Annuals

Annuals

Discover our vibrant selection of annuals, perfect for adding seasonal color to your garden. Easy to grow, they’ll keep your landscape blooming beautifully throughout the year.

Annual flowers live only one growing season, during which they grow, flower, and produce seed, thereby completing their life cycle. Annuals are versatile, sturdy, and relatively inexpensive. They are easy to grow, produce instant color, and bloom for most of the growing season.


Annuals offer the gardener a chance to experiment with color, height, texture, and form. If a mistake is made, it's only for one growing season. Annuals are useful for filling in spaces until permanent plants are installed, to extend perennial beds and fill in holes where an earlier perennial is gone or the next one has yet to bloom; to cover areas where spring bulbs have bloomed and died back; and to fill planters, window boxes, and hanging baskets.


The University of Illinois Extension has created a Web site titled "Gardening with Annuals" that includes a comprehensive directory of annuals and guides for specific uses and planting locations. But the best way to make wise choices is to check with the garden professionals at Reds. We'll help you select the best annuals for your purpose and design, resulting in a garden that is both aesthetic and functional.

Hanging Baskets

Hanging baskets can really punch up a porch or patio, and for folks with little or no space for down-in-the-dirt gardening, they're perfect.


We carry a large assortment of ready-to-hang baskets, or we can fill a basket or planter with your selections from our stock of annual plants.

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Plant List

Our Plant List includes the names of annual flowers we commonly carry. While these plants will all be available at some point, we cannot guarantee that they will be in stock on any given day. So if you're looking for something specific, please call ahead or email us for current availability.


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  • Ageratum
  • Alyssum
  • Aster
  • Begonia
  • Calendula
  • Celosia
  • Cleome
  • Coleus
  • Dusty Miller
  • Hypoestes
  • Impatiens
  • Marigolds
  • Nicotiana
  • Pansy
  • Phlox
  • Portulanca
  • Salvia
  • Snap Dragon
  • Stocks
  • Verbena
  • Vinca
  • Viola
  • Zinnia

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Why isn't everybody going to Reds? Many of the Northshore garden centers and this by far beats them all. I lost count at 13 greenhouses that you can walk through and pick one pot or flats. Just a tremendous variety and offerings and stock looks excellent. I wish I had started here first. They have items branded as Reds and. Many of the named brands like PW that you find in other places. There cashier and computer system situation could be improved, the lines looked scary, but went fairly fast, worth the wait time.

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Reds has been our go-to provider for all of our landscaping needs ... Shrubs and now trees. The employees there are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. We got some great suggestions, lots of personal attention, and also a bit of guidance to find what we were looking for. Wear work boots if you have them, or at least something easy to wash off the mud ... Remember they are constantly watering all these living things until they find their new homes!

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I had the most wonderful experience at Reds Garden Center! Their selection of flowers is simply the best, and I was blown away by their exceptional customer service. The atmosphere is so family-friendly and welcoming, and the staff members are incredibly hardworking. I cannot recommend Reds enough!

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Hand's down, this year they have the best flowering hanging baskets by far! Blows the competition away! Beautiful, huge, the quantity is amazing! Wishing I was able to go on a free shopping spree. This is my happy place! Job well done!

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We have been buying sod from this company for years. They have the best small volume sod around and will order it next day if you call in. We had a few times that we could not pick up the sod until late and they were out but the way their office and management handled the situation made us feel both heard and respected. Thanks Reds and we will continue to patronize and promote your business.

Mike G.

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Ryan helped us with our landscaping and flagstone path project. ( Major shout out to Damien and the crew too!) The results were exceptional and we could not be more happy! As with all major home projects, we had a few surprises come up, but Ryan was always there to work things through with us. As a matter of fact I got to know Ryan so well I now count him as a friend. Red's is very lucky to have this man on their team!

Michael C.

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I have been shopping at Reds for many many years and have had a great experience there. Everyone has been very polite and very helpful. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I continue another year of great plants. will be shopping soon

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The staff is friendly and listen to my gardening questions. Spot on with planting recommendations that enhance my garden. Top quality Just helped me create a butterfly garden!

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Just wanted to thank the 2 wonderful gentlemen who delivered our firewood this morning in Highland Park. We were running late and they waited for me to point out where to stack our half cord. So very nice! Quick delivery and stacking. We can't wait to warm our home tonight! Thank you!

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Great firewood purchasing experience! I am brand new to firewood and the person on the phone spent 15 minutes going through all the different types of wood, how they burn, and different pricing options. She spent the extra time so I felt completely satisfied with my $160 firewood purchase. The delivery was very quick and on time. I have been burning this wood for 5 days straight and it burns great! I'll be coming back for more. :) Happy Thanksgiving.

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Reds is a wonderful nursery with helpful staff, good prices and quality plants. I was so thrilled with their selection of mums for the fall. My wife and I have already been back a second time, with the same experience. Thank you so much for all your knowledge, help, and kindness! Your staff is the best!

Michael C.

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Red's Garden Center provides fantastic service! Ryan Reece is an expert and made our plant of these beautiful green giants easy and efficient. Highly recommend Red's as you are considering what to plant and grow this Spring!

Catherine M.

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I may have found my new go-to greenhouse! (Mourning Didier's greenhouse still.) They have a huge variety of plants- whether you're potting plants or planning out a huge yard's landscaping, you are set here!

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