15 guides
Grow a flower garden you love
Plain-English guides to flower gardening and cut flowers. We don't sell plants or seeds, and no nursery pays us.
Plan
Beds, plant types, zones and light.
- Plan a flower bed
Start small, plan big.
- Annuals, perennials and bulbs
Know what you're planting.
- Know your hardiness zone
What survives your winter.
- Flowers for sun or shade
Match the plant to the light.
Plant
Soil, bulbs, seeds and transplants.
- Improve your soil
Healthy soil, more flowers.
- Plant bulbs in fall
Spring color, planned ahead.
- Start seeds indoors
A head start on summer.
- Transplant seedlings
Harden off first.
Care
Water, deadheading, mulch and staking.
- Water flowers right
Deep and not too often.
- Deadheading
More flowers, for longer.
- Mulch flower beds
Less weeding, less watering.
- Staking and support
Before they flop.
Cut flowers
Cutting gardens, vases and drying.
- Grow a cutting garden
Bouquets all summer.
- Make cut flowers last
Small steps, longer vase life.
- Dry and press flowers
Keep summer longer.