Today’s Giveaway: Annie’s Annuals
by Colleen Vanderlinden • June 24, 2010 • Miscellaneous • 64 Comments
Back when a few of us were giving away compost tumblers, one of my Twitter pals said something along the lines of “why aren’t plants ever given away in these gardening giveaways?” Very true — what is gardening without all of the plants? And if it’s uncommon, insanely gorgeous plants you want, you can’t do better than Annie’s Annuals.
With everything from annual flowering plants, veggies and herbs, grasses, shrubs and succulents (and more!) Annie’s is one of those sites I can get happily lost on for a very long time (how many times has my productivity been ground to a halt because Elayne from Annie’s tweeted a link to an absolutely stunning plant on their website? Too many — once I’m on the site, I’m there for a while, dreaming.)
So I’m really excited that Annie’s has very generously donated a $50 gift certificate to one very lucky ITGO reader!! Huge thanks to Elayne from Annie’s for making this possible — I really appreciate it!
What do you need to do to win this fabulous prize? Visit the Annie’s Annuals website and tell me what you’d buy (just one item — you don’t need to give me your whole shopping list here 
) The winner will be selected by random number tomorrow morning. Only residents of the contiguous 48 states are eligible, and I’ll need your comments by midnight. Good luck!!
UPDATE: We have a winner! Lucky #4 is Diane from The Garden of Live Flowers! Congrats to Diane, and thanks so much to everyone who commented!
Thanks again to Annie’s Annuals for their generosity. Be sure to visit them on the web and get happily lost for a while. You can also find Annie’s on Twitter and Facebook.
I would buy Ceanothus “Joyce Coulter” Love the color.
I’d love a couple of those drought tolerant CA native shrubs that Annie’s posted on Facebook the other day: Encelia Farinosa “Inciencio”! Fingers and toes crossed and thanks:)
If I could only buy one (which I never do) I would buy Papaver ‘Flemish Antique’…Love,Love, Love, Annie’s!
Coral Bells! Annie’s has so many pretty ones!
Leonotis menthifolia would be my pick, it would look great in my Fairy Garden!
I would definitely get the grape scented sage. After smelling it at annie jesen’s open house I was soled.
pipevine – Aristolochia elegans
“Calico Flower”
I need it to feed my pipevine swallowtail caterpillars!
This is my heart felt choice, Callirhoe digitata
“Standing Winecup”.
I love Annie’s!
I’d buy a few of the Red California Poppies!
I like Liparia splendens “Mountain Dahlia”. It’s been on my Annie’s wishlist for awhile.
I’d love to buy one of those western clematis…beautiful plant!
!!!! I am so excited!! Thanks, Colleen and Annie’s Annuals! You’re the best!
congratulations diane (@bintie!) – have fun shopping! thank you so much colleen for letting us play and happy, happy blogiversary to you.
Well, I’m too late to enter but not too late to suggest what you buy. If you like a lot of orange, you can’t beat Marmalade Bush, aka Streptosolen jamesonii. Here in the bay area it blooms nearly all year in a big way. Here is what it looked like for me in its second season: http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialplantfetishist/2519451039/
and here is what it looked like last year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialplantfetishist/3552647487/in/set-72157621905093604/