Low Maintenance Plants for Your Retirement Garden
..garden iris and the shrub Nandina Domestica Low maintenance plants are the best plants for easy gardening. Here is a list that should keep gardening for seniors easier. Please check your gardening zones as all plants don't work in all zones. Consult with nursery experts in addition to the handy list here: Low Maintenance Groundcovers: Pachysandra Ivy Scented Geraniums Russian Sage Rudbeckia Blue Fescue Dianthus Statice Rosemary Jasmine Also use woodchips, gravel, black plastic wrap Foliage Color: Wax Begonia (red and bronze) Low Maintenance Garden Shrubs: Nandina Camellia Juniper Butterfly Bush Forsythia Hydrangea Boxwood Rhododendron Rosa Scarlet Small Patio Trees: Japanese Maple Some shrubs can be pruned to look like small trees Low Maintenance Annuals and Perennials: Coreopsis Silver Dusty Miller (good with bright flower colors) Coleus Gazania (for zones 9 to 11) Heliotrope (needs some shade, fragrant) Petunia Pansies Yarrow Lily of the Valley Echinacea Geranium Hosta Liriope Jasmine Lavender Shasta Daisy (zones 4 to 9) Peony Chrysanthemum From Low Maintenance Plants to Retirement Community Gardens
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