------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEVEN FAVOURITE ANNUALS FOR CUT FLOWERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sweet White July 1/2 ft. Use in low bowls for table Alyssum Red Sept. decorations. China Aster White July 1 ft. Lasts long after cutting. Blue to Oct. Purple Baby's White June 2-3 ft. Use in bouquets with other Breath Rose Oct. flowers. Coreopsis Yellow June 1-2 ft. Place by themselves in tall Brown Nov. vases. Nasturtium Scarlet June 1-5 ft. Cut freely for constant Yellow Oct. bloom. Use in great masses in low vases. Pansy Purple May 1/2-1 ft. Cut closely. Place in low Blue June dishes. Yellow White Pink White May 1 ft. Lasts well after cutting. Maroon Aug. Rose ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANNUALS THAT BLOOM AFTER FROST ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sweet Alyssum White July 1/2 ft. Withstands early frosts. Sept. Good border plant. Candytuft Red June to 1/2 ft. Sow at intervals through White Sept. the summer. Good cut flower. Cornflower Rose June 2-3 ft. Good for cut flowers. Blue Blooms freely. White Marigold Yellow June 1/2 - 2 Better for garden effects Browns Aug. ft. than for cut flowers. Annual Phlox Yellow May 1/2 - 1 Self sows. Good all round Reds Aug. ft. plant. White Ten-weeks White June 1 1/2 A second sowing made in stock Purple July ft. May flowers the same Pink season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------