Do you love peonies, hydrangeas, dahlias, daffodils, tulips, lilacs, coneflowers or sunflowers? Use our tips to choose and grow these flowers and other annuals and perennials in the Midwest.
Paperwhite bulbs
How to Force Paperwhites
Marigold arrangements
7 Gorgeous Ways to Show Off Your Marigolds
Mums
Outdoor Fall Decorating with Mums
fall bulbs
What to Plant in Fall for Spring Bulb Success
Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm Door County Washington Island
10 Midwest Lavender Farms You Can Visit
Bloom Thyme Cottage Garden
New Rose Varieties for Frills, Fragrance and Victorian Charm
‘Bowl of Beauty’ peonies
How to Grow Peonies
Lavender in the Midwest—English lavender
How to Grow Lavender in the Midwest
Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’
5 Top Primrose Picks for Midwest Gardens
Coneflower
12 Top Midwest Perennial Flowers
White lilac 'Miss Ellen Willmott'
5 Top Flowering Plants for Mother's Day
Aromatic aster
Beautiful Purple Plants for Midwest Gardens
Red, pink and yellow zinnias, with marigold u2018Giant Orangeu2019, and plumed and crested celosia.
Easy Annual Flowers That Deliver Color All Summer
Hellebores
How to Grow Hellebores for Early Spring Blooms
Lilacs
How to Grow, Maintain and Display Beautiful, Fragrant Lilacs
Cut-flower beauty
7 Sunflowers We Love
Iris
How to Divide Iris
'Tahiti' daffodil
10 Top Daffodils for the Midwest
Nasturtium grow in a galvanized water trough. They’re easy to grow from seed and fill voids left from spring flowers.
Five Easy Annuals from Seed
‘Hendersonii’ clematis climbs the front fence. It is an old English hybrid with blue-purple, bell-shaped flowers. “I love vertical plants that don’t take a lot of real estate,” says Jonathan.
12 Low-Maintenance Flowers for Spring Color
hydrangea
How to Grow Hydrangeas
Clematis
Take Your Garden to New Heights with Clematis
Russian sage
Flowers that Beat the Heat
Dahlias
How to Plant, Grow and Care for Dahlias
Amaryllis displays for the holidays
Easy and Elegant Amaryllis Displays
Finished Fresh-cut bouquet
How to Make a Fresh-Cut Bouquet
Prairie palette flower arrangement
20 Beautiful Flower Arrangements
Casual country
How to Build a Rose Bouquet
Peony bouquet
6 Ways to Show Off Your Peonies
Cutting Gardens
A Beginner's Guide to Cutting Gardens
Dried floral bouquets in beer cans
A Chicago Floral Designer Creates Long-Lasting Dried Bouquets in Repurposed Containers
Lavender plant in garden
12 Fragrant Flowers That Bring Natural Aromatherapy to Outdoor Spaces
Gretel and Steve Adams in lisianthus house at Sunny Meadows Flower Farm.
12 of the Easiest Flowers to Grow in a Midwest Cutting Garden
Vintage bottle
8 Adorable Miniature Flower Arrangements
African violets
How to Grow and Display African Violets
More to try
How to Grow Indoor Blooms and Bulbs
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How to Make Beautiful Fall Flower Arrangements
Shrimp plant
10 Top Flowering Houseplants
Baptisa Lunar Eclipse purple and white flowers
The One Native Perennial Everyone Should Plant
Inside job
5 Budget Flower Arrangements