Zones: 7-10, with a few newer varieties hardy to USDA zone 6 Exposure: Partial shade to full shade Habit: Upright bushy habit Height/Spread: 6 to 12 feet tall and wide Bloom time: Fall to mid spring, depending on the variety These low-maintenance evergreen shrubs produce large showy blo...
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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.
They are the very first shade-loving perennials to bloom in the spring… and they are the first plant I need to cut back in the fall. Other than cutting them back in the fall, they require no other maintenance! If you’re like me and love the LOOK of beautiful flowers without all th...
Maintenance: Weed control: Keep the area around the plants weed-free, especially when young. Winter care: In colder climates (zones 4-5), provide some winter protection with a light layer of mulch or evergreen boughs to prevent winter burn. Propagation: Cuttings: Take softwood cuttings in spr...
Zones: 5–10; deer resistant Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 15 Spotted Laurel (Aucuba) skymoon13//Getty Images Gold-flecked, shiny green leaves earn this plant the nickname "gold dust plant." Theevergreen shrubis a striking addition to any sunless spot. "It will look good even in...
Best low-maintenance variety:UC Verdeis a slow-grower known for its dense, soft turf that thrives in California heat. It grows well in USDA hardiness zones 7 to 10. Centipedegrass (warm-season) A light green, slow-growing turfgrass,centipedegrass(Eremochloa ophiuroides) still requires mowing...
Leaves: Broadleaf evergreen, deciduous, fleshy, flat to terete Growth Rate: Slow Maintenance: Low-medium Light: Full sun to partial shade Soil: Clay, loam, sand, shallow rocky Drainage: Good drainage Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Flowers: Showy, star-shaped, various colors Flowering Time: Spring,...
'Goldflame' spirea(Spiraea x bumalda'Goldflame'), a low-maintenance cultivar that grows 3 to 4 feet tall and has pink flowers throughout summer. This deciduous shrub's foliage starts as a bronze color and matures to a yellowish-green, followed by a copper color in fall. Hardy in USDA ...
Erratum to: Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (Arctostaphylos: Ericaceae) in the chaparral of central California T. Parker (2012), Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (...