Hardy Annuals For Every Garden

Tough, floriferous and inexpensive, these garden heroes are the best way to bulk up borders and ring the changes each year, says Graham Rice

- Graham Rice

HARDY annual – the name says it all, really. These are frost-hardy plants that last for a single season. and they’re annuals, so they won’t be making a return visit next year. Sow seeds now and they’ll take any spring frosts in their stride, flower gloriously in summer and then simply fade away.