Flowers
Who doesn’t enjoy flowering plants? Their intoxicating scents, eye-popping colors, fancy shapes and textures are truly beautiful. Yet, with so many flowers for the garden and types of flower gardens that can be grown, where does one start? No worries. Our flower gardening info will help you learn how to create flower gardens. From basic flower garden design to growing and caring for specific flowers, we’ll guide you. Don’t let the number of flower gardens and plants grown in them intimidate you. Instead, keep reading for tips on flower gardening.
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Sow These 7 Flowering Seeds Straight Into Gravel or Cracks to Brighten Up Tired Hardscaping
Stop fighting cracks! Get planting and turn them into something beautiful instead...
By Kayleigh Dray
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Gardeners Are Planting Flower Seeds to Choose Baby Names – and It’s the Most Beautiful Idea
This naming idea is super simple and incredibly meaningful. Here's how to do it, as well as an inspiring story of someone who named their child after a flower.
By Ciéra Cree
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7 Easiest Flowers to Grow for Beginner Gardeners – It's Almost Impossible to Go Wrong
These foolproof flowers are some of the simplest to grow – even for first-time gardeners! Plant them now for a gorgeous garden with minimal effort.
By Teo Spengler
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These 5 Supersized Flowers Are a Maximalist's Dream – Bold, Flamboyant and Impossible to Ignore
After reading about the world’s largest flower, I went looking for blooms with the same wow factor – these fabulous varieties prove more really is more.
By Sarah Veldman
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The Unexpectedly Fruity 'It' Plant That Gardeners Are Using Instead of Traditional Bedding Plants in 2026
Beautiful, delicious, and brilliant for birds? No wonder everyone is in love with this garden border hero...
By Kayleigh Dray
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What Your Orchid Really Needs in March – to Trigger Reblooming and Encourage Lush Growth
Orchids can be tricky to get right after winter, but these March tasks make all the difference in restoring healthy growth and getting those all-important flowers.
By Melanie Griffiths
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These 5 Classic Spring Flowers Are Icons for a Reason – Plant Them Now for a Cheery Garden All Season Long
These classic spring flowers add instant brightness and beauty to the garden! Plant them now for a stunning display that lasts all season.
By Teo Spengler
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My Patio Smells Amazing All Summer Thanks to This One Plant – It Perfumes It Beautifully, Even At Night
If you’re only going to add one plant to your patio this year, make it this one.
By Kayleigh Dray
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6 Fast-Growing Flowers to Start in Spring – for Blooms in Just 2 Months
Impatient gardeners, rejoice! These fast-growing flowers only take two months to go from seed to bloom. Start them now for flowers by May.
By Laura Walters
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March Is a Big Month for Wildflowers – Here’s What Will Bloom (and When)
Bloodroot for new beginnings, coltsfoot for resilience, spring beauty for fleeting joy. Every March wildflower tells a story...
By Kayleigh Dray
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What to Do With Roses in March for Brighter Blooms This Summer – No Matter Your Zone
PSA for gardeners everywhere: March is the wake-up call for roses.
By Kayleigh Dray
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These 8 Plants Are Always the Last to Wake Up in Spring – Plus, 3 Easy Checks That Show They Are Still Alive
Spring is round the corner, so why does your favorite perennial look like a clump of sticks? Before you write it off, check to see if it’s one of these 8 notoriously late sleepers
By Susan Albert
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Trout Lily Care Guide: How to Grow This Native Woodland Ephemeral
The trout lily only blooms 1-2 weeks per year, but it's worth it! Plant these gorgeous woodland wildflowers for a blanket of yellow every spring.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Did You Know There’s a Flower to Represent Your Wedding Anniversary? Here’s What It Symbolizes
Whether it’s your first, fifth, or 60th wedding anniversary (congratulations!), you’d best believe that there’s a special flower to mark each milestone…
By Kayleigh Dray
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The Outrageously Pretty Perennial You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (But Is So Easy to Grow)
Blue is the color, and pretty flowers are the game...
By Kayleigh Dray
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Sick of Winter? Keep an Eye Out for These 6 First Flowers of Spring That Mean Winter Is Almost Over
You'll know winter is almost over when you start to see the first flowers of spring. Look for these 6 varieties that are surefire signs of the changing seasons.
By Teo Spengler
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This Winter Plant Adds Instant Magic to a Garden – So Don’t Be Put Off By Its Ugly Name!
Here’s what you need to know about this underrated faeriecore staple.
By Kayleigh Dray





