Bedding

"Bread feeds the body indeed, but flowers feed the soul."

The Koran

Bedding plants put their heart and soul into the one big Hurrah of flowering and give up to their next generation. So most simply live for that year alone and then die, however many that are sold as bedding plants do live for several years and can give you power colour for several seasons. Bedding plants do not have to be the bright reds,  oranges and carmines of the fabulous Mediterranean, they can also be the gentlest of colours such as those found in Nicotiana and Nemesia, where they are an angels parade of flower and perfume.