Low-Maintenance Plants
Easy-care plants for busy gardeners. These tough varieties thrive with minimal attention once established.
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Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Astilbe
Astilbe × arendsii
Japanese Aucuba
Aucuba japonica
Bergenia
Bergenia crassifolia
Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Early-emerging Hosta
Hosta ventricosa or Hosta sieboldiana (early varieties)
Wood Spurge
Euphorbia robbiae
Ferns (Wood Fern & Shield Fern)
Dryopteris spp. & Polystichum spp.
Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis
Christmas Rose / Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis
Heuchera
Heuchera sanguinea
Hosta
Hosta spp.
Japanese Aucuba Gold Dust
Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'
Japanese Aucuba Variegata
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
Lamium
Lamium maculatum
Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis
Merrybells
Uvularia sessilifolia
Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria Coral Spring
Pulmonaria × 'Coral Spring'
Sedge
Carex species
Shade-tolerant Perennials
Various species (Hosta, Heuchera, Astilbe, Helleborus, and others)
Sweet Box
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Wintercreeper Gold Spot
Euonymus fortunei 'Gold Spot'
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