Thursday, 29 March 2012

Creative Gardens Q&A - Too Little Time...

QUESTION

I love my little garden but don’t have much spare time to garden and spend time pruning etc. Are there easy plants that don’t need much care or attention? I like evergreens!

ANSWER

Yes there are lots of plants that really look after themselves! 

Dwarf or slow growing conifers can be useful.  The little Thuja Aurea Nana is a small round shape and it is bright yellow all year. Plant the low growing Juniper Blue Star beside it for a nice contrast. As its’ name suggests it is blue all year and grows in a compact star shape.  As long as these plants have enough moisture, not usually a problem here, then they really need no attention at all.

To cover a wall or fence Pyracantha is hard to beat. It is also evergreen and will grow nicely against the wall producing white flowers in summer and brightly coloured berries in the autumn and winter. No care or pruning is required – just the occasional cutting back of any branches that grow in an unwanted direction!

Dwarf Rhododendrons and Japanese Azaleas are easy too. They never need pruned and also keep their leaves all year. The soil needs to be correct so add plenty of peat or lime free compost when you plant them. There are lots of colours available and when they produce masses of flowers in spring they are a wonderful sight!

If you want a taller plant for the back of a border or to fill a space Photinia Red Robin is highly recommended. It is one of our favourites. The plant is evergreen with dark green leaves but the new leaves are an amazing bright red turning burgundy and very eye catching indeed.

For spaces around the edge of beds and borders Euonymus is good. Available in gold, green and cream variegated colours they are great little plants for all year interest.

Finally we think some of the small dwarf Hebes are lovely. They have great all year round leaf colour and then as a bonus in the summer they flower mostly in lilacs or white depending on the variety you choose.

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