A Selection of Low Maintenance Planting
Some plants need love and attention. Others look after themselves. Choosing low maintenance plants for your garden will reduce the amount of work needed to keep things looking their best.
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STEMMACANTHA centauroides
Syn. Centaurea pulchra 'Major'. Purple-red flowers in summer attract bees and butterflies. Drought tolerant when established. Hard to propagate so rarely available.
75cm £5.00
ARUNDO donax
Giant reed, growing up to 10ft high! Grey-green leaves. Needs a warm spot in moist soil.
3.00m £7.50
RODGERSIA pinnata 'Superba'
Bright pink flowers on dark red stems July-September, above dark green foliage. Loves moisture, even edge of pond.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
GERANIUM nodosum 'Wreighburn House White'
Clear, white flowers, larger and stronger than 'Silverwood'. Tolerates dry shade.
30cm £5.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Sunningdale Variegated'
Leaves are splashed with cream. Keep dead-heading to prolong the variegation into summer.
AGM 45cm £5.00
HELENIUM 'Luc'
Very similar to 'Sahin's Early Flowerer', but darker and bigger flowers from early July. A current favourite.
90cm £5.00
ASTER 'Small Ness'
Much-requested last year! Low-growing mound, smothered with small, fresh pinkish-blue daisies September-October.
NEW 30cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Potschke'
Deep rose-pink daisies with slightly curling petals from September.
AGM 90cm £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'China'
One of my favourites, with dark green foliage and stunning red flower plumes.
AGM 1.80m £5.00
PERSICARIA virginiana var. filiformis 'Compton's Form'
An upright and tidy mound of green leaves marked with a brown V-shape. Masses of small red flowers. Sun or part shade.
1.00m £5.00
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