I thought I'd try and resurrect this thread with some pics of my flowers around my patio. I grow the annuals by seed and the rest are all perennials. I plant with pollinators in mind and you will find this area is saturated with hummingbirds, dragonflies, honey bees, bumble bees and monarch butterflies quite the site to see while drinking a beer and smoking a cigar.
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I will add one more I really like this poker plant
IMG_20190903_183219323 by John Kingsley,