Plants that fower in there first growing season?

Hi:wink:,
Can anyone recommend some nice plants which will flower from seed in there first growing season? so I'm looking for some annuals and maybe a few fast flowering perennials? they should be relatively hardy although not terribly I would also be interested in a few fast growing foliage plant recommendations

Thanks in advance!:thumb:

 

Try these :thumb:

Agastache rugosa â??Honey Bee Blueâ??.
Delphinium Magic Fountains Series.
Echinacea purpurea â??Magnusâ??.
Helenium autumnale â??Helena Rote Töneâ??
(Lobelia x speciosa â??Fan Scharlachâ??
Lupinus x regalis â??Morello Cherryâ??.
Malva moschata â??Snow Queenâ??.
Papaver nudicaule Champagne Bubbles Group.
Papaver orientale â??Pizzicatoâ??.
Penstemon â??Scharlachköniginâ?? syn. Scarlet Queen.
:D

 

californian poppys, godetia are a good for that

 

Verbena bonariensis does, if you need a bit of height.

 

Godetia azalea type are gorgeous, i can reccomend those

 

Ricinus, for terrific istant foliage. Carmencita and New Zealand Purple look very good.

 

Kalmia - all annuals will, of course, but there are also loads of perennials. If you get a Mr Fothergill or a Thompson and Morgan catalog they identify all the plants that do, and they also indicate hardiness.

 

Thanks for the recommendations so far everyone!

PS: I love the Cleome in you avatar PeterS that's another plant which I'm having:thumb:

 

Thanks kalmia - yes Cleome is nice and it was quite a good year for them this year as opposed to last year which was a disaster. I took Christopher Lloyd's advice and didn't sow them till 1st May. What he said was that they are tender and if you sow them too early and they get knocked back by the cold, they tend to sulk and never recove. This is what happened to me last year.