Have a north-facing garden border that's not doing much? These little beauties are so easy to grow. It starts blooming late in the summer producing huge flowers in shades of red, pink or white. Look carefully, and then choose appropriate plants to match each one. Then, considering the scale you’ve selected, play with different arrangements until you find one that works. Wet or dry? Part Sun to Sun. Desert, Xeriscape and Rock Gardens 14 Photos. Heathers a hardy, native plants that can provide plenty of interest throughout the colder months. 3. For young families and those at work all day, winter and summer bedding, rose bushes, fruit, vegetables and floppy perennials are too time-consuming. Foliage develops attractive red tips during the spring flush. Colours opposite each other complement through dramatic contrast. Here's why, and some tempting deals to boot... By Jennifer Oksien • This hosta tends to be more slug resistant because of its thick substance foliage and rigidly upright habit. 3 of 10. Lilacs are a classic spring-flowering plant and deservedly well-loved for their toughness, reliability and strong fragrance. All three plants are as durable as they come and need very little care. Jun 8, 2020 - Inspirational garden border design photos focusing on layout, planting and design composition!. Drift off to dreamland with this perfect Brooklinen bundle — it is so super soft and would make the best last-minute gift, By Brittany Romano • This Saatva mattress deal is allowing shoppers to score $225 off their purchase of $1,000 (or more) — but hurry, it's only until January 4th! 2020-12-18T17:35:47Z. Topiary; Lavender; Hydrangeas; Asters and symphytricom; Ornamental grasses; Geums; Geraniums; Dahlias (because I don’t dig them up for winter!) , which has double flowers and a dense habit. Growing Conditions: Full shade and moist, well-drained soil. Real Homes is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Find out more about what's involved in our garden maintenance checklist. Requiring little water, little soil nutrients and generally little care, Succulents are great low maintenance plants. Full Sun. I’m thrilled to have these to add to my garden. Uses:  Cut Flower Gardens, Rose Gardens, Mass Planting, Border Gardens, Pollinator Gardens, Cottage Gardens, Formal Gardens, Easy Care Gardens. Perennial. Perennial. Day lilies Take full advantage of walls and fences, too, perhaps combining tidy non-invasive climbers that flower at different times to prolong the season of interest. Choose one of the Calluna vulgaris ‘Garden Girls’  varieties for bright spikes of colour well into January. 24-40” Wide. These can be tightly trimmed or left to grow more loosely depending on your taste. Yarrow, in general, has a reputation for flopping over in the garden. Find the best plants for a colourful autumn garden and how to plan a beautiful winter garden in our guides. Native plants. Here we discuss low maintenance border planting plans There’s a reason daylilies remain a mainstay in gardens. Zones 4-9. View our wide range of planting plans for trees, flowers and shrubs online. The blooms are also quite attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. While harmony is important, so is diversity. Moss phlox is such a low-maintenance plant. Neighbouring gardens and labelled displays at nurseries and garden centres are also useful for ideas. ‘Touchy-feely’ scents, such as from thyme, are released only when the plant’s leaves are picked; position in patio pots or next to paths, within easy reach. Shrub. Zones 4-9. Offering year-round interest for little effort, shrubs bring all-important ‘body’ to your borders, too. Lawn edging can help create a formal look for your garden borders and zone your garden; it will also protect your border when you mow your lawn. Full Sun. In small gardens/borders, shrubs and roses planted in groups of three is common, unless they’re larger specimens, where one by itself is fine. For example, a sunny free-draining slope is perfect for an informal Mediterranean-inspired gravel garden. 18-36” Tall. May 16, 2020 - Explore Naomi Palmer's board "Low-maintenance border for front of house" on Pinterest. Australia has a beautiful and unique range of native plants which are also hardy and require minimal attention. Low-maintenance Arkansas blue star resists deer and drought, making it a durable and beautiful option for any garden. Be inspired with our Gardener's Idea Book and Winner's Circle® newsletter. 28-32” Tall. The top of the bill in the cast of low maintenance plants is Geranium Rozanne, which was voted RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s ‘Plant of the Centenary’. 4-6 Wide. Zones 5-9. You’ll have great color nearly all season long. If you don’t have edging on your border, you can use the front of border plants to mask the edges, even have them slightly spill out onto the lawn or garden path, depending on how informal you’d like your border to be. Part sun to Sun. One of the great things about Scentara Lilacs is that they will also grow and bloom prolifically in zone 8. Hold yourself back from including every plant on your shortlist, as the planting will look chaotic and unplanned. True climbers take up little ground space, and are excellent choices for smaller gardens, whereas wall shrubs require more ground space. The colour and texture will then supply the finish. Uses:  Middle of the Bed Filler, Thriller in Patio Planters, Pollinator Gardens, Low Maintenance Gardens, Less Tasty to Deer, Cottage Gardens, Prairie Gardens, Border Plant, Cut Flower Gardens, Dried Flower Arrangements, Fragrant Flowers, Mass Plantings. Both the flowers and foliage are fragrant too. Mondo grass — Find plants you love and create idea boards for all your projects. Zones 5-9. They look good in your garden for a long time, and don’t require complicated pruning or feeding. The easiest and most visually effective way to arrange plants is in layers, with borders backed by walls or fences, tall shrubs, tree borders, bamboo and lofty grasses first. Consider size at maturity and vigour carefully, though, as some shrubs can grow to monstrous proportions. Shrub. 2020-12-18T18:00:57Z, Deals Low-maintenance plants are a great choice if you don’t want to spend too much time tending to your garden. True blue is a rare sight in the garden, but you’ll find it in the buds of this enchanting rose of Sharon shrub. 8-12’ tall; 6-10’ wide. Save. Hummingbirds will enjoy this plant and you’ll be happy to hear that deer don’t. They need partial to full sun, and the only soil requirement is that it’s well-drained. ‘Up close and personal’ scents, such as from roses, witch hazel and Daphne, are more subtle, so position near areas you use the most. Fan palms, cotton palms (Washingtonias) and needle palms all tend to do well in the UK climate. Plot plants with their mature size in mind to be sure they’ll fit. They are drought-tolerant, love heat, deer don't find them particularly tasty and best of all--they’ll make you look like a gardening genius! ‘Free scents’, such as from Dutch honeysuckle and white jasmine, perfume the air for yards and are generous, sometimes to a fault. Zones 3-9. Uses: Pollinator Gardens, Less Tasty to Deer, Hedge Rows, Specimen Plant, Borders, Low Maintenance Gardens. If you do this, you will have at least a few low-maintenance, undemanding plants providing interest and bloom in the perennial border. For lilacs to thrive and flower they need to have a chill period in winter. 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