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!
Including Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and Other Monarch Host Plants
Cold-hardy blooms for garden beds, borders, and containers
Attract Pollinators, Brighten Your Garden, and Enjoy Long-Lasting Blooms
Learn How to Grow and Care for Scaevola, The Stunning Fan Flower
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.
Meet Nigella—an easy, cool-season bloomer with lacy foliage, jewel-toned flowers, and unforgettable seed pods.
Learn how to grow morning glories safely, identify annual vs. perennial varieties, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden
Brighten Your Garden and Containers with Cheerful, Cold-Hardy Pansies
From Bud to Bloom: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Stunning Peonies in Your Garden
A bright, easy-care perennial that blooms for months and thrives in many gardens
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
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Fuchsia Plants
The Ultimate Hollyhock Guide: From Seed to Spectacular Spire
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Gauras
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Diascias
A Garden Showstopper With Rose-Like Blooms and Serious Vase Appeal
Discover how to plant, grow, and care for flowering maple—also called Chinese lantern or Indian mallow—for nonstop color and charm.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Goldenrod Native Plants
Enjoy Critter-Resistant, Early-Blooming, Shade-Loving Hellebores
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Delphinium
Mum Care 101: Planting, Blooming, and Overwintering Tips
Discover planting tips, ideal conditions, and why these sky-blue blooms are pollinator favorites.
Bring Color and Pollinators to Your Garden with Deer-Resistant Native Asters
A Complete Guide to Planting, Growing, and Caring for Impatiens in Shade Gardens and Containers
Big, Bold, and Beautiful: How to Grow and Care for Canna Lilies
All About Amaranth: From Garden Beauty to Superfood Seeds
Sun-loving flowers that brighten gardens with dazzling colors and unique blooms.
Growing African Blue Lily Plants: Watering, Light, Propagation, and More!
Your guide to planting, growing, and caring for shade-loving perennials that brighten up any garden
Discover the Truth About Citronella Plants—Beautiful, Fragrant, and (Sort of) Bug-Repelling!
The Complete Flower Guide for Stunning Hanging Baskets and Groundcover
Discover the beauty, care tips, and history behind Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium Purpureum)
Larkspurs Bring Height, Color, and Cottage Garden Charm!
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.
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Million Bells
The Complete Verbena Guide: A Bloom-Boosting Favorite for Beds, Baskets, and Bees
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Wishbone Flowers
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lantana Flowers That Butterflies Love
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Russian Sage in Your Garden
An easy-to-grow flower that blooms from spring to fall, attracts pollinators, and repels pests
Bright, easy-care blooms that thrive in poor soil and attract pollinators
Easy-to-grow annuals that thrive in poor soil and bloom from summer to fall.
Planting, growing, dividing, harvesting, and choosing native and wild yarrow for a sustainable garden
Bright, Bold, and Blissfully Easy: Bring Sunshine to Your Garden with Shasta Daisies!
Fragrant, colorful climbing flowers that bring cottage-garden charm, pollinators, and long-lasting blooms to trellises, borders, and bouquets.
Discover how to grow and maintain vibrant trailing lobelia for containers, hanging baskets, and garden edges
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sedums
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Snapdragons in Every Season