Tips On How To Create A Low Maintenance Garden

Would you like to enjoy an attractive and colorful garden that is low-maintenance?

It can be done, and all it takes is some knowledge about the right plants and techniques. Find out about easy-care trees, shrubs, and perennials before you plant--and you'll save time and money well into the future. Here are some basic tips--in order of importance--that will help you plan low maintenance into your garden:

• Choose plants that are known to be reliable and problem-free for your area and that won't outgrow the space you are working with.
• Reduce the size of your lawn or eliminate it entirely.
• Prepare the soil well before planting so plants get a strong start.
• Mulch to reduce weeds and conserve soil moisture.
• If you live where watering is a necessity, install an automatic system, possibly a drip line.

And here are eight easy and widely available plants that incorporate this low-maintenance approach.

1. Korean boxwood (Buxus microphylla koreana 'Winter Beauty')
2. Dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis procumbens 'Nana')
3. Climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris)
4. Japanese holly (Ilex crenata 'Convexa')
5. Weeping Norway spruce (Picea abies 'Pendula')
6. Bird's nest spruce (Picea abies 'Pumila Nigra')
7. Dwarf Serbian spruce (Picea omorika 'Nana')
8. Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty')

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