Gardening is a popular hobby for many people, and selecting the right plants for your garden can be a daunting task. But with the right knowledge and careful selection, you can create a spectacular backyard with hard-to-kill plants. Sunflowers, petunias, alders, marigolds, cosmos, zinnias, pansies, impatiens and sunflowers are some of the most popular annual flowering plants. Bulb and rhizome flowering plants such as daffodils, lilies, hyacinths and lilies are also popular choices.
Dusty Miller is an annual plant with silver leaves that creates a striking border. Monkey grass (Liriope muscari) is ideal for home gardeners who need a border plant or ground cover. Asters are also great for gardens as they bloom late in the season. Peonies are perennials that have a relatively short flowering season but offer spectacular fragrant flowers and sturdy foliage.
This plant is a great choice for shade gardens, but it will also grow in the sun. Daffodils look great in the garden or naturalized in a grassy or forest area. Tree peonies are shrub hybrids derived from Paeonia suffruticosa. Crane is one of the easiest flowers to grow and works well at the cutting edge of the garden. When choosing plants for your garden, you should consider their visual appeal as well as their ability to thrive in different climates and conditions.
Sunflowers are easy to grow and many people like to harvest the seeds to eat as snacks. Most plants won't bloom every single season in the garden, but if you choose five or 10 plants from this list, you have a good chance of enjoying fabulous results in your new garden. Daffodils grow 6 to 12 inches tall, depending on the variety, and are sometimes used in a shady garden as they bloom before trees and shrubs sprout. Asters may still be blooming when the snow starts to fall.
Crane offers adorable spikes of purple-blue flowers in spring and then a mat of dense foliage the rest of the gardening season. When selecting plants for your garden, consider their ability to thrive in different climates and conditions. Petunias, alders, marigolds, cosmos, zinnias, pansies, impatiens and sunflowers are very popular annual flowering plants and can be found in almost any garden. Daffodils look great in the garden or naturalized in a grassy or forest area and they bloom very early right after saffron and at the same time as the first tulips. Tree peonies are shrub hybrids derived from Paeonia suffruticosa; these are not the same easy-care garden peonies best suited to beginner gardeners.
Monkey grass (Liriope muscari) is ideal for home gardeners who need a border plant or ground cover. When selecting plants for your garden, consider their visual appeal as well as their ability to thrive in different climates and conditions. Asters have a relatively long flowering period from July to September that will cheer up the garden for months. Peonies have a relatively short flowering season but considering their spectacular fragrant flowers, sturdy foliage and near-immortality they earn their place in the perennial garden. Crane offers adorable spikes of purple-blue flowers in spring and then a mat of dense foliage the rest of the gardening season. Choosing plants for your garden can be overwhelming but with these hard-to-kill plants available in nurseries and garden centers there's no reason to let a dry, low-light space stop you from creating a spectacular backyard.
With careful selection of five or ten plants from this list you have a good chance of enjoying fabulous results in your new garden.
