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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.

We've picked our favourite tuberous, fibrous-rooted and leaf begonias to grow.

All you need to know about growing California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) in our Grow Guide.

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Find all the Calla lily (Zantedeschia) growing advice you need, in our detailed Grow Guide.

Find out all you need to know about growing callicarpa, in this start-to-finish Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing camassias, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing camellias in our detailed Grow Guide.

Love campanulas? We've picked our 10 favourite varieties to grow.

Find out all you need to know on growing chionodoxa in this practical Grow Guide.

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

How to grow and care for coreopsis plants.

Find out all you need to know about growing cosmos, from sowing to planting in this easy Grow Guide.

Discover eight of the best cosmos combinations.

All you need to know about growing crocosmia, in this detailed Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing crocuses, in this Grow Guide.

Browse our pick of the best crocus to grow for both spring and autumn flowers.

All you need to know about growing colchicums, autumn crocus, in our detailed Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing narcissus, including planting daffodil bulbs and great daffodil varieties to try.

Discover 10 beautiful daffodils that will bring colour to your garden in spring.

Often fragrant, double daffodils make wonderful cut flowers. We recommend four to grow.

Fill your garden with late-spring colour with the help of these beautiful daffodils.

On the hunt for winter-flowering daffodils? Look no further than our pick of early-flowering varieties.

Single-flowered dahlias are more accessible to pollinators – here are some attractive varieties to grow.

Intricate pompon and ball dahlias are a beautiful addition to the garden - discover some of the best varieties to grow.

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

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