Low Maintenance Perennial Flower Bed Ideas

If this perennial runs too far just use a spade to dig out the edges.

Low maintenance perennial flower bed ideas.

Yarrow puts the easy in easy perennials. Ditch the added expense of removing a tree stump in your yard. Plus as one of the first early spring bloomers the plant welcomes pollinators. A perfect shrub in a tub plant this dwarf spirea variety produces beautiful low foliage according to binetti.

Yarrow blooms from late spring to early fall. Instead convert such an ugly eyesore into a flower bed slash planter. Yarrow is drought and heat tolerant and can be grown anywhere in the country. It produces flat topped clusters of flowers in red yellow or pink that sit atop ferny silver gray foliage.

The cardboard method works best if you do it in the fall and plant in the spring but it can be done in spring with a spring planting. Keep the soil around turtlehead moist. A 3 to 4 inch layer of organic mulch spread over the area will also keep the roots moist. This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil.

Know that spireas do lose their leaves in the winter but they return shortly after in the springtime. Simply carve a hollow in it and rest your perennials. Tree stumps are great in terms of maintaining soil moisture allowing more nutrients to seep into your blooms.