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16 Best Beautiful Flowers That Grow Easily in Any Conditions
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You are a beginner! You don’t know what kinds of flowers to choose between many types. Check out the flowers below, they are easy-to-grow, brightly-grown flowers, and also promise to liven up your outdoor spaces.
1 Lavender
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Lavender is a hardy plant that doesn’t require a whole lot of care once established. Lavender thrives in the sunshine and dry soil.
2 Calendula
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One of the easiest annual flowers to grow from seed, calendula, or pot marigold, is a bright and beautiful addition to any garden. It adapts well to a wide range of growing conditions and thrives in USDA Zones 2 to 8. This plant tolerates any type of soil, although it must drain well and this self-seeding plant prefers full sun to partial shade.
3 Pansies
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Pansies are so easy to nurture. It is a great recommendation for beginner gardeners. The pansy likes rich, well-drained soil, and full sun or partial shade. Deadheading the withered flowers is a must to encourage greater growth.
4 Dianthus
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There are many types of dianthus has a sweet and spicy smell similar to cinnamon or clove. They should be planted in full sun, with well-drained soil. Easily grown from seed.
5 Cosmos
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Cosmos is one of the easiest flowers to grow from seed. It prefers moist, well-drained soil that isn’t too rich, although it can grow in pretty poor soils too! Heat and drought-tolerant, the cosmos can grow anywhere between 18 and 60 inches tall depending on the variety.
6 Sunflowers
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Sunflowers grow to between 6 and 16 feet tall, depending on the variety. Simply sow the seeds in a sunny, and sheltered spot. The hardy sunflower does well in most soil types (except waterlogged soil) and most varieties are tolerant to heat and drought. They attract bees and birds and will provide you with a bounty of seeds that are high in many essential nutrients like Vitamins E and B1, magnesium, and selenium.
7 Nasturtium
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The fast-growing and colorful nasturtiums can be sowed directly into the ground. The only thing this low-maintenance plant will ask of you is regular hydration, let the soil dry between waterings, although the plant shouldn’t be parched.
8 Ornamental Alliums
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Ornamental alliums are hardy and undemanding so they should be grown in a sunlit area. They aren’t fussy about soil type, as long as it is well-drained; they don’t require much space and, best of all, they are relatively resistant to deer, voles, chipmunks, and rabbits!
9 Sweet Pea
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The beautifully scented sweet pea makes a wonderful addition to any garden, particularly as it requires so little care once established. Sweet peas like cool, but not cold, temperatures with their heads in the sun and their roots in cool, moist, and alkaline soil.
10 Marigold
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Marigolds are so very easy to grow. They grow quickly from seed. Sow them directly after the last frost in full sunlight (or up to a maximum of 20% shade). They are tolerant of dry, sandy soil, but don’t like to be overly damp.
11 Bachelor’s Button
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The Bachelor’s Button is low maintenance and thrives in poor, dry soil. Plant it in a position where it’s sure to receive morning sunlight, but partial shade during hot afternoons. It doesn’t require too much in the way of watering, but it becomes weak and floppy in soggy soil, and can also suffer stem rot and mildew.
12 Morning Glory
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This plant is a hardy, quick-growing that requires little care! These annuals are self-seeding so you can enjoy them for years to come with minimal effort on your part. Perfect for covering walls and trellis, these beautiful purple, red, pink, or blue flowers flourish in full sun and moist, well-drained soil.
13 Hardy Geranium
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The hardy geranium is resistant to pests and disease, although they require well-drained, fertile, and moist soil. They prefer morning and afternoon sun and can handle partial shade well. Hardy geraniums are easy to grow from seed and even easier to cultivate from bare roots!
14 Lupines
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If you want to add color and texture to your garden bed, lupines are a great choice. Growing lupines is simple for everyone. Plant seeds or cuttings in a sunny area with average but well-drained soil. They do best in an area that hasn’t been amended by the application of compost or fertilizers.
15 Nigella
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Nigella requires minimal maintenance, although it is a short-lived plant. It adapts to a variety of soil conditions, so it’s relatively easy to grow almost anywhere. For best results, sow your nigella seeds directly in the ground, in full sun to partial shade.
16 Fuchsias
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Fuchsias are beautiful and easy to grow, they bring a burst of color to the garden. With so many cultivars to choose from, you’ll have no problem finding one that suits your climate. To keep a healthy-looking plant, grow it in a shady location, and prune back weak and dead growth every so often to encourage new blooms.
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15 Best Fragrant Flowers That Bloom at Night
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Whether indirect or direct sun, most plants need a source of light for their growth, but there are some flowering plants that can bloom in the dark of the evening. Especially, they emit a smell stronger and sweeter at night.
Here are the 15 Best Fragrant Flowers That Bloom at Night to add to your yard with a natural, sweet-smelling ambiance.
1. Gardenias
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Gardenias not only display strongly scented white flowers but also bring glossy, bright green leaves. They grow easily in containers and raised beds.
2. Jasmine
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Most jasmines have fragrances. They are vining shrubs that grow quickly if given good soil and regular sunlight.
3. Plumeria
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Plumeria is grown as a shrub or small tree in warm climates. The sweet-scented flowers with elegant colors ranging from white to yellow to pink and variegated. Its blooming time lasts from spring through fall.
4. 4 O’Clock
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This flower ranges in a variety of colors such as yellow, red, pink, white, and variations thereof. They are mounding plants that reach heights of 3 to 4 feet. It grows happily in full sun and requires little water.
5. Moonflower
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Moonflower showcases white flowers appearing in the evening. The flowers are visible and extremely fragrant throughout the night. The leaves also look beautiful with heart-shaped, and the blooms resemble funnels. It is a fast-growing vine, you can grow it and take advantage of its shade for an arbor, patio roof, gazebo, or trellis.
6. Yellow Evening Primrose
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Yellow Evening Primrose offers yellow flowers that attract moths, hummingbirds, honeybees, and bumblebees, which pollinate the primrose. This flower is easy to grow and does well in planting zones from 5 – 8.
7. Angel’s Trumpet
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Angel’s Trumpet offers trumpet-shaped flowers in white, pink, or yellow. Its fragrance emits at night. It grows well in sun or shade and needs regular watering
8. Mexican Orange
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Mexican Orange brings clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers that resemble orange blossoms just like orange jasmine attracting bees. The flowers open in late winter or early spring and bloom continuously for a few months, then intermittently throughout the summer.
9. Flowering Tobacco
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The flowers of the plant open after dark, on cloudy days, and are especially fragrant at night. Its leaves are large, oval leaves, with sticky stems.
10. Evening Primrose
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Evening Primrose can attract night-flying insects which are drawn to the flower’s lovely scent. From spring to autumn, white to pink blooms are heavy. The plant can tolerate drought and grows well in poor soil or rocky areas and likes full sun.
11. Casa Blanca Lily
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Casa Blanca Lily gives large white blooms with a sweet aroma. It looks great when planted in groups of three or five identical bulbs and grows happily in containers.
12. Hellebore
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The flowers of most hellebores are shaped like bells or cups, either facing outward or drooping. It grows well in partial or full shade.
13. Wax Flower
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Wax Flower is a tropical plant that shows off waxy leaves and flower clusters. The flowers are creamy-white with a pink center and produce a lovely fragrance that is stronger at night. It is a slow-growing, woody vine and looks great in hanging baskets on patios and porches.
14. Kahili Ginger
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The flowers of Kahili Ginger are yellow with red stamens and produce a rich fragrance, especially during late summer evenings.
15. Heliotrope
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On summer days, the Heliotrope showcases flowers that come in purples, blues, violets, and whites. Most do well in pots and containers and need well-drained soil.
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15 Best Flowering Shrubs and Bushes for Colorful Landscape Year-round
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Most of the shrubs and bushes are easy to grow and do not require taking care of. Better still, they can make your garden more beautiful as well as add some more interest to your yard more attractive. They bring gorgeous foliage and open beautiful blooms all season of the year to liven up all space they grow. Apart from bearing constant blooms, some of them can bloom for a long time to make your garden always full of colors.
1 Roses
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There are many different Rose varieties to choose from, so you can grow the type you love growing. Grow it as an informal hedge along a walkway or planting bed.
2 Rhododendron
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Rhododendron open blooms in a variety of hues in the spring. The red and pastel tints are the most widely available. Grow it for a specimen shrub, hedge, or woodland garden.
3 Mock Orange
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The blooms of Mock Orange spread sweet perfume. That’s the fragrance that its flowers release when they open in late spring to early summer. You can grow the plant for a walkway or patio where you can savor the fragrance.
4 Mountain Laurel
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Mountain Laurel shows off pink buds in spring that open to white cup-shaped flowers. The plant is a stand-out evergreen shrub because it tolerates shade.
5 Lilac
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Lilac opens its flowers in late spring and early summer. Its flower timing, fragrance, and color depending on the variety. You can grow it for hedge or specimen shrub.
6 Bottlebrush Buckeye
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The flowering plant features long white flower spikes that appear in summer above the green leaves. Its flowers especially attract hummingbirds. Grow it for butterfly or wildlife gardens.
7 Azalea
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Azalea brings a rainbow of hues flowers in the spring. You can grow this flower in small varieties for bed edging or line a walkway, large trees for hedges, or in wildlife or woodland gardens.
8 Winter Heath
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From winter into early spring, the Winter Heath offers bright blooms blanket ‘Kramer’s Red’ winter heath. And the plant has needle-like, evergreen leaves. Grow it for a groundcover or pair it with conifers for an eye-catching contrast.
9 Pieris
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Pieris showcases clustered, dangling blooms with bright pink colors. Its flowers open from deep red buds in late winter and early spring. You can grow it for a foundation planting, shrub border, or hedge.
10 Weigela
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In late spring, Weigela shoots up pink blooms that sparkle against dark leaves and are a hummingbird favorite. You can grow it for perennial beds, wildlife gardens, and even containers.
11 Pineapple Guava
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Pineapple Guava opens incredibly exotic flowers that are perfectly edible, as is the fruit that ripens in fall. That makes it a great option for color as well as flavor.
12 Virginia Sweetspire
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Virginia Sweetspire brings white flowers that open in spikes starting in early to mid-summer. Its blooms release a sweet fragrance and beckon pollinators like butterflies and bees. Grow it for butterfly or rain gardens.
13 French Hydrangea
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French Hydrangea opens large flower heads that appear in early summer and linger well past frost. The flowers come in different colors including pink, blue and white varieties. This plant gives its beauty to liven up for mixed planting beds, woodland gardens, or even containers.
14 Winter Daphne
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Winter Daphne displays pink flower buds that open to reveal white blooms bursting with perfume. Grow it in a dappled shade near an entry where you can savor the scent.
15 Abelia
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Abelia is a prolific bloomer lasting through summer and into fall. The pastel blooms come in shades of white, yellow, and pink. It is a tough plant so you can grow it easily.
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15 Beautiful Flowers with Their Meanings For Life
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Looking for gifts to present someone special in the upcoming time such birthday or celebration, check out 15 Beautiful Flowers with Their Meanings below to choose a suitable flower for each purpose in special events.
Each flower has its own beauty and also has its own meaning. There are flowers that represent friendship while others symbolize love. With these meanings, flowers always are chosen as gifts to send messages as well as express feelings to relatives and friends.
1. Daisies
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Daisies signify purity, innocence, loyalty (especially in love), beauty, simplicity and patience. There are also overtones of love conquering all.
2. Hyacinths
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In the language of flowers, hyacinths have a decidedly playful overtone. They represent games, playful joy, rashness, and sport. They can also show an apology, particularly purple hyacinths.
3. Cyclamens
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These native flowers of the Mediterranean area, with their bowed heads, also hold physical hints as to their meaning. The symbolism of the cyclamen is resignation or farewell.
4. Lilies
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Lilies can convey a whole host of messages, depending on their type and color. The overall message, however, is one of chastity, virtue, majesty, beauty, faith, wisdom, pride and chivalry.
5. Roses
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One can hardly discuss flower meanings without a discussion of the many varied meanings in roses. As with several others, roses can mean a whole host of things depending on color and other factors. Although known for being a symbol of love, passion and perfection, many other overtones and meanings can be conveyed.
Burgundy Rose – beauty within; hidden beauty
Coral Rose – desire
Lavender Rose – enchantment; love at first sight
Rose Leaf – “you may hope”
Moss Rose – confession of love
Orange Rose – enthusiasm or fascination
Peach Rose – admiration, appreciation, and gratitude; or modesty
Pink Rose – happiness, thankfulness, appreciation, gladness, friendship, sympathy
Red Rose – love, passion, beauty, remembrance, courage
White Rose – purity, innocence, friendship, virtue
Yellow Rose – joy, friendship; but also jealousy or slighted love
Red and White Roses – unity
Red and Yellow Roses – congratulations
Yellow and Orange Roses – passion
Thornless Rose – love at first sight
6. Chrysanthemum
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The birth flower of November, the chrysanthemum’s overall message is one of happiness, cheerfulness, joy, and optimism. There are subtler meanings to some of the colors.
Red Chrysanthemum – a declaration of love, a simple statement of ‘I love’
White Chrysanthemum – truth and loyal love
Yellow Chrysanthemum – slighted love
7. Irises
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Irises have a very noble symbolism; they represent wisdom, faith, hope, valor, and valued friendship. They can also mean ‘my compliments’, or a promise in love.
8. Orange Blossoms
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Orange blossoms have long been popular in wedding flower arrangements, and for good reason; the symbolism behind them are messages of purity, eternal love, innocence, marriage, and fruitfulness.
9. Azaleas
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As with many flowers, the overtone of azaleas has to do with love, but it is a message of fragile passion, temperance, and a subtle plea to take care of one’s self for the sender. They are also a symbol of womanhood in China.
10. Tulips
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The primary messages of tulips are of fame and perfect love. As with other flowers, the colors each have their emphasis.
Red Tulips – declaration of love, or a plea for the recipient to believe the sender
Yellow Tulips – “there’s sunshine in your smile”; also hopeless love
Cream Tulips – “I will love you forever”
Variegated Tulips – says the recipient has beautiful eyes
11. Gladiolus
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Named for their leaves which resemble swords, or “gladius” in Latin; one of its meanings is also based on this, telling the recipient that she pierces the heart like a sword. It also represents strength of character, preparedness, sincerity, and love at first sight.
12. Baby’s Breath
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Just looking at this tiny, delicate white flower and at its name gives a good hint as to its meaning. Although it is now commonly used as a ‘filler’ for bouquets and other arrangements, it has its meaning in and of itself. It symbolizes purity of heart and innocence.
13. Violets
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Violets represent modesty, faithfulness, understated beauty, affection, “you’re in my thoughts”, innocence. they can also be a sort of plea, to take a chance on happiness.
14. Daffodils
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The birth flower of March, the daffodil has several possible meanings to choose from. Rebirth and new beginnings are perhaps the most obvious for this early-blooming flower. Also included are regard, chivalry, unrequited love, and eternal life. A single daffodil can also carry a message of misfortune.
15. Carnations
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There are several flowers who have an overall meaning, and then a separate meaning for individual colors; the carnation is one such. The overall meanings include fascination, distinction, impulsiveness, joy, and divine or devoted love. It is also the birth flower for January.
Pink Carnation – symbolic of enduring love, particularly with a maternal overtone
Purple Carnation – capriciousness, unpredictability
Red Carnation – admiration, pride, fascination, and an aching heart
White Carnation – these flowers have a twofold message. On the one hand, they symbolize innocence, sweetness, and purity. On the other hand, they represent pure or ardent love, and the strength and enduring qualities of love.
Striped Carnation – refusal, but regretful, without bitterness.
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