Low Maintenance Plants

As we all know, plants need air, water, nutrients and specific environmental conditions for growth and development. The only thing is that the required amount or range may fluctuate from one plant to another. Thus, apart from basic prerequisites, some plant cultivars do need special care and attention to promote optimal growth. Examples of these are herbaceous seasonals that need stacking for support, and uprooting and replanting after the blooming period is over. In short, they are difficult to grow for novice hobbyists, who do not have an expertise in gardening field.

Not many of us are lucky enough to grow and enjoy lustrous green foliage or vibrant flowers. The key solution to this is opting for low maintenance plants, which have the ability to adapt in a wide range of growing conditions such as drought, stagnant water, brackish soil, etc. Once established in the provided growth medium, they perform well with basic care tips. With such plant choices, you can easily maintain healthy plants in and around your home, even if you do not have a green thumb. In this article, we will take a look at the plant varieties that grow with less effort.

Low Maintenance Landscaping Plants
So, you have a garden and do not know which plant varieties will grow best. You will come across a wide range of biennial and perennial flowering plants. As a novice gardener, you can try your hands on the following low maintenance plants:

• Blanket flower
• Coneflower
• Black-eyed susan
• Blazing star
• Foam flower
• Sea thrift
• Paeonia
• Coral bells
• Siberian iris
• Moonbeam coreopsis
• Zebra grass
• Mahonia
• Pink everlasting or pussy-toes
• Boxwood
• Globe thistle
• Japanese barberry
• Christmas rose

Low Maintenance Ground Cover Plants
Ground cover plants are often included while planning a landscape design, which can be foliage or flowering variety and creeping or trailing type. They are planted to cover bare soil and control weed. Some of the low maintenance ground cover plants are:

• Bearberry
• Creeping mazus
• Creeping phlox
• Elephant's ears
• Snowdrop
• Lily turf
• Ground cover roses
• Allegheny spurge pachysandra
• Barren strawberry
• Creeping junipers
• Bugleweed
• Lady's mantle
• Rockcress
• Gazanias
• Alyssum

Low Maintenance Aquarium Plants
Needless to say, plants grown in aquarium belong to aquatic varieties. They are grown in a confined environment with a constant range of growing conditions. If you are interested in knowing low maintenance aquarium plants, check out the following types:

• Hornwort
• Anubias
• Najas
• Java fern
• Java moss
• Crinum plants
• Dwarf hygrophila
• Aponogeton
• Echinodorus
• Glossostigma
• Marsilea sp.
• Microsorum
• Amazon sword

Low Maintenance House Plants
As the name signifies, houseplants are grown inside the house, under the roof in warm conditions. Basically, they are native to the tropical and subtropical regions, where they grow under the canopies of large trees. Listed below are low maintenance indoor plants that you can maintain in your home interiors:

• Pothos
• Cast iron plant
• Dragon tree
• Lucky bamboo plants
• snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue
• Spider plant
• Aloe vera
• Croton
• Dumb cane
• peace lily
• Rubber plant
• Jade plant
• Chinese evergreen
• Jade plant
• African violet
• Christmas cactus
• Prayer plant
• Dracaenas
• English ivy
• Boston fern
• Philodendron

Either in home or office, plants are a green component to any living space. Coming to office plants, you will obviously prefer varieties that are easy to grow and at the same time, look attractive for a longer time. The above mentioned easy to grow-and-maintain houseplants are best grown as low maintenance office plants.

So, this was all about low maintenance plants for planting in different environmental conditions. Do not be in the impression that these plants are boring or less attractive; you can select colorful species that will blend with the interiors or surrounding. Precisely speaking, varieties of plants that require minimal maintenance may differ from one region to another. The thumb rule is to choose species, which growing conditions match the climatic conditions in your area.