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21 Easy Flowers For Beginners - Garden Design
21 Easy Flowers For Beginners - Garden Design
Discover some of the best easy-to-grow plants for your first flower garden
By Linda Hagen; updated 11/20/20
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Think you have a brown thumb? These easy-to-grow flowers will help you gain confidence in the garden. Easy annuals such as sunflowers and zinnias
are simple to start from seed, perennials require little care and return year after year, and bulbs are practically foolproof when planted properly. Start
with just one easy plant, or select a few and get growing!
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Sunflowers
Zones: Annual
Coneflowers
Zones: 3-9
Zinnias
Zinnias
Zones: Annual
Dianthus
Dianthus
Zones: 3-9
Marigolds
Marigolds
Zones: Annual
Impatiens
Impatiens
Colors: Variety
Cosmos
Cosmos
Zones: Annual
Morning Glories
Morning Glories
Zones: Annual
Sweet Peas
Sweet Peas
Zones: Annual
Nasturtium
Nasturtium
Zones: Annual
Pansies
Pansies
In warmer climates pansies will bloom throughout winter and early spring
Attracts butterflies
Likes rich, well-drained soil
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Needs regular watering
Blooms in sun or partial shade
Grows best in temperatures 45-75 degrees F
Snapdragons
Snapdragons
Colors: White, yellow, pink, red, orange, peach, purple, and violet
Wax Begonias
Wax Begonias
Lupines
Lupines
Fuchsias
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Fuchsias
Geraniums (Pelargonium)
Geraniums (Pelargonium)
Lavender
Lavender
Zones: 4-9
Dahlias
Dahlias
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Zones: 7-10
Thrives in most climates, although not too well in hot and humid
Wide variety of shapes (spiky, single, double, pompon, anemone)
Grows in well-drained, sandy soil
Plant in full sun
Plant tubers in the spring
Provide 2 or 3 deep waterings a week after growth emerges above ground
Daffodils
Daffodils
Zones: 3-9
Daylilies
Daylilies
Zones: 3-10
Zones: 4-8
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