Annuals are at the heart of many people’s gardening. Here, Noel runs through the distinctions between hardy and half-hardy annuals with some colourful examples from his garden in central Portugal.
Noel Kingsbury is a British garden designer and writer on gardening, plant sciences and related topics. He is best known for his promotion of naturalistic planting design in gardens and designed landscapes, and his collaboration with Dutch garden and landscape designer Piet Oudolf on books on planting design.