Salvia coccinea offers light, loose spikes of red, white or pink. For a nice blue spike, try Salvia farinacea 'Victoria'. There are dozens of very useful forms of sunflowers for the garden. Some will only produce a few large heads and others are branched and produce dozens of smaller flowers. You can now also choose from yellows, golds, cream and maroon flowers.
Sunflowers do their best in full sun and well-drained soil.
Tithonia Also known as Mexican sunflowers, tithonias are large, branched upright sun-loving plants that offer incredible orange flowers. Torenia Sometimes called wishbone flowers, torenia are compact plants that enjoy light shade and offer small, pastel flowers, many with darker markings. Verbena With round clusters of flowers on low, compact plants, verbena does best in full sun. Most verbenas have strong, clear pink, red, rose or white flowers but there are also bicolors and soft peach shades. Inc. All rights reserved.