24 easy flowers to grow now for a picture-perfect garden

Light and airy, cosmos grow easily from seed and thrive even if you have poor soil. Their tough, low-maintenance nature makes them ideal for beginners who want reliable blooms without too much effort.

With trailing stems and colourful blooms, nasturtiums flourish in containers or garden beds with next to no attention. Their ability to thrive in poor soil makes them one of the most forgiving flowers you could grow. As a bonus, the flowers are edible!

These cheerful, daisy-like flowers blossom year after year with very little care, and they're super easy to maintain.

Known for its long-lasting flowers, coreopsis adds bright colour all summer with very little upkeep. Its drought-tolerant nature makes it a dependable choice.

This perennial garden staple handles heat, drought, and poor soil easily. Their pollinator-friendly appeal means they’ll attract bees and butterflies while needing minimal care.

With tall spikes of colour, perennial salvias bloom for weeks. Their heat tolerance makes them a great option for sunny, low-maintenance beds.

Yarrow’s flat-topped blooms add texture and allow it to thrive in tough conditions, making this plant an easy choice for hands-off gardening.

These bold, sun-loving flowers keep going through heat and dry spells. Their extraordinary heat tolerance makes them perfect for beginner gardeners in hotter locations.

Easy to grow when given an adequate amount of sun, marigolds are versatile enough to thrive in moist or dry soil, even without any fertiliser.

These dainty flowers like full sun, and their honey fragrance and pretty hues (they come in white, pink, and purple) make them a popular pick for gardens.

Drought and heat tolerant, sedum comes in a variety of colours and provides year-round interest with fleshy, colourful foliage and hardy flowers.

Catmint thrives in well-drained soil with a reasonable amount of fertiliser and tons of sun, combining beauty with extreme durability. You'll love its aromatic, grayish-green foliage and soft lavender-coloured flowers.

These vivid flowers come in more than 70 different varieties and typically grow well even in poor conditions - as long as they have full sun.

Not only is this flower, which can grow up to four feet tall, a great choice to brighten up your garden, it's exceptionally easy to grow, and incredibly productive with very little effort.

Famed for bringing pretty, lasting colour to shady gardens, these beautiful pansies are particularly happy in well-drained soil.

From beautiful rose to strikingly bold orange, you'll find begonias in a number of gorgeous colours. They also produce pretty blooms in pots.

This low-maintenance flower just needs adequate water to last all summer long, combining versatility and hardiness and offering a mix of vibrant colour and unique shapes.

With a bit of shade and full sun, you can enjoy these trumpet-like flowers. They favour moist, well-drained soil; use them as ground cover or to add interest to a trellis or fence.