Do you think you have a brown thumb? These easy-to-grow flowers will help you gain confidence in the garden. Easy annuals like sunflowers and zinnias are easy to start from seed, perennials require little care and come back year after year, and bulbs are virtually foolproof when planted correctly. Start with just one easy plant or select a few and start growing!

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Zones: Annual

Colors: Yellow, brown and mixed.

Height: 3-16 feet

Zones: 3-9

Colors: Yellow, orange, white, purple, pink, bicolor and more

Height: Up to 6 feet tall

Colors: Shades of red, orange, yellow, pink and white.

Height: 20-24 inches tall

Colors: Shades of red, purple, pink and white.

Height: Most 10 to 20 inches, varieties up to 3 feet tall.

Colors: Shades of yellow, red, gold and mixed.

Height: 6 inches to 3 feet tall

Zones: Grown as annuals (can be perennial in zones 10-11)

Colors: Variety

Height: 6-24 inches tall

Colors: Orange, pink, white

Height: Varieties 18 to 60 inches tall.

Colors: White, purple, pink, red, blue varieties.

Height: 6 to 15 feet tall

Colors: Blue, pink, purple, red, white

Height: 3 to 8 feet tall

Colors: Shades of orange, red, yellow, cream.

Height: Trails up to 10 feet, depending on variety.

Zones: Grown as annuals (can be perennial/biannual in Zones 6-10)

Colors: Variety of colors.

Height: 6-9 inches tall

Zones: Grown as annuals (can be perennial in zones 5 to 10)

Colors: White, yellow, pink, red, orange, peach, purple and violet.

Height: 6-15 inches tall

Colors: Orange, pink, white, yellow

Height: 6-12 inches tall

Zones: 4-8 (often grown as an annual)

Colors: Blue, white, yellow, pink and purple.

Height: Up to 4 feet tall

Zones: 10-11 (grown annually elsewhere)

Colors: Shades of purple, magenta, pink, red and white.

Height: Varieties 1 to 8 feet tall.

Colors: white, pink, red, lavender, purple, magenta and pink.

Height: 3-24 inches tall

Zones: 4-9

Colors: Shades of purple and lavender, some white and pink.

Zones: 7-10

Colors: pink, purple, red, orange, yellow and white.

Height: 1 to 6 feet tall

Colors: Yellow, orange, white

Height: 6-30 inches tall

Zones: 3-10

Colors: Shades of yellow, red, pink, purple and melon.

Height: 12-48 inches tall

Zones: 4-8

Colors: lavender, purple, pink and white.

Height: 6-36 inches tall