Hi JG, welcome to our group. Gaillardia seeds are easy to come by. If you see some growing anywhere just pick a dried up flower pod and start rubbing it between your thumbs other fingers and you'll have a hundred V-shaped winged seeds in your hand in no time.... I planted some nemesia and bacopa this year. Both are doing very well. V, interesting that you still have nemesia going, I fell in love with this one this spring, still in the pots and two of the three are still alive in full shade under the canopy of one of my live oaks. This amazes me since I was led to believe they would not make through our summer heat and humidity. Tom Nemesia

Thanks for all those photos Silvia. I really appreciate the input. The violas are really so very sweet and you can't help but smile when you see them (a quote from my 4 yr old daughter) As far as the SunHosta, just by weird chance, I linked up to a local grower in Naples "American Farms" on Facebook. Holy moly they have some beautiful plants and a CROP of hosta growing. All their pics are amazing. Crenda, those stones will give off a lot of heat. I had luck with them around my palms where they get a tiny amount of shade but lots of air flow. The ones labeled "SunPatiens" did much better than the New Guinea Impatiens (which actually did say part shade). I got my 10 Amazon Dianthus in this morning and I LOVE THEM! :) Back to surf the American Farms photos and see what to look for next :) Oh and they have that Lady Phlox I mentioned above too, stating Phlox for florida! :) Here's their crop of SunHosta

Perennials keep on growing for years...true annuals are plants that 'do everything' in 1 season: start growing from seed, grow, bloom, produce seeds and then die. To get same plants, seeds need to be started again. Many plants grown in colder regions are actually tender perennials - they would likely grow year after year in your climate but die down for me as winter approaches. It may be best for you to check with some Australian garden centers/web sites and definitely here, on Garden Web Australia garden forum: Australia - annuals & perennials...

most of my plants are perennials so i add in winter annuals where i can since my perennials go dormant typically. I grow pansies, snapdragons, borage, calendula, breadseed poppy, and sweet allysum as winter annuals. Though, the borage and poppies don't actually start blooming until February for me (i start first day of November). hummingbirds love the borage. these grow through the january freezes. there's also this native plant that self seeds i think its Agalinis something, looks like mini pale purple snapdragon.