May is a busy month for getting your flowers ready and planted in the garden ready for the summer months. The hard work you put in now with planting flowers in the garden will help how your garden looks through the summer. Be the envy of your neighbors by having the best flowers planted in your garden. Find what flowers to grow in May.

Flowers to plant outside in May

Here you will be able to find out what flowers you can plant throughout May directly outside. Some plants you have to be careful with as the cold can still affect them. Some plants and seeds still need to be sown in the greenhouse. Find out below the seeds which need planting outdoors:-

• If you are wanting to help the bees and attract them to the garden you can sow poppies, corn flowers and scabious outdoors
• Plant sunflower seeds directly in the ground – see who can grow the tallest sunflower.

What to sow and plant in the Greenhouse in May

There are some plants which need to be sown in the greenhouse which require extra warmth to germinate. Below you can find which plants need to be started in the greenhouse in May

Now is the time to pot up those hanging baskets and tubs ready for going out in the garden. If it is still cold wait till June

Now is the time to start sowing seeds for your perenials which will grow every year. These are primulas, delphiniums and lupins. They won’t nessicarliry flower this year but they will next year.

We hope you have found these tips useful on what flowers to grow in May. Please check out our other sections on what to grow and sow in May here