1 Annual, 1 Perennial, 1 Vegetable
- I think the easiest Annual flower to grow is the marigold and the flower heads can be dried and used the following year. I think the easiest perennial flower is the day lilly. They never give up...no fussing at all. My favorite easy vegetable to grow is leaf lettuce in window boxes...keeps the bunnies out of it!!
- —mojo5501
geraniums
- If you like the red, pink, salmon, white color range, you can't beat geraniums! When established they are drought-resistant too. I use pink ivy-leafed geraniums with asparagus fern in window boxes with a tough western location and they do very well.
- —Guest wendycat
Lamb's Ear
- One easy plant I found grows well in Utah is the Lambs Ear. It's a great perennial that grows without care. If you trim it back it comes back even bigger. One of my first spring plants, it works as a focal point in both shade & sun beds. I love the fuzzy leaves that look & feel like a lambs ear.
- —Guest Tiff Smith
Bee Balm, Pansies
- Here in our planting zone of 5a; My favorites include 'Jacobs Cline' Bee balm, the red color is very rich and intense, and is super easy. Also, I really enjoy all our Pansies. They re-seed themselves, and with our ever changing climate they seem to thrive. "We had a couple of hearty plants that even bloomed as early as late February, and stayed green all winter!" Anyone who lives in New England knows that is pretty incredible considering February's month is usually the harshest. The third favorite of my husband and I, is Salvia 'May Night'. We purchased four potted plants of it our very first year, and they completely thrived, giving us a unending show of spectacular, intense color well into early Autumn. They are an amazing variety, and never fails us. It has been 4 years, and they are still thriving.
- —Guest Amanda
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