Great Garden Tips 5 Plants that are Hard to Kill

Garden Ideas and Tips Check out these 5 Plants that are Difficult to Kill

Walker's Low Catmint
Walker’s Low Catmint

We realize everyone can’t have a green thumb and be a master at gardening. Beginners may forget to water their plants or simply have a brown thumb when it comes to plants. Don’t worry, you if you want to garden these plants may be the right ones to try out in your garden!

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These plant picks below not only are interesting and unique, but they also can tolerate a bit of neglect and thrive in even the not-so plant friendly places! This makes them more likely to survive in a beginner or busy person’s garden!

Most Hardy Plants that are Hard to Kill

1. Yucca

2. Catmint

3. Hydrangea Arborescens

4. Ornamental Grasses

5. Daylilies

Here’s a better description of each plant

Planters and Containers

Top Hardy Plant Choices

Color Guard Yucca
Color Guard Yucca

Yucca plants are among some of the top chosen hardy specimens for those landscapes and gardens that struggle to support happy and healthy plants.

Even use them as container plants that can be placed on either side of your front door entrance. It makes a statement and everyone will remember your house. If you ever get bored with the placing, it’s easy to move the plant to a backyard patio or even make it an indoor plant!

Every individual leaf is bordered by vibrant green in spring and summer, with a central line of bright yellow running down the center. As the weather turns colder, the color transitions into a red blush with hints of light pink on the foliage edges.

Walker's Low Catmint
Walker’s Low Catmint

There is something about a perennial that is aromatic, ornamental and best yet– hardy. Catmint plants produce a cluster of lavender-blue flowers atop gray-green foliage.

The basic care tips for Catmint are fairly easy. When first getting the plant established, it will appreciate regular watering until it’s ready to stand alone. After that, it will only need occasional watering.

If you planted it in full sun and start to experience a period of extreme heat, provide supplemental watering. Mulch placed over the root zone will help conserve moisture and moderate soil temperatures.

When in richer, more fertile soils the plant will be encouraged to grow taller and wider. However, in rocky and dry soils, it will stay refined and compact.

Before the blooms appear, trim your plants back in early spring. However, when your Catmint starts to bloom throughout the summer and into fall, consider deadheading the spent blooms. Especially after the first round of flowers. This will only promote additional flowering for all to see!

 Annabelle Hydrangea
Annabelle Hydrangea


Hydrangea Arborescens

The perfect hardy plant that bloom profusely year after year– look no longer. Hydrangea Arborescens are the winners of that category.

Being native to most of the United States, Arborscens come with easy care instructions for those who can’t seem to keep their blossoms alive long enough for others to envy. With proper planting and water when you get the chance, each growing season will bring gigantic and colorful blooms.

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Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses are a must-have in a hardy landscape. They often get overlooked because they do not provide flowers, but the gardens that utilize these plants definitely look the most interesting in colder months.

The best part about Ornamental grasses is that they are drought tolerant. Which means you can forget to check on it and it will still be prospering on its own.

Quick gardening tip: for a complete landscape assembly, plant at least one ornamental grass in every garden bed. It’ll tie the whole look together. Or place it on a steep hillside or alongside paths to help with erosion control.


Dwarf Fountain Grass


Daylilies

One of our favorites to plant are Daylilies. They are an old durable blooming perennial used in a variety of gardening designs across the United States. Even in urban areas!

Gardeners love them for their amazing assortment of colors and sizes. Pick and choose from orange, yellow, pink, purple and many other combinations. Then choose the size. It’s almost as if you can build your very own Daylily flower.

Chicago Apache Daylily
Chicago Apache Daylily

Little Grapette Daylily
Little Grapette Daylily

5 Plants That Are Hard To Kill
5 Plants That Are Hard To Kill



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