Planting And Caring For Low Maintenance Perennials

Perennials are considered to be decorative and showy flowers that do not die after one season of growth. However, there are easy to care-for, low maintenance perennials available that can be planted in your garden. It may differ from one season to the next, from climate to climate, and have to undergo certain considerations for them to be grown successfully with the least maintenance you can provide.

First, you should consider the location that you will plant in. You should choose plants that are suitable to your site. And then, after planting them, you should give them time to become established with the conditions around them. A success of this will result in you having less flowers to deal with. These undemanding flowers will give you enough time to deal with other highly demanding blooms.

Here's a list of some of the easiest and low-maintenance perennials you can add to your garden:

Sea Thrift (Armeria)
These are sweet looking flowers in colors of pink, red, white, lilac and rose and bloom in spring to early summer. These are tough plants able to grow in rocky soil and high winds.

Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro)
In shades of white and blue, this hardy flower does well in poor, dry soil and is not weedy. It doesn’t require dividing and appears to bloom forever, because the seed head looks as pretty as the bloom. Therefore, it doesn’t need to be deadheaded. The globe thistle blooms in early summer to early fall.

Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Liatris can be planted in all types of soil and is drought tolerant. It blooms tirelessly and it's spiky flowers and foliage add textual interest to the garden. In shades of purple and white, these blooms mid-summer throughout fall.

Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii)
These are undemanding blooms, requiring only extra moisture if planted under the hot sun. Their attractive seedheads make deadheading unnecessary. These come in shades on pink, white, or red and blooms late summer to late fall.