If you want to have a beautiful flower garden with minimal effort, then the right choice for you are perennials with low maintenance.
These plants are not only low maintenance but they will also greatly beautify your yard with shape, color, texture and height.
What Does Low-Maintenance Perennials Mean?
Simply put, perennial means “everlasting”. Plants that are put in this category tend to live between three to five year. This is why they’re so popular and are such a smart investment; you won’t need to spend time planting new seedlings or potted plants every year like you would an annual plant.
Low-maintenance perennials, for all the beauty they provide, need minimal upkeep; they don’t require as much care as other plants and flowers do. Plus, many of them have far-ranging roots that will spread throughout your flower garden and make you look like a seasoned, hard-working gardener! It almost seems too good to be true.
Don’t be mistaken, however. Perennials do need to be looked after. You’ll still need to spend some time fertilizing, watering, pruning, and mulching your plants. You’ll also need to make sure they’re not overtaken by weeds, which can sour your garden and add to your workload.
Shasta Daisy
Shasta Daisies are easy to grow. This classic perennial has large white blooms that last until early fall. Shasta daisies prefer well-drained soil. Choose from different varieties for different heights – short ones are perfect for borders and tall ones create a dramatic backdrop. A perfect low maintenance plant that are great as cut flowers!
Perennial Geranium
Perennial Geranium is a great border plant. Tiny brilliantly colored flowers bloom for months starting in late spring. Plant in part shade to shade. It’s resistant to rabbits and attracts butterflies.
Catmint
Catmint produce clusters of blue flowers from April thru October. It grows tall and is a vigorous grower, so give it room to spread. It is drought tolerant once established. Plant in sun to part shade, and it will attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia or Black-eyed Susan is a must for the summer garden. It blooms from July to September, is deer and rabbit resistant and attracts butterflies. Plant in full sun, and be sure to remove spent blooms for more flowering.
Sedum
Upright, flowering sedums are perfect for late summer and fall gardens. Sedum are drought-resistant and require very little care. The bold foliage, strong stalks, and large flower heads are stunning, especially if planted in a group.
Hosta
Hostas are the “queen” of the shade garden. Primarily grown for their foliage, hostas comes in hundreds of different varieties from light green to blue leaves. Plants tolerant full sun to deep shade.
Agastache
This drought-tolerant perennial often gets forgotten, but it’s the perfect addition to any wildlife habitat, with flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long. Late in the season, the seed heads provide food for birds. You can choose just about any flower color you want, with cultivars offering orange, pink, red, purple and blue blooms.
Coreopsis
Though you can also find this bloom as an easy annual to grow from seed, make sure you pick up the perennial version, too. It loves the sun and thrives in dry conditions. New varieties offer pretty alternatives to the traditional yellow blooms, and the orange, pink and bright-red -varieties add a color twist to this favorite.