Easy Flowers to Start Indoors: Colorful, Some Edible, and Pollinators Love Them
Easy Flowers to Start Indoors: Colorful, Some Edible, and Pollinators Love Them If you’re looking for a simple way to jumpstart your spring flower garden, a few easy to grow flowers can bring color to your home now, fill your yard, garden and support pollinators this spring. Sunflowers, marigolds, morning glories, and nasturtiums are fast growers that thrive when they start indoors and each one brings something valuable to a food focused yard. They are not perennials but annuals so they complete their lifecycle in one season. Some may self‑seed , but in our climate in Connecticut they can’t survive freezing winter temperatures. Sunflowers: Bold, Bright, Edible and Adored by Pollinators Bold yellows, burgundies, and bi‑colors brighten any space. Classic golden yellow is just the beginning. Sunflowers germinate quickly and transplant well. Starting them inside gives you sturdier stems and earlier blooms. Bees adore them. Once planted outside, sunflowers become a buzzing...
