A pansy that trades solid color for pattern: each flower carries streaked and blotched faces in a mix that keeps the bed from looking uniform. Plant in November here and you'll have blooms through winter into spring, a span most annuals can't manage.

Likes sun to part shade and soil that doesn't stay soggy. Deadhead the spent flowers to keep them coming, or let them go—they'll still work harder than most things you'll put in the ground this time of year.