Annual Plants
Annual plants, as opposed to perennial and biennial plants, have a life cycle which only lasts one year. All year, they spend their time acquiring and storing energy, and then as a last act, they flower and propagate the next generation. These plants generally have particularly beautiful flowers, and their ephemeral nature is perhaps responsible for their beauty.
Annual plants are great for using in your garden. The only drawback is that you need to buy another set every year in order to maintain the design of your garden, but the results can certainly be worth it.
By spreading an assortment of various small flowering annual plants around your garden, you can begin to play with the colour design of your garden. Most annual plants grow to only a small size, but there is a small number which can experience significant growth provided the right conditions are available for it.