Flowers
Looking for the best type of flower to grow in your garden? Consult our Flower Growing Guides, below, to learn how to grow all the most popular garden flowers, including sunflowers, roses, irises, peonies, daffodils, and many more!
In each Growing Guide, you’ll find advice on planting, growing, and caring for your flowers so that they’ll bloom their absolute best year after year! Plus, we provide variety recommendations and images to help inspire your own garden design.
If you have a question about the planting or care of a specific flower, feel free to ask it in the comment sections of the pages below!
Discover the Truth About Citronella Plants—Beautiful, Fragrant, and (Sort of) Bug-Repelling!
All About Amaranth: From Garden Beauty to Superfood Seeds
A soft, airy flower that’s perfect for gardens, borders, and bouquets.
Discover the beauty of anemone flowers—from their history and varieties to planting tips and care
Mum Care 101: Planting, Blooming, and Overwintering Tips
The Complete Flower Guide for Stunning Hanging Baskets and Groundcover
Your guide to planting, growing, and caring for shade-loving perennials that brighten up any garden
Bring Color and Pollinators to Your Garden with Deer-Resistant Native Asters
Big, Bold, and Beautiful: How to Grow and Care for Canna Lilies
Why Comfrey Is Such a Helpful Plant in the Garden
An easy-to-grow flower that blooms from spring to fall, attracts pollinators, and repels pests
Sun-loving flowers that brighten gardens with dazzling colors and unique blooms.
Growing African Blue Lily Plants: Watering, Light, Propagation, and More!
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Million Bells
Learn how to plant, grow, and care for Queen Anne’s lace—an elegant wildflower that adds texture to bouquets and draws pollinators to your garden.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lantana Flowers That Butterflies Love
Discover the beauty, care tips, and history behind Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium Purpureum)
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Goldenrod Native Plants
The Ultimate Hollyhock Guide: From Seed to Spectacular Spire
Attract Pollinators, Brighten Your Garden, and Enjoy Long-Lasting Blooms
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Gauras
Meet Nigella—an easy, cool-season bloomer with lacy foliage, jewel-toned flowers, and unforgettable seed pods.
Cold-hardy blooms for garden beds, borders, and containers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Diascias
Larkspurs Bring Height, Color, and Cottage Garden Charm!
A Garden Showstopper With Rose-Like Blooms and Serious Vase Appeal
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Snapdragons in Every Season
Enjoy Critter-Resistant, Early-Blooming, Shade-Loving Hellebores
Discover how to grow and maintain vibrant trailing lobelia for containers, hanging baskets, and garden edges
Discover how to plant, grow, and care for flowering maple—also called Chinese lantern or Indian mallow—for nonstop color and charm.
From Bud to Bloom: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Stunning Peonies in Your Garden
Fragrant, colorful climbing flowers that bring cottage-garden charm, pollinators, and long-lasting blooms to trellises, borders, and bouquets.
A Complete Guide to Planting, Growing, and Caring for Impatiens in Shade Gardens and Containers
Bright, Bold, and Blissfully Easy: Bring Sunshine to Your Garden with Shasta Daisies!
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Fuchsia Plants
Easy-to-grow annuals that thrive in poor soil and bloom from summer to fall.
Discover planting tips, ideal conditions, and why these sky-blue blooms are pollinator favorites.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Delphinium
Including Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and Other Monarch Host Plants
The Complete Verbena Guide: A Bloom-Boosting Favorite for Beds, Baskets, and Bees
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Russian Sage in Your Garden
A bright, easy-care perennial that blooms for months and thrives in many gardens
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sedums
Brighten Your Garden and Containers with Cheerful, Cold-Hardy Pansies
Bright, easy-care blooms that thrive in poor soil and attract pollinators
Learn How to Grow and Care for Scaevola, The Stunning Fan Flower
Planting, growing, dividing, harvesting, and choosing native and wild yarrow for a sustainable garden