Discover 23 of the best low-maintenance landscaping plants, including euphorbia, Russian sage, hosta, and more—easy-care choices tested by Proven Winners.

July 9, 2024 - Next year I will be experimenting with the Alium Globemaster and a selection of 5 or 6 shorter alliums, including the ever-popular “purple sensation”. Choose a sunny spot sheltered from the wind and with well-drained soil, and you’re good to go. Alliums, once established, are drought-tolerant, low-maintenance plants, and I’ve seen more of them recently in cottage gardens and borders.

A few of our favourite low maintenance plants include Buxus Balls, Cordylines, Eucalyptus, Fatsia Caster Oil, Ornamental Grasses and Palms and each of these plants are hardy and evergreen meaning you will have all year round structure within ...

May 13, 2025 - This bushy, semi-evergreen shrub ... for low-maintenance gardens. With greater finesse than other selections, the small, lustrous, rounded, green leaves, each with a fine, irregular, silvery-white margin, become pink-tinged in the chill of winter. It thrives in any well-drained border in sun or part shade, and often adopts a climbing habit when planted against ...

March 7, 2025 - Use in a native landscape, meadow garden, or mass planting. Read more about growing blazing star. Pictured: ‘Kobold’ blazing star from Proven Winners. ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ catmint. Photo by: Proven Winners · Zones: 3-9 Exposure: Full sun to part shade Habit: Mounding clumping habit Height/Spread: 1 to 3 feet tall and wide Bloom time: Late spring to fall · Nepeta is one of the best low maintenance perennials, with soft gray-green foliage and blue, lavender, or white tubular flowers that bloom for months.

February 28, 2025 - An ornamental grass, they thrive ... in cute round clumps. ... Cranesbill, also called hardy geraniums, literally have hardy in the name. With pink and purple flowers, these hard-to-kill plants bloom in late spring through the end of summer, some even bloom continuously. They can survive almost anything and still pop out a flower for you, perfect for low-maintenance gardens...

April 8, 2021 - Just plant and watch your garden thrive as they bloom year after year. Here’s our top 10 favorite low maintenance perennials: 1. Shasta Daisy Shasta Daisies are easy to grow. This classic perennial has large white blooms that last until ...

April 29, 2025 - 21 of the best low-maintenance shrubs, perennials, annuals and groundcovers for your landscape. Learn about beautiful, easy-care plants and how to use them in your garden.

June 28, 2025 - Install gravel or decomposed granite walkways—they look tidy year-round and weed less than a traditional path. Build a deck or patio surrounded by tough ground covers and a few bold shrubs for a simple, modern look. Use large, easy-to-clean pots for evergreen or native plants. Drip irrigation, once set up, can run itself. Many Urban Oasis clients have enjoyed these hardscape approaches, finding that blending living and non-living elements creates a balanced, almost meditative garden, especially helpful in Texas’ unpredictable climate.

Explore 10 AGM low-maintenance evergreen plants that provide structure, year-round appeal and acts as a foil for other, more ephemeral beauties.

January 3, 2025 - In this article, the gardening experts at Evergreen of Johnson City reveal the top 10 perennial plants for a stunning, low-maintenance garden. Drought Resistance: Many low-maintenance perennials are well-suited for dry conditions, which reduces the need for frequent watering. Pest Resistance: Their natural resilience often means fewer pest problems, which minimizes the need for chemical treatments. Minimal Pruning Needs: Many of these plants require little to no pruning, which allows you to spend less time maintaining your garden and more time enjoying it.

June 30, 2022 - ... Low-Maintenance Landscaping ... if you have an area with partial shade and wet soil, you choose sweetbay magnolia, inkberry, sweetspire, and roof iris."...

Choose from our diverse selection of low maintenance easy-care plants for a vibrant, hassle-free landscape. Save time, conserve water, and create a sustainable, stress-free garden.

June 16, 2021 - Evergreens tend to be a good choice as they add year-round interest and as long as you give them a quick tidy with the secateurs every now and then, won’t get out of control. In this epic list of 50 of the best low maintenance plants, you can choose from edibles, climbers, container varieties and wildlife-friendly picks, all of which will ensure your low maintenance garden ...

July 8, 2024 - If you want a low-maintenance plant with year-round color, look no further than the beautyberry shrub. After months of green foliage speckled with lilac blooms in the spring and summer, the beautyberry’s leaves fall away to reveal dazzling ...

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February 12, 2025 - Its sharp thorns make it useful as a hedge or barrier and it's one of the best low-maintenance outdoor plants you can use for an accent tree. Plant hawthorns in early spring or early fall and keep them watered for the first year after planting. After they're established, they're relatively drought tolerant. These trees don't need pruning but remove dead or diseased branches when you see them. ... Moderate- and cool-climate gardeners, Ninebark shrubs (Physocarpus) are low-maintenance outdoor plants that will thrive in your landscape.

Here, we've compiled our list of our favorite low-maintenance garden plants. These easy-care perennials, shrubs, and vines thrive in various soils and sunlight conditions and don't need much watering, pruning, or fertilizing. When properly planted, these hard-to-kill plants actually thrive on neglect! Liquid error (snippets/boost-pfs-filter-product-item line 89): include usage is not allowed in this context

Visual guide to low-maintenance perennials for home gardens

June 2, 2025 - Sedum, also known as stonecrop, is an easy evergreen ground cover. This plant tolerates deer, rabbits, and dry, poor-quality soils. It does require well-drained soil and full sun to do its best.