Happy Birthday
I havent tried flowers other than scattering the seeds and letting nature take it from there in front of my appartment under my kitchen window. and every spring and summer those daffodils come up standing 2 -3 feet tall. LOL But yet last winter I tried my hands at growing house plants and killed them all from either too much care or too little care. Trying my hand at it again this winter and so far so good even though my cat thinks one of my spider plants is better for taking out of the pot and batting it around.
Anyway there is a great website that has come in handy for me -
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/