A new garden can be exciting, but the flowers used can be all the difference for success. You are here for beautiful blooms if you are new to gardening and want to use low maintenance blooms. Here are 7 perfect flowers for beginners and easy to grow in your home garden.
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1. Marigold
Marigold is considered the perfect flowering plant for beginners to start with because it flowers easily and adds extra bright orange, yellow, and red colours to the space.
Germination Time: 4-7 days
Best Suited for: for: Garden borders, pest repellent, and vegetable garden
2. Nasturtium
Nasturtium is a necessary plant for any beginner because they grow easily and, at the same time, serve as a natural pest repellent for the vegetable garden.
Germination Time: 7-10 days
Best Suited for: Edible gardens, hanging baskets, and companion planting
3. Dianthus
Dianthus is also known as China Pink. It is an annual flowering plant that has fragrant fringed blooms in reddish, pink, white, and other vibrant shades of colours. It is hardy and drought tolerant.
Germination Time: 7-14 days
Best Suited for: Fragrant flower beds, container gardening, and borders.
4. Gaillardia
Gaillardia, commonly known as Blanket Flower, is a hardy, drought-tolerant perennial that produces daisy-like blooms in vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow.
Germination Time: 10-15 days.
Best Suited for: Wildflower meadows, butterfly gardens, and dry landscapes
5. Portulaca
Portulaca, commonly known as Moss Rose, is a low-growing, drought-resistant flowering plant with succulent-like foliage and vibrant, rose-like blooms in shades of pink, red, yellow, and white.
Germination Time: 7-14 days
Best Suited for: hot dry areas and for rock gardens or as a ground cover
6. Phlox
Phlox is an ultra-hardy, easy to grow flowering perennial that bears thorny clusters of star shaped flowers in pink, red, purple, white, and blue. Its fragrant flowers are long-lasting
Germination time: 5-10 days
Best Suited for: flower beds, cottage gardens, and partial shade places
7. Balsam
Balsam, or Touch-Me-Not, is an annual flowering plant that grows fast and has bright, cup-shaped blooms in shades of pink, red, purple, and white.
Germination Time: 4-10 days
Best Suited for: Shady gardens, tropical climates, and self-seeding landscapes
These 7 easy-to-grow flowers germinate fast and don't require much care, so they are perfect for beginners. Start your garden today and enjoy colourful, thriving blooms with ease!