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• Bright neon-green foliage with cranberry red flowers
  
• Easy to grow
  
• Sun to partial shade
  
• Cold hardiness –30 to –20F
  
• 46 to 60 inches — width about the same
  
• Zones 4 to 8

(See care for weigelas, above)
Impatiens x hawkerii — Sonic Salmon New Guinea Impatiens

• Coral blooms
  
• More sun-tolerant than regular impatiens
  
• Larger, more dramatic, leaves and flowers than regular impatiens

Impatiens walleriana — White and pink impatiens (Other common names: Busy Lizzie, touch-me-not, and snapweed

• So popular that some growers say that impatiens account for 25 percent of sales
  
• A huge array of colors and several heights
  
• Bloom non-stop from spring to the first frost
  
• They do not do well in full sun — they are shade plants

Coleus x hybridus — Coleus mix

• An annual that's grown for its beautiful foliage rather than its flowers.
  
• Wide range of vibrant colors — deep purple, pink, burgundy
  
• Prefers rich, well-drained soil
  
• Loves shade

Caladium bicolor — sometimes called Elephant's Ears

• Again, another annual grown for its beautiful heart-shaped leaves, which are variegated combinations of pink, chartreuse, green, burgundy, red, rose
  
• Sometimes the tubers can be overwintered and replanted in the spring.
  
• Greenish white flowers in the spring
  
• Too much sun will scorch the beautiful leaves
  
• Grown as bulbs with tubers
  
• Partial to full shade, well-drained soil.

General care for annuals

• Fertilize once every two weeks to once a month
  
• Water regular — keep the soil moist, but not soggy, all season
  
• Pinching or removing the leaves will promote growth

• A breed of roses that are bred to be hardy, notably disease resistant and lush.
  
• 'Traviata' is the newest of the Romantica series. It has clear, vibrant red double flowers
  
• The blossoms are supposed to smell like apples.

Care:

• There's really very little care to these roses, but they do love to be fertilized every month from mid-to-late spring until early fall.
  
• In the winter, mulch well.
  
• Remove the mulch in the spring and prune away the dead brown branches.