Growing flowers
Add color to your garden or yard by planting flowers. Need some help getting started?
- General requirements and care.
- What kind of flowers to grow:
- How to use color in the landscape.
- Advice for healthy soils.
- NEW: View statewide table for frost free dates.
Tip sheets
Holiday plants
- NEW: Poinsettia care: Poinsettias as part of a Real Michigan Christmas
Container gardening
Publications and related web sites
Most of these publications can be ordered from MSU Extension online or call 517-353-6740. The links listed are pdf files of these publications. (Download Adobe Reader for pdf files)
- Growing Perennials (NCR556)
- A Pocket Guide for IPM Scouting in Herbaceous Perennials (E2981).
View web site with this content. - Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants (E2973)
View web site with this content. Identify beneficial insects.
