Florida has incredibly steady weather year-round, making it the perfect place for nature-enthusiasts and flower planting. Due to Florida’s mild weather, many homeowners and businesses choose to sprinkle their landscape with vivid pops of color with annual flowers. Planting annual flowers around your landscape provides many benefits, like attracting helpful garden pollinators and increasing your home's curb appeal. 

If you’re looking to add some color to your home and surrounding landscape, then annual flowers are a great choice. Here are some popular annual flowers for homes in Palm Beach, FL, and some of the benefits they provide for your landscape.

What Are Annual Flowers & How Do They Benefit My Home?

These annual flowers planted at a property in Palm Beach, FL bring new color to the landscaping.

Annuals are flowers whose life cycle only lasts one growing season or one year. During this year, they sprout, bloom, produce seeds, and then die. Because of this, they require replanting each year. Annuals can be planted anytime and easily swapped out for new ones each year.

Planting annual flowers around your home provides many benefits. Annuals bring beauty and vibrancy to a well-landscaped property, and because they bloom continuously they provide consistent color throughout their lifespan. Planting annual flowers around your property is also a great way to raise your home's value and increase curb appeal.

Unlike perennials that require regular trimming, pruning, and fertilization, annuals are very low-maintenance as they only live one season. During their lifespan, many annuals drop seeds on the ground that grow into new plants, providing even more color for your landscape.

Common Winter & Summer Annuals for Your Home

Because the Florida climate is pretty steady year-round and we rarely get any cold weather, many annuals thrive very well in our area. Florida has two annual planting seasons – winter and summer, with winter annuals being planted during mid-December and summer annuals being planted during mid-May.

Some popular winter annuals include geranium, marigold, petunia, snapdragon, and more. Summer annuals that thrive well in Palm Beach and nearby areas include impatiens, pintas, begonias, zinnia, caladium, purslane, and many others.

At Greenscape Design, we have access to a wide variety of local plants and annual flowers and are always willing to work with you to choose the best annuals to plant on your property.

Annuals That Attract Butterflies, Hummingbirds, & Other Pollinators

Salvia at this Palm Beach home is great for attracting butterflies and other pollinators.

Annuals don’t just add showy blooms of color to your landscape; they also attract beneficial pollinators that help the environment and local plants. Pollinators like butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and others help pollinate local plants and flowers, helping them grow strong and healthy. Helpful pollinators are vital to our local ecosystem and provide great enjoyment. According to Pollinator.org, pollinating creatures are responsible for providing us one out of every three bites of food. They sustain our ecosystem and produce by helping plants reproduce and thrive. Some of the best pollinator-attracting annuals include salvia, lantana, and butterfly bush.

Do you want to add annual flowers to your property?

At Greenscape Design, we offer annual flower planting as part of our landscaping services in Palm Beach, Jupiter, Manalapan, and the surrounding areas. We plant annuals that increase curb appeal and beautify your landscape with year-round color. Our annual flower planting services are available for residential and commercial properties. Call us today at (561) 968-3243 to get started with a consultation.