Pet-friendlierZinnia
Zinnia elegans
A sun-loving annual that carries bright daisy-like flower heads from summer into frost.
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24 plants
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beginnerPurple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
A central and eastern North American perennial with rose-purple rays around a spiny orange-brown cone.
beginnerZonal Geranium
Pelargonium × hybridum
A compact tender pelargonium with rounded zoned leaves and repeat clusters of bright flowers.
beginnerPanicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
A cold-hardy woody shrub with large conical flower clusters on the current season's growth.
beginnerBlack-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
A familiar North American wildflower with golden rays around a dark domed center, often grown as an annual or short-lived perennial.
beginnerWild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
A North American mint-family perennial with aromatic foliage and lavender-pink flower heads that draw summer pollinators.
Pet-friendlierLanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
A compact North American wildflower with narrow basal leaves and clear yellow daisylike flowers on slender spring-to-summer stems.
beginnerBlanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
A western and northern North American perennial with bristly foliage and long-stemmed yellow to red-and-yellow daisylike flowers.
intermediateGarden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
A classic eastern North American border perennial with fragrant tubular flowers packed into tall midsummer panicles.
intermediateEnglish Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
An aromatic, drought-tolerant flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateFrench Marigold
Tagetes patula
A compact warm-season flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediatePetunia
Petunia × atkinsiana
A trailing or mounding long-blooming flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateGarden Pansy
Viola × wittrockiana
A cool-season, face-flowered flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateCommon Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
A tall, seed-rich annual flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateDaffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
A deer-resistant spring bulb flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateGarden Tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
A spring bulb with large cup-shaped flowers flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateDaylily
Hemerocallis fulva
A clump-forming perennial with one-day flowers flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateCommon Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
A long-lived, cold-hardy herbaceous flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateCommon Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
A fern-leaved, drought-tolerant flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateSnapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
An upright flower-spiked flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateGarden Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
An airy, fast-growing annual flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateGarden Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata
A tuberous, cultivar-diverse flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateWoodland Sage
Salvia nemorosa
A compact perennial with violet flower spikes flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
intermediateCommon Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
A biennial with tall tubular flower spikes flowering annual, bulb, or perennial for home gardens.
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Deadhead repeat bloomers and note gaps in the border while the season is still visible.
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