Q&A: What kind of flowers and plants are cheap and easy to grow?

Stella D’oro daylillies will do just fine in full sun, and they bloom for a long time, as long as you keep the spent flowers picked off. Try Purple Coneflower, Butterfly bush, Shasta Daisy, Black Eyed Susans and check with your local county extension service for any native species of plants that will do well in the sun. Any variety of daylilly will be fine. Zebra Grass is another plant that loves sun and is low maintenance, but it does not flower. It will however be a pain to dig up as the roots form a solid mass just below ground level. Try Joe Pye weed, butterfly weed, even goldenrod will look nice, but will spread very quickly and be difficult to get rid of. Nicotainia will do well and make the yard smell great after the sun goes down, Allysum will smell great also. It is a low growing flower, and both of these are (Allysum and Nicotainia) are prolific re-seeders, and need to be somewhat controlled. The Nicotainia will produce seed pods that can be picked off or let go to pop open and spread new seeds. Nic. may need some shade though.

Go online and visit the gardening catalogs at the websites. Pick what will grow in your zone and order plants.