Annuals: What is your favorite annual and why?, 0 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:

Just found this thread and all the pretty pictures!

My favorite annual this summer is the 'tassel flower' or 'Emilia coccinea' which I first saw at Cincinnati's Eden Park gardens growing among all the perennials. The gardener said everyone asks about it--apparently it is an old fashioned simple self-seeding annual. Very effective among daylilies, daisies and other cottage garden plants.

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Oh, and I like, too, because it's one of the first flowers I grew from seed successfully (by wintersowing!)