Their Salvia madrensis looks interesting too, especially with flowers. Plant Delights says it flowers in September, your nursery mentions flowers when brought back in the greenhouse for winter 🤷🏼‍♀️.

I don’t know the ones you mention, I don’t do containers, I forget to water them. The kangaroo paws look attractive though!

I don’t do containers

I have developed an obsession with annuals (in containers and to a lesser extent in ground) over the past 5 or 6 years as the the in ground portion of the garden with perennials. shrubs and trees has been more or less status quo for a while now. With the infinite variety of annuals available It gives me something to look forward to each season. But having said that we are going away this August for a week and it could be a bit problematic for someone to take care of the watering while I am gone. I will pray for rain during that week.

I love the late salvias, but wouldn't go all in on them considering they often bloom so late in the season they barely make it before frost here, and that's with an early October first frost for my area. Definitely experiment though!

The Asarina is cool. I grew it climbing into a twig support but a thunbergia kind of took over and the Asarina was more of an afterthought then. I've seen them making awesome displays in hanging baskets.

The sinningia is nice, and I love them every time I see them plus they're easy to grow... but... in my experience they have more down time than I'd like in an annual planter, and even obsessive deadheading isn't enough to avoid it.

I wouldn't be able to resist the shrimp plant. Also easy but they can hold it against you if you miss a couple waterings.

Salvia madrensis is a beautiful sage, but not a good bet for gardeners above zone 8, as it typically starts flowering in late October/November. It performed well in my fall garden in SE Texas.

The Asarina is cool......I've seen them making awesome displays in hanging baskets.

Thanks so much @katob Z6ish, NE Pa for posting this. I will now place an order for one.