Flower Garden for Beginners: How to Plan, Plant & Grow (Complete Guide)

A flower garden is one of the most rewarding things you can create.

Annuals, perennials, biennials and bulbs

Every flower garden is built from four kinds of plants.

Step 1: Choose the right site

Light decides which flowers you can grow more than any other factor.

Step 2: Prepare the soil

Good soil is the difference between flowers that merely survive and flowers that thrive.

Step 4: Design principles that make a garden look good

In a border, place tall plants at the back, medium plants in the middle and low plants at the front, so nothing is hidden.

Step 5: Plan blooms from spring to fall

The secret to a garden that always has something in flower is planning the bloom sequence.

The best flowers for a flower garden

Annuals: impatiens, begonias, coleus (for foliage), torenia, browallia.