

Papaver commutatum ‘ladybird’
Ladybird’ is an upright annual with oblong, regularly lobed leaves and brilliant crimson flowers 8cm across, with a large black spot near the base of each petal.
Full sun. -15 degrees.
Loam.

Question 4

Pot Marigold

Answer 4

Calendula officinalis
Aromatic leaves and heads of vivid orange daisy-like flowers.
Sand, Loam, Chalk.
Full sun/Part shade.

Question 5

Love in the midst

Answer 5

Nigella damascena
N. damascena is an upright, bushy annual to 50cm, with feathery foliage.
Pale blue flowers 4cm across are borne in summer followed by decorative, inflated seed capsules
Chalk, loam, sand. Full sun.

Question 6

Nasturtium

Answer 6

Tropaeolum majus
An annual climber which will scramble over the ground or up a support.
Circular, wavy-edged leaves are supported, parasol-like, by a central stalk.
The long-spurred flowers, in shades of red, yellow and orange, appear in summer and autumn.
Full sun. Chalk, Loam, Sand,