Shop for Colorful Plants at Cropley’s Garden Center

Here at Cropley’s Garden Center we offer a great selection of exceptional annual flowering plants for your garden at our garden center. Shop from the comfort of our covered greenhouses. Need plants for shady spots? Full sun? Container gardens? You’ll find it all at both our Bolton, CT garden center. Have a special request? Contact us directly!

Tried & True Varieties

Dive into a world where tradition meets vibrancy with our handpicked selection of annuals, designed to enhance your garden with their unique beauty and enduring charm. Each variety has been chosen for its adaptability, ensuring they thrive in your local conditions while offering an array of colors, textures, and shapes. From the velvety petals of Ageratum to the bright, cheerful blooms of Zinnia, our collection promises to create a tapestry of blooms that will captivate and enchant throughout the growing season.

  • Ageratum: Known for its fluffy, blue flowers, Ageratum adds a soft, cloud-like texture to the garden, blooming continuously from summer to frost.
  • Alyssum: Sweet Alyssum spills over edges with tiny, fragrant flowers, creating a delicate carpet of color that attracts beneficial insects.
  • Begonia: Shade-loving and versatile, Begonias offer glossy leaves and flowers in a spectrum of colors, perfect for containers or ground cover.
  • Celosia: With its eye-catching, plume-like flowers in fiery colors, Celosia brings a bold statement to the sunny garden.
  • Coleus: Celebrated for its stunning foliage, Coleus features leaves in a variety of colors and patterns, thriving in both sun and shade.
  • Cosmos: Cosmos sway on tall stems, sporting daisy-like flowers in shades of pink, white, and maroon, adding lightness and movement.
  • Dahlia: Dahlias boast spectacular blooms in diverse shapes and colors, offering elegance and a dramatic focal point in any setting.
  • Dianthus: Dianthus features spicy-scented flowers atop slender stems, with a palette ranging from white to deep red.
  • Dusty Miller: With its silver-gray foliage, Dusty Miller provides a striking contrast and texture, complementing colorful blooms.
  • Flowering Kale: For a touch of the unusual, Flowering Kale showcases rosettes of purple and green, adding texture and interest to cool-season gardens.
  • Gazania: Sun-loving Gazania opens its bold, daisy-like flowers in bright sunlight, showcasing vibrant colors and patterns.
  • Hypoestes: The polka-dotted leaves of Hypoestes (Polka Dot Plant) add a playful splash of color to shaded areas.
  • Impatiens: A staple for shade gardens, Impatiens bloom profusely with vibrant flowers, filling dark corners with life.
  • Lobelia: Lobelia enchants with cascades of tiny, jewel-toned flowers, ideal for hanging baskets and edging.
  • Marigolds: Bright and easy to grow, Marigolds are a garden favorite, repelling pests and blooming vigorously all season.
  • Morning Glory: With its heart-shaped leaves and trumpet-shaped flowers, Morning Glory climbs towards the sun, adding height and color.
  • Nasturtium: Edible Nasturtiums offer a peppery bite, with their cheerful flowers and lily-pad-like leaves sprawling across the garden.
  • Pansy: Pansies’ friendly faces bring early color to the spring garden, thriving in cool weather with a rainbow of hues.
  • Petunia: Petunias are prolific bloomers, displaying a wide array of colors and patterns, perfect for hanging baskets and beds.
  • Portulaca: Drought-tolerant Portulaca (Moss Rose) dazzles with its succulent leaves and vibrant, rose-like flowers.
  • Rudbeckia: Also known as Black-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia lights up the garden with its bright, golden-yellow flowers.
  • Salvia: Salvia stands tall with spikes of vivid blue, purple, or red flowers, attracting bees and butterflies.
  • Snapdragons: Snapdragons add vertical interest with their tall spikes of brightly colored flowers, loved by children and adults alike.
  • Torenia: Shade-friendly Torenia (Wishbone Flower) offers a profusion of trumpet-shaped flowers in cool hues, perfect for borders and containers.
  • Verbena: Verbena spreads across the ground or tumbles from pots with clusters of small, vibrant flowers, attracting pollinators.
  • Vinca: Heat-loving Vinca provides glossy leaves and star-shaped flowers in a range of colors, thriving in the hottest parts of the garden.
  • Viola: Violas, with their dainty blooms, are hardy and bloom in cooler temperatures, offering a splash of color in early spring and fall.
  • Zinnia: Zinnias are a gardener’s delight, with their brilliant, easy-to-grow flowers making a colorful statement from summer to frost.

Specialty Annuals

Elevate your garden with our exquisite selection of specialty and premium annuals, each chosen for its exceptional beauty, unique characteristics, and ability to transform any space into a horticultural masterpiece. From the elegant spires of Angelonia to the robust and radiant Verbena, our collection is a celebration of sophistication and diversity, offering something truly special for the discerning gardener. These varieties not only stand out for their visual appeal but also for their performance, providing unparalleled color, texture, and interest throughout the season.

  • Angelonia: Often called “summer snapdragon,” Angelonia offers tall spikes of purple, pink, or white flowers, adding elegance and height.
  • Argyranthemum: Bright and cheerful, Argyranthemum blooms prolifically with daisy-like flowers, bringing a touch of the sun to your garden.
  • Bacopa: Delicate Bacopa trails with masses of tiny flowers, perfect for softening the edges of containers and hanging baskets.
  • Begonia: Premium Begonias dazzle with large, lush flowers and leaves, ideal for both sun and shade with spectacular performance.
  • Bidens: Vibrant and vigorous, Bidens features starry flowers that spill gracefully over pots and baskets, attracting pollinators.
  • Brachycombe: Also known as Swan River Daisy, Brachycombe offers a profusion of dainty flowers, creating a soft, airy texture.
  • Bracteantha: With its unique, papery blooms, Bracteantha (Strawflower) adds a touch of whimsy and lasting color to the landscape.
  • Browallia: Browallia shines with star-shaped, sapphire-blue flowers, providing a rare hue in the annual garden.
  • Calibrachoa: Miniature petunia-like flowers cover Calibrachoa plants, offering a cascade of color for containers and hanging baskets.
  • Coleus: Premium Coleus varieties feature even more striking foliage patterns and colors, thriving in both sun and shade.
  • Cuphea: Also known as cigar plant, Cuphea produces tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds, adding interest and wildlife to the garden.
  • Dahlia: Specialty Dahlias flaunt extraordinary blooms with unmatched color and form, standing out in borders and arrangements.
  • Diascia: Delightful Diascia boasts spires of delicate flowers, perfect for adding texture and a touch of whimsy.
  • Double Impatiens: Offering the lush look of roses with the ease of impatiens, Double Impatiens bloom heavily in shady spots.
  • Euphorbia: Airy and light, Euphorbia adds a frothy texture to plantings with its cloud-like clusters of tiny white flowers.
  • Fuchsia: Hanging baskets of Fuchsia dazzle with their exquisite, jewel-like flowers in shades of pink, purple, and white.
  • Geranium: Premium Geraniums provide robust blooms and foliage, serving as a staple for summer color in pots and beds.
  • Gerbera: With its large, daisy-like flowers, Gerbera adds a splash of bold color, perfect for brightening patios and gardens.
  • Gypsophila: Often known as “baby’s breath,” Gypsophila offers delicate, cloud-like blooms that add texture and lightness.
  • Heliotrope: Renowned for its vanilla scent, Heliotrope features clusters of purple or white flowers, attracting both eyes and noses.
  • Lantana: Lantana’s clusters of tiny, vibrant flowers change color as they age, adding a dynamic element to the garden.
  • Lobelia: Premium Lobelia varieties dazzle with more intense blues, purples, and whites, perfect for cool, moist spots.
  • Lobularia: A superior version of Alyssum, Lobularia emits a honey fragrance from its masses of white or purple flowers.
  • New Guinea Impatiens: Offering larger flowers and leaves than traditional impatiens, New Guinea Impatiens excel in both sun and shade.
  • Osteospermum: Also known as African Daisy, Osteospermum features daisy-like flowers that close at night, in a range of vibrant colors.
  • Petunia: Specialty Petunias amaze with their vast array of colors, patterns, and forms, including doubles and frilled varieties.
  • Scaevola: Known as the fan flower, Scaevola offers a unique fan-shaped flower, perfect for hot, dry locations.
  • Sunpatiens: A hybrid between traditional and New Guinea Impatiens, Sunpatiens thrive in full sun to shade, with vibrant, non-stop blooms.
  • Torenia: Also known as the wishbone flower, Torenia thrives in the heat, providing a wealth of jewel-toned flowers.
  • Verbena: Verbena’s clusters of flowers bloom tirelessly, spreading across the ground or spilling over containers.