Adding excitement to the water's edge

1. Angelonia Serena Blue
  • a. Non-stop purple flowers all summer.
  • b. Thrives in heat
  • c. Grows 10-12"
2. Begonia Dragon Wing
  • a. Morning sun only
  • b. Bright red flowers, glossy green foliage
  • c. Grows 18" tall
  • d. Blooms a lot
  • e. Part shade to shade
3. Coleus Colorblaze Dipt in Wine
  • a. Smooth, shiny, rounded leaves are crimson with a lime-green edge
  • b. Grows to 24-36"
  • c. Sun to part shade
  • d. Easy no dead heading needed
4. Coleus Colorblaze Sedona
  • a. Unique rusty orange foliage
  • b. Grows to 24-30"
  • c. Sun to part shade
5. Coleus Wasabi
  • a. Brilliant chartreuse leaves with serrated edges
  • b. Very heat tolerant
  • c. Grows 18-28"
  • d. Sun to part shade
6. Cuphea Totally Tempted
  • a. Also known as bat-face flower
  • b. Compact, well-branched beauty with brilliant red flowers with lavender throats
  • c. Grows to 10-12"
  • d. Sun to part shade
  • e. Angles outward
7. Euphorbia Diamond Frost
  • a. Clouds of airy dainty white flowers all season
  • b. Heat and drought tolerant
  • c. Grows 12-18"
  • d. Sun to part shade
  • e. No need to deadhead
  • f. Can winter over cuttings
8. Evolvulus Hawaiian Blue Eyes
  • a. Ocean-blue flowers on this vigorous trailing plant
  • b. Heat tolerant
  • c. Closes at night
  • d. Grows to 8-12"
  • e. Sun
  • f. True blue flowers the size of a nickel
9. Homalocladium platycladum Ribbon Bush
  • a. Long wands of flat-pressed leafless stems that are ½" side and jointed
  • b. Grows to 18-36"
  • c. Sun to part shade to shade
10. Ipomoea Illusion Emerald Lace
  • a. A vigorous grower with delicate chartreuse foliage
  • b. Grows 6-10" sun to part shade to shade
11. Lantana Bandana Lemon Zest
  • a. Best in hot containers
  • b. Blossoms emerge brilliant yellow fading to creamier shades of yellow to white.
  • c. Grows to 18-24"
  • d. Sun
  • e. Bandana series stay small and bushy
12. Lobelia Laguna Sky Blue
  • a. Brilliant blue flowers cover this compact, heat-tolerant spreader
  • b. Grows to 10-12"
  • c. Sun to part shade to shade
13. Pelargonium: scented geranium
  • a. Very ornamental in value
  • b. Wide variety of scents available
  • c. Add great texture and form to container gardens
  • d. Grows to 2'
  • e. Sun to part shade
  • f. Does not bloom like traditional geraniums
14. Lotus Flashbulb
  • a. Delicate silver foliage with brilliantly-hued flowers that look like flames.
  • b. Grow to 6-8"
  • c. Sun to part shade
  • d. Doesn't like really hot temperatures
15. Petunia Supertunia Vista Bubblegum
  • a. A top performer with attractive hot pink flowers
  • b. Grows to 5-7"
  • c. Sun to part shade
  • d. Don't need to dead head
  • e. Will spread like wave petunias
  • f. Wants to be fed