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Narrowed By:Type: Annuals+ Characteristics: Attracts Hummingbirds+ Seasonal Interest: Summer+ Moisture: Dry to Medium
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Ipomoea × multifida Ipomoea × multifida
(Cardinal climber) (1 user review)

Cardinal climber is a twining annual with deeply lobed mid-green leaves and 1-inch crimson blooms with white throats appearing in summer.
Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch' Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch'
(Mexican sunflower) (1 user review)

'Torch' is a quick-growing annual that produces vivid red or orange-red dahlia-like flowers from mid-summer on. Its leaves are somewhat attractive, being dark green and lobed. Plants can reach up to 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide in just a few months. 
Zinnia elegans Zinnia elegans
(Zinnia) Be the first to rate this plant

This upright, 30-inch-tall, bushy annual cloaks itself all summer in purple blossoms up to 2 inches across. But more important, it is the forebear of scores of varieties that can be found in almost any place you can buy seeds. There's the Whirligig Series, the California Giants, the Profusion Series, the State Fair Series—the list goes on and on.
no image available Zinnia elegans 'Dreamland Series'
(Bedding zinnia) Be the first to rate this plant

This annual series is comprised of dwarf, compact plants, 10 to 12 inches tall and half as wide. They bloom all summer with fully double blossoms, to 4 inches wide, in apricot, ivory, red, yellow, pink, and many shades in between.

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