Each plant type typically available in a variety of colors!
Full to Part Sun | Full to Part Shade | Deer-resistant* | Insect repellent |
Gazania – Jenna’s fave! | Impatiens – adds lots of color to your shady spot | Lantana – smells citrusy and attracts butterflies | Various Herbs – check the edibles page for more info! |
Marigolds | Coleus – beautiful foliage | Cosmos | Marigolds |
Vinca | Lobelia | Marigolds | Geranium |
Portulaca – rose moss | Polka dot plant | Angelonia | Ageratum |
Snapdragons | Torenia | Dusty miller | Citrosa – smells like citronella |
Draceana spikes – good for planters | Sweet potato vine | Ageratum | |
Sunpatiens – Alex’s fave! | Fuschia | Angel’s trumpet | |
Petunias | Rex begonia | Calendula | |
Ageratum | Wax begonia | Vinca | |
Zinnia | Tuberose begonia | Cleome | |
Vinca vine – trailing | Angel wing begonia | Forget-me-not | |
Trailing vinca – flowering | Caladium | ||
Trailing portulaca – drought tolerant | Sweet Allysum – part shade | ||
Calibrachoa – named “million bells” for a reason! | New Guinea impatiens – morning sun | ||
Supertunia | Boston fern – hanging baskets | ||
Salvia | |||
Mums – late summer to fall | |||
Asters – late summer to fall | |||
Angelonia | |||
Dichondra silver falls – trailing | |||
Gomphrena | |||
Verbena – great for baskets | |||
Scaveola – great for baskets | |||
Sweet Alyssum | |||
Sweet potato vine | |||
Dahlias | |||
Bacopa – early spring | |||
Pelargonium | |||
Lantana – attracts butterflies | |||
Wax begonia | |||
Pentas | |||
Blanket flower | |||
Rudbeckia | |||
Cosmos | |||
Monkey flower – native to California | |||
Lisianthus – great for cut flowers |
* Deer-resistant means deer are less likely to consume. Click here to check out Rutgers’ list of Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance.