The Best Tiny Flowers to Plant in Your Garden

By Calin Oancea

4/26/20245 min read

Decorative tiny flowers are essential for every great garden.

Not everyone has space for big bush flowers, that's why we will reveal some of the best, most beautiful, and resistant tiny flowers that you can easily plant in your garden, which we saw, inspected, and ranked.

But before you plant and grow these blooming plants you need to choose the right tiny flowers based on some criteria.

a small orange flower
a small orange flower
a tiny Cartusian Pink flower blooming in a medow
a tiny Cartusian Pink flower blooming in a medow

Carthusian Pink

Carthusian Pink is a species native to Europe, we found that it mostly occurs in dry, grassy habitats at elevations of up to 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) in the mountains, this means that these flowers are very stable like the Alpine and Himalayan Flowers. It is a variable herbaceous perennial plant growing to 60 centimeters (24 in) tall.

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a orange Treasure Flower with yellow middle
a orange Treasure Flower with yellow middle
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a orange Treasure Flower
a orange Treasure Flower

Growing in multiple shape variations, this flower likes warm and sunny regions similar to its look. The plant is scientifically known as Gazania rigens L. and grows mostly in India, South and North America and southern Europe.

Treasure-Flower

one small and pink Creepig Redflush flower
one small and pink Creepig Redflush flower

Creeping Redflush

The Creeping Redflush is a little bit less common than the other ones, it grows mainly in southern Europe in warmer regions and and blooms in May. These flowers have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves that have a similar color like the Carthusian Pink.

a bushy purple flower named Meadow Cranesbill
a bushy purple flower named Meadow Cranesbill

Meadow Cranesbill

The beautiful Meadow Cranesbill is native to northern Europe, central Asia and China. It is a clump-forming perennial that typically grows 61cm to 91cm (24"-36") tall. This flower looks like a Hibiscus but much smaller, so if you are a Hibiscus fan you can implement this flower in your garden.

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tiny Dakota Mock flowers blooming on a green space
tiny Dakota Mock flowers blooming on a green space
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Dakota Mock

This very small, purple flower is similar to the Lantana Camara L. and can expand very fast on big green spaces and endure strong sunshine, that's why it grows in many cities as a decorative flower.

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three pink-yellow Lantana Camara flowers
three pink-yellow Lantana Camara flowers

Lantana Camara L.

The Lantana Camara smells similar to mint leaves and lemons, very outstanding and refreshing, and grows in every color you can imagine including pink. This is a small bush flower that can grow in climates around the world. It can be found in two color variations, yellow and purple and sometimes the colors even combine and the flower has two colors, overall this tiny flower is very interesting

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two tiny pink Red Clovers blooming in a meadow
two tiny pink Red Clovers blooming in a meadow

Similar to the Pale Clover, this flowering invasive plant is very common in the regions of Europe and the USA, It blooms in the early summer and is a very tiny flower but not the smallest bloomer. There are also some flowers similar to the Red Clover which look almost the same as the Mammoth Clover or the Owl-Head Clover.

Red Clover

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a lot of orange California Poppy flowers
a lot of orange California Poppy flowers

When it comes to growing flowers from seed California Poppy is a great choice. The orange bloomer can also provide you with benefits, it is used for trouble sleeping, aches, nervous agitation, bed-wetting in children, and diseases of the bladder and liver. It is also used to promote relaxation.

California Poppy

Sources

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  1. Carthusian Pink: https://www.gardenia.net/plant/dianthus-carthusianorum

  2. Treasure Flower: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/gazania-rigens/

  3. Creeping Red Flush (Ice Plant): https://www.thespruce.com/purple-ice-plant-2132553, https://www.planetnatural.com/ice-plant/

  4. Meadow Crainesbill: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/geranium-maculatum/

  5. Dakota Mock: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=glbi2

  6. Lantana: https://www.britannica.com/plant/Lantana-plant-genus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_camara

  7. California Poppy: https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-california-poppy/, https://www.britannica.com/plant/California-poppy

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