Mixed bunch of flowers including strawflowers

Grow flowers

Flowers make a garden. Here you’ll find grow and care guides for your favourite flowering plants, tips on how to extend the season so you have more flowers for longer, and advice on which flowers to grow in tricky spots such as dry shade. Want to help bees and butterflies? We have lists of the best blooms for them. Looking for a particular colour scheme? Browse our collections of red, white, orange and purple flowers. Or maybe you’d prefer a wilder, more natural look? We’ve got you covered for that, too.

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Fill your outdoor space with colour throughout the seasons, with our guide to types of flowers.

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All you need to know about growing and caring for the lipstick plant, in our Grow Guide.

Advice on growing and caring for red campion, in our Grow Guide.

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They're hard work to make, challenging to get right and you might end up with thuggish weeds taking over! Nick Bailey weighs up the pros and cons of meadows

Hydrangeas can be easily propagated from semi-ripe cuttings, taken in late summer. Learn how to make new plants from old using this technique, in our practical guide.

All you need to know about growing, harvesting and storing marjoram, in this practical Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing winter- and summer-flowering heathers.

Advice on growing and caring for both shrubby and perennial potentillas, in our Grow Guide.

Looking to buy a cherry tree for your garden? Here are some of the best.

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With the return of Netflix's Bridgerton almost upon us, we consider the best plants to re-create the Bridgerton look in your garden

Learn how to plant, propagate and prune shrubby and climbing honeysuckles, in our expert Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing deliciously scented jasmines, in our detailed Grow Guide.

Find out all you need to know about growing trachelospermum (star jasmine), in this practical Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing winter jasmine, in our detailed Grow Guide.

Advice on growing and caring for Sweet William, in our guide.

Learn how to grow and care for spider lily, in our guide.

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Monty shares some of the things he's getting up to at Longmeadow in July to keep it looking wonderful, in this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners' World

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Monty and Adam share some of the things they're getting up to in August to keep their gardens looking wonderful, in this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners' World

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Monty shares some of the things he's getting up to in September to keep Longmeadow looking wonderful, in this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners' World

Advice on growing and caring for veronicastrum, plus varieties to try.

Discover how to keep your container plants looking at their best in summer and through to autumn, with advice from Alan Titchmarsh

Find out all you need to know about growing zinnias, in this practical Grow Guide.

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