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.