bedding plants

Garden display flowers

Bedding plants are young flowering or foliage plants grown to be transplanted into garden beds for seasonal display.

They're typically annuals or tender perennials sold in flats or cell packs at nurseries each spring: She picked up some petunias and marigolds from the bedding plants section.

The term reflects their purpose—filling beds with temporary color rather than permanent plantings.

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Categories
Opposites
plant lifespan/permanence

bedding plantsperennials

Flora regrowing annually

shrubs · trees · woody plants · perennial plants · evergreen shrubs

planting context/method

bedding plantsnative plantings

Vegetation original to region

wildflower meadows · climbers · woodland plants · wildflowers

Family

plant, bedding

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G