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
Bergenia
Bergenia crassifolia
Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Brunnera
Brunnera macrophylla
Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
Brunnera macrophylla
Carex (Sedge)
Carex spp.
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Early-emerging Hosta
Hosta ventricosa or Hosta sieboldiana (early varieties)
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.
Lamium
Lamium maculatum
Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Liriope muscari
Lungwort
Pulmonaria
Merrybells
Uvularia sessilifolia
Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria Coral Spring
Pulmonaria × 'Coral Spring'
Sedge
Carex species
Sedge Black Mondo
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Shade-tolerant Perennials
Various species (Hosta, Heuchera, Astilbe, Helleborus, and others)
Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Variegated Ivy
Hedera helix var. variegata
Wintercreeper Gold Spot
Euonymus fortunei 'Gold Spot'
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
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