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Narrowed By:Type: Annuals+ Characteristics: Attracts Birds+ Flower Color: Purple/Lavender, White
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Helianthus debilis Helianthus debilis
(Branching sunflower) Be the first to rate this plant

These branching plants with thick stems and glossy mid-green leaves grow 5 to 6 feet tall. Slightly nodding flowerheads 2.5 inches or more across appear in summer. Bright yellow ray florets are sometimes flushed with red or purple-red disk florets.
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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