‘Heidi’—Another red bloomer.
Those are varieties we have grown. Others which I hope to meet are ‘Fantasy-Face,’ ‘Pollyanna,’ ‘Sinbad,’ and ‘Snow-White.’
Another source lists ‘Cupid,’ ‘Little Sweetheart,’ and ‘Color Carpet.’ These three are bushy, not viny, make six-inch mounds of small-scale pea-type leaves, are slightly fragrant, and are usually sold in mixtures of colors.
Verbena
Actually this is a perennial, but it is usually grown as an annual. It is rampant both as a bloomer and as a creeper. The flowers are tubular with flat heads and show up in many colors—pink, lavender, scarlet, white. Our sources list Verbena bipinnatifida, the most hardy; and V. hortensis, many colors with white eyes, and a low compact shape. Another, ‘Dwarf Compact’ is white.
Zinnias
In running down my alphabet of annuals, from alyssum to zinnias, I find it a bit difficult to fit the latter into what I consider the miniature category, eight inches or thereabout. But zinnias are so effective in a garden I’ll forgive them if they are a few inches above eight. I’ll plant them in the back rows of my beds and pinch out the tops if they get too rambunctious. In the Lilliput class, those delightful little plants which cover themselves with the pompon type of bloom, I offer the following list.
‘Canary Yellow’—Clear yellow.
‘Peach Blossom’—Soft light pink.
‘Rose Gem’—Deep clear rose pink.