These 11 Low-Maintenance Plants Require Almost No Care
If you have a busy life and are short on time, you can still create a beautiful garden – if you choose your plants wisely. With species that can largely take care of themselves, you will waste less time!
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The plants we mention below can easily fall back on themselves, when you have your hands full. Every now and then some attention is enough for them.
Geranium , or stork's bill, is almost indestructible and blooms for months. You don't have to remove faded flowers. Cut the plant back completely after the first bloom and you will be rewarded with a second bloom and new leaves. You have all kinds of beautiful cultivars, but you can also choose many native geranium species, such as the meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense ). These are not the same species that you are going to sit behind, those arepelargoniums .
Compared to planting shrubs and perennials, bulbs are easy. There are many types with which you can have a flowering garden almost all year round, where one type alternates with the other. Think of crocuses , daffodils and snowdrops in the spring, alliums and lilies in the summer, and autumn crocuses and nerines in the fall. Just like with other plants, make sure that you buy flower bulbs without poison. Flower bulbs are often sprayed against insects, but they also have that effect in your garden.
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Create a native flower meadow . They look beautiful and 'wild', so you don't have to prune or care for them much. Sprinkle a native seed mixture on bare ground and enjoy a colorful sea of flowers, which also makes wild bees , butterflies and other insects very happy.
This perennial is known for its ease of use. Once planted, it will flower for months. Give it a spot in the sun or partial shade in moist, well-drained soil.
For a low-maintenance hedge, slow-growing, evergreen plants such as holly and yew are ideal. They are also interesting plants for garden birds to build nests in; no cat will voluntarily climb a holly bush. And in December, you always have branches for Christmas decorations at hand and the thrushes will nibble on the berries!
If you prefer a Mediterranean or exotic touch in your garden, consider Yucca rostrata , Brahea armata and Dasylirion species. They require little maintenance, as there is little pruning and hardly any leaves to clean up. They can also withstand frost reasonably well. When planting, ensure that the soil is well-drained.
The Bergenia, or Bergenia , is a popular plant that is often used as an evergreen ground cover and is ideal for filling in bare spots in the garden. The evergreen foliage provides colour all year round and in the spring they bloom with pink flowers that honeybees love.
If you don't have much time to spend, choose shrubs that grow slowly and require little pruning. Abelias are semi-evergreen and bloom profusely with fragrant flowers in the summer and fall. You can also consider Japanese dogwood ( Cornus kousa ) .
