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!
From watering and light needs to post-bloom steps and dormancy tips—learn how to keep your amaryllis healthy and blooming year after year.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sunflowers
Enjoy Critter-Resistant, Early-Blooming, Shade-Loving Hellebores
Mum Care 101: Planting, Blooming, and Overwintering Tips
Discover planting tips, ideal conditions, and why these sky-blue blooms are pollinator favorites.
Growing African Blue Lily Plants: Watering, Light, Propagation, and More!
Sun-loving flowers that brighten gardens with dazzling colors and unique blooms.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Dazzling Dahlias from Spring to Fall
Easy-to-grow annuals that thrive in poor soil and bloom from summer to fall.
Sunshine on a Stem: Learn Why to Add These Sunny Blooms to Your Garden!
All About Amaranth: From Garden Beauty to Superfood Seeds
Brighten Your Garden and Containers with Cheerful, Cold-Hardy Pansies
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Black-eyed Susans
Brighten Your Garden with Blanket Flowers
The Complete Verbena Guide: A Bloom-Boosting Favorite for Beds, Baskets, and Bees
Learn How to Grow and Care for Scaevola, The Stunning Fan Flower
Discover the beauty of anemone flowers—from their history and varieties to planting tips and care
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sedums
An easy-to-grow flower that blooms from spring to fall, attracts pollinators, and repels pests
Bring Color and Pollinators to Your Garden with Deer-Resistant Native Asters
Learn how to grow morning glories safely, identify annual vs. perennial varieties, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Goldenrod Native Plants
Bright, easy-care blooms that thrive in poor soil and attract pollinators
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.
From Bud to Bloom: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Stunning Peonies in Your Garden
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Delphinium
The Ultimate Hollyhock Guide: From Seed to Spectacular Spire
A soft, airy flower that’s perfect for gardens, borders, and bouquets.
A Garden Showstopper With Rose-Like Blooms and Serious Vase Appeal
From Ground Covers to Garden Giants: Meet the Many Faces of Phlox
Learn how to grow, care for, and control this cheerful yellow herb that repels pests—and why it’s both helpful and a little wild in the garden.
Discover the Truth About Citronella Plants—Beautiful, Fragrant, and (Sort of) Bug-Repelling!
Larkspurs Bring Height, Color, and Cottage Garden Charm!
The Complete Flower Guide for Stunning Hanging Baskets and Groundcover
Big, Bold, and Beautiful: How to Grow and Care for Canna Lilies
Charming, Clove-Scented Blooms That Brighten Beds and Borders
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Calla Lilies
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bee Balm Flowers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Coneflowers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lantana Flowers That Butterflies Love
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Russian Sage in Your Garden
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Gauras
How to Grow Colorful, Low-Maintenance Geraniums
Bright, Bold, and Blissfully Easy: Bring Sunshine to Your Garden with Shasta Daisies!
Your guide to planting, growing, and caring for shade-loving perennials that brighten up any garden
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Snapdragons in Every Season
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Milkweed
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Diascias
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Veronicas
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lily of the Valley
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bachelor's Buttons
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Foxglove Flowers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sweet Peas
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Coreopsis
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bleeding Hearts
Learn How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Pincushion Flowers
The Complete Nasturtium Flower Guide
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Columbines
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Flowering Maples
Planting, Growing, and Caring Tips For The Gerbera Daisy
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Wishbone Flowers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bellflower Plants
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Million Bells
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Trailing Lobelia Plants
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Impatiens
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bird of Paradise Plants
