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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

The best fertilizer for flowers – expert tips for what to feed your beds and borders

A flower border full of blooming flowers.

If you look on store shelves or browse the pages of online retailers, you are likely to be inundated with choices for fertilizers. It can get daunting, so how can you know the best option to get your flowers blooming beautifully each season?

All plants require essential nutrients to grow, produce lots of flowers, and remain strong against the risk of pests and diseases. As a professional gardener maintaining flower beds and borders in historic gardens, it was a combination of nurturing soil health and using feeds that kept plants performing at their best for visitors to enjoy.

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