I love easy flowers and the Peony is certainly one of them. Easy to care for, beautiful in bloom and low maintenance. Despite all the variety of flowers that I have growing in the garden, I do not have any high maintenance plants.
Who wants that?
Who has the time?
I have developed basic rules for my yard and gardening and the first one is to limit weeds at all costs. That is easier done with mulch than with chemicals. There can never be enough mulch, well,... almost never .
The next "rule" would be that edging is so overrated! I avoid that at all costs. Again, mulch comes in handy. I just make the flower beds end in mulch and allow several inches of buffer for the lawn mower and leave the rest alone.
My non negotiable rule is that I am unwilling to put up with persnickety plants. If they need special attention, then I do not need them. The only plants in my garden that fall into this category are roses, which for some reason like me. I am just lucky I guess. I have never had any trouble with them, so they get to stay. There are so many easy plants but here are a few of my favorites:
- Azalea
- Butterfly Bush
- Iris
- Gladioles
- Hosta
- Lirope
- Lilly- white Easter and Daylilly
- Native Virginia Honeysuckle
- Peony
- Roses
Virginia Time
No comments:
Post a Comment