2024's Best New Garden Plants: Annuals and Tender Perennials

2024's Best New Garden Plants: Annuals and Tender Perennials You don't want to miss out on these new annuals and tender perennials at the garden center this year! New plant introductions for 2024: Annuals & tender perennials

Ready to treat yourself to a few new plants for 2024? There are lots of interesting new annuals and tender perennials to get excited about. Let's take a look at a few of the most exciting varieties that you can use to fill containers or bring all-season color to the border.

We loved the color and double blooms of this new calibrachoa in the Superbells^® series — it flowered like crazy for us from spring to fall. Super heat-tolerant plants sailed through the hot, dry summer we had last year without missing a beat.

Type Tender perennial (usually grown as an annual)
Blooms Double bronze-orange blooms with darker veining spring to frost
Light Full sun to part shade
Soil Well drained
Size 6 to 12 in. tall, 12 to 24 in. wide
Cold hardy USDA zones 9 to 11
Introducer Proven Winners^®
Source Garden Crossings, 616-875-6355

This new variety reclaims the long-lost attribute of fragrance in verbena. Compact upright plants make perfect fillers in containers or as edging along your patio, where you can enjoy its sweet scent that’s especially noticeable on humid summer evenings.

Type Tender perennial (usually grown as an annual)
Blooms Fragrant white blooms from late spring to frost
Light Full sun
Soil Well drained
Size 9 to 12 in. tall and wide
Cold hardy USDA zones 7 to 11
Introducer & source Select Seeds, 800-684-0395

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