(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender or violet-blue flowers bedeck this old-fashioned bedding plant when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The fragrant foliage is medium green, heart-shaped and...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Cloud Nine™ Blue Ageratum, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender to violet-blue flowers bedeck Cloud Nine™ Blue flossflower ('Balclinebu')when temperatures are not hot and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe. The Cloud Nine Series was developed by Ball Horticultural...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, Leilani Blue Ageratum)

Fluffy, nearly true blue flowers bedeck the Leilani Blue flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage of 'Leilani Blue' is dark emerald green, heart-shaped and...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, Neptune Blue Ageratum)

Fluffy, pale cobalt blue or light sky blue flowers bedeck the Neptune Blue flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage of 'Neptune Blue' is deep green, heart-shaped...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, White Bouquet Ageratum)

Fluffy, white flowers bedeck the White Bouquet flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, this selection is widely grown as an annual bedding plant favored as a cutflower with its tall, sturdy, well-branched stems. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Cloud Nine™ Ageratum, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender to violet-blue or white flowers bedeck the plants in the Cloud Nine™ Series of flossflower when temperatures are not hot and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe. The Cloud Nine Series was developed...

(Agrimony)

(Common Agrimony)

(Corn Cockle)

The delicate scalloped pink flowers of common corn cockle bloom bloom from early to late summer above slender stems lined with fine, pale green leaves. This southeastern European native self-sows prodigiously and has become naturalized across most of North America in all but a few western states and provinces. Here it is most commonly found growing on roadsides, cultivated fields and other disturbed sites.

The fuzzy stems of this summer annual are lined with slender, opposite leaves with bulbous...

(Pacific Chrysanthemum)

Pacific chrysanthemum is a low spreading perennial with attractive deep green silver-edged foliage. It is native to Japan where it exists along the Honshu Island coastline and slopes. It spreads via rhizomes and can become quite aggressive if grown in good soil and provided regular water.

In the late fall Pacific chrysanthemum becomes covered with attractive clusters of bright yellow button-like flowers. Once spent, these can be cut back to make best of the pretty evergreen to semi-evergreen...