Annuals Easiest-to-Grow From Seeds

(adapted from the National Garden Bureau)

Alyssum*	Amaranthus
Balsam	Beans, Scarlet Runner
Beans, Hyacinth*	Bluebonnets
Borage*	Calendula
Coreopsis*	Celosia
Centaurea (Bachelor Buttons)*	Cosmos*
Cleome	Coleus
Gaillardia	Gomphrena
Larkspur*	Marigold, French or American
Four O’Clocks (Marvel of Peru)*	Nasturtium
Morning Glory*	Queen Anne’s Lace*
Portulaca*	Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’*
Sunflower	Sweet Peas
Tithonia (Mexican sunflower)	Viola (Johnny Jump-Ups)*
Zinnia, all types

*May self-sow the following season

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This article appeared in the April 2001 issue of Horticulture Update, edited by Dr. William C. Welch, and produced by Extension Horticulture, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843.