Flower Bed Low Maintenance Perennial Plants

Wide hardiness cold hardy usda zones 3 to 9.

Flower bed low maintenance perennial plants.

Day lilies are a fantastic choice for a low maintenance plant that still provides a bright pop of colour. You can t go wrong growing easy maintenance plants like astilbe bee balm or lily of the valley in the northeast. Common ladybells adenophora confusa the blue spikes of this hardy perennial bloom for 3 to 4 weeks and last well as cut flowers too. No matter how cold your winter or how hot your summer you can rely on these tough as nails low maintenance garden plants for loads of garden color.

Hardy to zones 3 through 8. For beautiful foliage and a low maintenance plant hostas are a given. Dead nettle also known as lamium is a low growing perennial with silver splashed leaves and bursts of purple pink or white flowers that pop up in spring and early summer. Not only are the leaves detailed and colorful but the flowers that they spike attract hummingbirds and look lovely in the shade.

It prefers shade but. Do watch out for slugs though as hostas tend to attract them. Tall 1 to 2 ft. Mostly upright with solitary flowers these low maintenance perennials make a vigorous fast spreading addition to a no maintenance garden.

Type perennial blooms spikes of pink in late summer light full sun to part shade soil moist size 2 to 3 ft.