5 Budget-Friendly Annuals for Late Summer Color

Coleus

Like Dusty Miller, Coleus is prized for its easy-care gorgeous foliage rather than its flowers. Those vibrantly colored leaves -- in hues of green, red, brown, chocolate and gold -- bring containers and garden beds alive. Coleus lets you enjoy bright summer colors without the extra work (watering, fertilizing, deadheading) required by flowering annuals. Sun or shade.