You may need propagating facilities and somewhere to grow the plants. Annuals can be raised from seed or bought as plants in a range of stages of development.

They can be used almost anywhere in the garden from beds and borders to patio containers, hanging baskets and window boxes, they can even be used to decorate the vegetable plot. Widely available and cheap to buy, annuals offer a quick, easy and, above all, cheap way of adding instant color to your garden. The way you decide to buy them will depend on how many you need, the amount of time you have and how much you are prepared to spend. Raising plants from seed is a cheap and easy way to raise a lot of plants. The usual definition of an annual is a plant that grows and dies or is discarded in a year. Annuals come in a wide range of colors from very bright to soft and subtle shades.

Hardy annuals can be sown directly in autumn but half bentlee annuals should not be planted outside until the threat of frost has passed.