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