Give your yard a colorful makeover with these creative and beautiful flower garden ideas.
This page contains a collection of all our flower-related content, so pour yourself a cup of tea (or coffee) and enjoy a stroll through the garden of your dreams.
Browse these easy-to-care-for perennials for a low-maintenance garden, plants that readily self-sow for stunning beauty year after year, colorful annuals to fill in the gaps, and more. Enjoy!
Beautiful Flower Garden Ideas
Each of the posts listed below contains growing tips, inspiration, and beautiful flower garden ideas to help you create the perfect landscape. There’s even a section on houseplants, so you can bring the garden inside, too!
Got your mug of tea? Great! There are lots to enjoy here.
Flowers by color
One of the first things we notice about a flower is its color. Use these posts to find flowers in your favorite hue, add some variety to your garden, or plant beds with a color scheme.
- 25 Delightful Pink Perennial Flowers For Your Garden
- 11 Show-Stopping Yellow Flowering Shrubs
- 11 Yellow Spring Flowers To Make Your Garden Pop
- Red Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
- Beautiful Red Flowers For Every Season
- The Most Beautiful Blue Flowers For Your Garden
- Best White Flowering Shrubs For Your Garden
Hydrangea growing tips
The classic hydrangea can be found in almost any garden, but how do you guarantee big, beautiful blossoms from these popular shrubs? Learn how to keep your hydrangeas happy and healthy with these tips.
- How To Change Hydrangea Colors – Pink, Blue & Purple
- 5 Panicle Hydrangea Varieties You’ll Love In Your Garden
- How To Care For Hydrangeas – The Ultimate Guide To Stunning Hydrangea Flowers
- Tips For Growing Hydrangea Trees in Any Garden
Perennial flowers
There’s nothing quite like filling a cart with colorful annuals at the local greenhouse in the spring, but it’s also nice to simply step outside and enjoy flowering perennials that you planted years before. Check out these posts on plants that flower every year.
- 13 Lovely Perennial Flowers That Attract Bees
- 12 Beautiful Perennial Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds to the Garden
- Perennial Plants That Repel Mosquitoes
- 21 Must See Long Blooming Perennial Flowers
- 20 Sun Loving Perennials That Bloom All Summer
- 17 Best Shade Loving Perennials That Bloom All Summer
- These 9 Deer Resistant Perennials are Beautiful, Aromatic and Critter-Proof
- 27 Stunning Perennials That Bloom All Summer
- 11 Fragrant Perennial Flowers For The Perfect Scented Garden
Houseplants
Extend your landscaping plans to the indoor garden with these houseplant guides and enjoy flowers and foliage year-round. Decorate for Christmas with flowers? Why not!
- Norfolk Island Pine – Care Tips for the Christmas Tree Houseplant
- How To Grow Succulents Indoors
- How to Care for Poinsettias During the Holidays and Beyond
- Proper Christmas Cactus Care for Festive Holiday Flowers
- Perfect Bonsai Accessories For Your Bonsai Trees
List of flowers in alphabetical order
What was that stunning flower you saw the other day? It would be perfect for your garden, and the name started with the letter C … Whether you are searching for a specific flower or just browsing for inspiration, these alphabetical flower lists might come in handy.
- Flowers From A To Z – A Sampling of Remarkable Diversity
- 11 Amazing Flowers that Start with A
- 18 Beautiful Flowers that Start with B
- 13 Captivating Flowers that Start with C
- 14 Dazzling Flowers that Start with D
- 11 Elegant Flowers that Start with E
- 12 Fabulous Flowers that Start with F
- 13 Gorgeous Flowers that Start with G
- 12 Heavenly Flowers That Start With H
- 10 Intriguing Flowers that Start with I
- 9 Jazzy Flowers That Start With J
- 8 Kingly Flowers That Start With K
- 16 Lovely Flowers That Start With L
- 17 Magical Flowers That Start With M
- 12 notable Flowers That Start With N
- 10 Outstanding Flowers That Start With O
- 14 Pretty Flowers That Start With P
- 8 Queenly Flowers That Start With Q
- 17 Remarkable Flowers that Start with R
- 20 Stunning Flowers that Start with S
- 13 Timeless Flowers that Start with T
- 8 Unusual Flowers That Start With U
- 11 Vibrant Flowers that Start with V
- 16 Wonderful Flowers That Start With W
- 7 Extraordinary Flowers That Start With X
- 7 Zesty Flowers That Start With Y
- 7 Zesty Flowers That Start With Z
Flowering shrubs and vines
Shrubs and vines add vertical interest to a landscape, and they can also provide privacy or help disguise unsightly structures. As an added bonus, the varieties in these articles produce lovely blooms too!
- Beautiful Red Flowering Shrubs That Make Your Landscape Pop
- Pink Flowering Shrubs For Any Garden
- 5 Deer Resistant Shrubs to Bambi-Proof Your Yard
- Growing Climbing Honeysuckle Vines In Your Garden
- Black-Eyed Susan Vine Growing Tips For A Beautiful Burst Of Color
- How To Grow Wisteria Without Overtaking Your Yard
Flower care guides
Once you’ve acquired the flowers of your dreams, how do you ensure they will remain healthy and happily blooming? We’ve got you covered with these handy flower care guides.
- How To Grow Nasturtiums – A Guide To Planting, Growing, And Harvesting Nasturtium Plants
- How To Harvest Lavender And 5 Ways To Use It
- Asiatic Lilies Growing Guide
- How To Care For Camellias (Camellia Japonica)
- Tips For Growing Fuchsia Plants
- Growing Candy Corn Vine – Manettia Inflata
- How To Grow Dahlias For Lovely Colors In The Garden
- How To Grow Gladiolus And Add Color To Your Garden
- Bleeding Heart Plant Care Secrets You Should Know
- How To Grow Lily Of The Valley
- How To Grow Peacock Orchids
- How To Propagate Plants From Cuttings
- How to Grow Lavender Plants In Your Garden Or In Containers
- How to repot an orchid
- How to save a peace lily from dying
- Queen of the night flower growing guide
- How to care for dracaena marginata
Flowers by garden type
There are so many different types of gardens, and each has certain plants better suited to it than to others. Whether you have a shade garden, cut flower plot, or a patio full of containers, we have some colorful ideas for you.
- 27 Best Plants for a Cut Flower Garden
- 21 Stunning English Cottage Garden Flowers
- Best Flowers For A Stunning Butterfly Garden
- 5 Favorite Plants For Fall Gardens
- Choosing Flowers That Attract Bees To Your Garden
- Front Yard Rose Garden
- 11 Shade Loving Plants You’ll Love
- 9 Gorgeous Plants That Grow Well Under Pine Trees
- Best Plants For Hanging Baskets
- What are the best flowers for window boxes?
- 9 Tropical garden design ideas
- 9 Zen garden ideas for a calming outdoor space
- 9 Patio garden ideas
- 8 Peaceful water garden ideas
- 10 Tire garden ideas
- 11 Innovative vertical garden ideas for small and large spaces
- 9 Creative rooftop garden ideas
- 7 Scented garden ideas
Flower inspiration
Not sure what you want to do with your landscape? Check out these posts for loads of inspiration for your blank slate. Keep a pen and paper handy; you’ll be full of ideas in no time!
- 11 Best Companion Plants For Roses
- Self Seeding Plants For An Easy And Gorgeous Garden
- Stunning Bell Shaped Flowers For Dreamy Gardens
- Different Types of Flowers
- The Ultimate Guide to Visiting Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC
- 5 Summer Blooming Plants Every Garden Must Have
- 27 Bright and Colorful Flowers For Your Garden
- 40+ Amazing Rose Pictures To Inspire You
- Cveta’s Delightful Mediterranean Style Garden
- 25 Pictures Of Animals And Flowers That Will Melt Your Heart
- Backyard Flower Gardens Your Neighbors Will Envy
- 8 Tulip Varieties That Will Delight Your Senses
- Celebrate Spring With Plant A Flower Day
- Celebrate Flower Art On Floral Design Day
- What Is National Invasive Species Awareness week
- Why You Should Celebrate Weed Appreciation Day on March 28
- Different types of lavender and fun ways to use them
- 15 Beautiful flowers in the Bible
Flower Garden Idea Books
The Flower Gardener’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long
The Flower Garden: How to Grow Flowers from Seed
Adriana Copaceanu is a passionate nature lover living in the country on her dream property where she grows vegetables, lavender, and wildflowers that she shares with the wildlife they attract. When she's not in the garden, she loves spending time with her chickens and planning her next nature project. Check out her books below:
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