| Appealing as it is to have a beautifully landscaped | | | | but your perennials will often spread and increase. |
| front or back yard with colorful flowers, shaped and | | | | Perennials for sunny hot places as well as shady |
| properly maintained bushes and shrubs, not everyone | | | | areas, and everything in between are available. Look |
| has time or the money for this. Also, depending on | | | | for ones that suit your conditions.o Set up an |
| the climate, soil and precipitation of your area, your | | | | automatic watering system. So many automatic |
| yard may be the perfect candidate for some low | | | | systems are now available to the handy home |
| maintenance landscaping. | | | | gardener that you probably can set one up yourself |
| You can have an attractive and low maintenance | | | | in no time. Once you have made the initial investment |
| landscaped garden, even with minimal budget, by | | | | in the system and the time to install it, your watering |
| incorporating easy care landscaping and low | | | | time will be cut to virtually nothing. Truly a boon to |
| maintenance plants. Here are some tips on how you | | | | anyone who desires a low maintenance yard. It can |
| can have an easy care landscaped garden:o Plant only | | | | be set so plants requiring more water are grouped |
| low maintenance plants -- ones that don't need a lot | | | | and watered more frequently than others. |
| of pruning and watering. Coniferous shrubs and | | | | When designing low maintenance landscaping, opt for |
| flowering shrubs are great examples. Dwarf | | | | the most simple but elegant design. Be sure to keep |
| evergreens are generally low maintenance shrubs, | | | | the planting contours and lines as simple as possible. |
| slow-growing and needing very little care. Some of | | | | Choose plants carefully, looking for ones that have |
| these are spreading, others more upright or globe | | | | interest in more than one season, that can add color |
| shaped, and many are drought tolerant as well.o | | | | and texture to the overall design, and most |
| Ground covers are another route to easy care | | | | importantly, ones that require little maintenance. |
| landscaping. Investing in ground cover plants is a | | | | Materials used in the landscape also affects the |
| great idea to slow down or eliminate the growth of | | | | amount of maintenance needed. Patios and paved |
| weeds. Mulches such as small stones, wood chips, | | | | walkways in an easy care landscape or garden area |
| and bark are also great to use when covering areas | | | | usually require the least attention and care. |
| where you don't want weeds to grow. They also | | | | Structured garden elements such as arbors, ponds, |
| help keep the soil cool and moist.o If you are a | | | | lawns and plants like roses will require regular special |
| flower lover, perennials are the answer for a low | | | | attention so it is better to avoid them. |
| maintenance garden. Not only will you save money | | | | As you can see from these tips, it is very possible to |
| since you will not need to buy annuals every year, | | | | have a beautiful and low maintenance yard. |