Growing Flowers for a Garden Full of Colors
Discover our favorite flowers for adding color to your garden
If you’ve always dreamed of having a stunning flower garden, now is the time to make it happen. Starting a flower garden is both exciting and rewarding. Check out below flowers growing guides and you’ll be off to a great start.
EXPLORE FLOWERS
Annual Flowers
Annual flowers are plants that complete their entire life cycle—from germination to seed production—within a single growing season. Annuals are a great way to add immediate color and beauty to your garden.
Zinnias | Sunflowers | Petunias |
Cosmos | Marigolds | Impatiens |
Morning Glories | Nasturtiums | Begonias |
Biennial Flowers
Biennial flowers are plants that take two years to complete their life cycle. Biennials are an excellent choice for gardeners looking to add variety and timing to their garden’s blooming schedule.
Foxgloves | Forget-Me-Not | Aquilegias |
Honesty | Snapdragons | Black-Eyed Susan |
Sweet William | Calendulas | Hollyhocks |
Perennial Flowers
Perennial flowers are plants that live for more than two years, often blooming year after year in your garden. Perennials can be an excellent investment for creating a flowers garden that matures and evolves over time, offering beauty year after year.
Roses | Dahlias | Lilies |
Peonies | Iris | Daisies |
Orchids | Tulips | Hydrangeas |
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Growing Flowers Questions & Answers
If you’re looking to start a flower garden, you’re in the right place. Start by checking our expert flower growing guides and tips—plus advice for choosing, planting, and growing your flowers.
You can opt for perennials to have your flowers come back every year. Perennials are flowering plants that regrow every year. They are often low maintenance plants, and reward you with yearly color and texture for quite a little effort. Check out all guides to growing perennial flowers.
There are many cold-hardy flowering plants to grow that can make it through the winter. Winter-flowering plants are perfect for adding a splash of color to the garden in the coldest months, helping to extend the season beyond the traditional growing season of spring to fall. The list includes snapdragons, roses, and Iris.
Check out the gardening by zone page to see which flowering plants grow best where you live.
When you’re looking for full sun flowers garden, consider snapdragons, lantanas, petunias, vines and portulaca.
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