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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 pick some of the best bold and beautiful tree peonies to grow.

Find out how to grow periwinkle, plus varieties to grow and how to control invasive Vinca major.

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

We pick 10 of the best petunias to grow.

All you need to know about growing phacelia, both as a green manure and cut flower, in our Grow Guide.

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

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

All you need to know about growing and caring for creeping phlox, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing Pilea peperomiodes, or Chinese money plant, in this practical Grow Guide.

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Poinsettias aren't just for Christmas! Greg Loades gives some helpful advice for making yours last longer

Find out how to grow and care for poinsettias for Christmas and beyond, in our Grow Guide.

Oriental poppies are cherished for their flamboyant blooms. Discover 10 varieties, with tips on how to grow them.

All you need to know about growing, caring for and propagating poppies.

Discover six of the best poppies to grow, including oriental and Himalayan poppies.

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

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With so many primulas available, it's hard to know which to choose. Carol Klein recommends eight favourites.

Find out all you need to know about growing auriculas in this detailed Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing beautiful spring-flowering lungwort.

Advice on sowing, growing and caring for ragged robin, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing kniphofias, or red hot pokers, in this detailed Grow Guide.

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

Find out all you need to know about growing rodgersia, in our practical Grow Guide.

Find all you need to know on planting, growing and caring for ground cover roses, in our expert Grow Guide.

Discover 10 of our favourite roses to grow, in a wide range of colours.

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