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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.

Take a look at some of the best panicle hydrangeas to grow.

All you need to know about growing busy lizzies (or impatiens), in our Grow Guide.

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We pick five of the best reticulate irises to grow for their exceptional colour and scent.

Learn how to grow the different types of iris, including border iris and bulb iris.

Take a look at our comprehensive guide to growing bearded irises, with advice from Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh and Claire Austin

Bearded irises look magnificent in early summer, and come in a variety of different colours and forms. We reveal 10 to grow.

We pick some of our favourite Siberian irises to grow for spring and summer colour.

Find out all you need to know about growing lavatera (mallow), in this start-to-finish Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing leucanthemum (shasta daisy) in our detailed Grow Guide.

Find out all you need to know about growing moisture-loving ligularias, in this detailed Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing lilies for great summer scent and colour.

Discover five beautiful large and medium waterlilies to grow, suitable for large or medium-sized garden ponds.

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

Find out all you need to know about growing lilac (Syringa), in this detailed Grow Guide.

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

Discover some tips for growing waterlilies, from the experts at Waterside Nursery.

All you need to know about growing lily of the valley, in this detailed Grow Guide.

Find out how to grow pineapple lilies (eucomis), in our detailed Grow guide.

Find out all you need to know about growing lily turf (liriope), in this detailed Grow guide.

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

All you need to know about growing love-in-a-mist (Nigella).

All you need to know about growing lupins, with sowing, planting and growing advice, plus varieties to try.

We recommend six of the best lysimachia to grow in your garden.

Follow our guide to growing French and African marigolds.

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