What are some low maintenance plants to put in my garden?

I am redoing the garden in the front of my house. I am not good with plants so professional landscaping is out of the question. I just want to do it myself with some plants I can get at home depot or walmart. I need something a little easy to care fot since I am notorious for killing plants

What are some low maintenance plants to put in my garden?
I have coleus and cactus in my garden, they are easy. Try the hen and chicks cacti.
Reply:One of the best is vinca or periwinkle. It takes care of itself and is in continuous bloom all summer. Comes in all colors and is bright and pretty. Dark green leaves. There are two types, be sure to buy the plants that grow to about two feet tall (not the ground covers). Ask a clerk at the nursery. Buy them already growing.....called bedding plants and usually come in a six pack. DO NOT plant seeds, they take too long to grow.



Vinca are annuals and need to be planted each year. Here is a link full of pictures:



http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/store...



By the way, send for free gardening catalogs. There are hundreds, but here are two:



http://www.parkseed.com



http://www.burpee.com



Happy gardening to you.
Reply:Daylilies , Black-eyed- Susan, Yarrow, Coneflowers, Russian Sage, Peony, Asters, KnockOut Roses , Fountain Grass %26amp; Blue Fescue are very low maintenance for sunny areas.



The Daylily now has colorful "everbloomers" ... that bloom all summer until frost. Echinacea now comes in various colors.

Stella D' Oro, Happy Returns, Pardon Me, Sunset Returns, Red Hot Returns, Apricot Sparkles , %26amp; Rosy Returns (the first PINK everblooming Daylily).

http://www.sepersnursery.com/Retail/Happ...



Coneflowers (Echinacea) aren't just purple anymore:

http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...



KnockOut Roses

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cemap...

http://www.landscape-america.com/gardens...

http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...



Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) Viridescens Black Fountain only grows 20 " full sun The folliage dries in winter, but still looks good.

http://www.bluestem.ca/grass-scapes/penn...

http://www.outsidepride.com/store/catalo...



Blue Fescue

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/grasses/blu...

http://www.greenwoodnursery.com/page.cfm...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41642339@N0...



Thyme, Golden Lemon - Thymus x citriodorus – A delightful, creeping thyme with very aromatic evergreen foliage that forms a dense mat. This Thyme displays tiny lavender flowers in summer. Likes sun Thyme is a semi-evergreen groundcover that rarely grows more than 15 inches tall.

http://mulberrycreek.com/Detailed/204.ht...



For shady areas plant Columbine, ferns, Lily-of -the-valley, %26amp; Foam Flower

Coral Bells (Heuchera) %26amp; Blazing Star (Liatris) can grow in between areas from sun to partial shade

http://www.peak.org/~jnelson/coralbellsp...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wing69/1079...

Foamflower with Heuchera:

http://lesliet.typepad.com/.shared/image...



Variegated Periwinkle is a nice evergreen groundcover, forming a dense mat:

http://www.perennials.com/seeplant.html?...

http://www.sobkowich.com/products/Proven...



Plant low-growing shrubs like Rhododendron %26amp; Azalea



Here's a perennial garden that takes care of itself:

http://www.backyardgardener.com/pren/pre...



More ideas for a low-maintenance garden:

http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pag...



In the fall you can plant Tulips, Daffodils, %26amp; other spring bulbs among the perennials.



Good luck! Hope this helps.
Reply:most of my 13 flower gardens are perennials and a lot I have started myself but the best source I have found to buy them from is BLUESTONE PERENNIALS. you can look at their on line catalog and get some ideas
Reply:I like Geraniums they are pretty hardy, look good in containers and in the garden, some others I like:



Pansy's are hardy too

Petunias ,purple ones are the best smelling

Marigolds

Allyssum nice smell
Reply:"Snake plants", cactus, "devil's backbone" (which is awesome by the way), Any greenery plants, ... hardly any flower plants are doable.. most flower plants are very fragile because they have to have certain amount of sunlight and water to stay maintained.. Try any greenery plant.. with little to no flowers =)
Reply:most grey leafed plants or grey blue(glaucus)shiney leafed plants also.Make good drainage and plant in spring so enough water get to them at the start.Grey leafed plant can't take more than minus 5c approx 22f.once settled in no maintence required or watering.ie lavenders/bootlebrushes,genestas,yuccas phormiums,cordylines etc
Reply:Perennial plants which means they will return year after year.

My best yard friend is a book I had purchased on perennials.

Tulips %26amp; Daffodils are the first to come up in Spring and are 6" to 12" tall. Coneflowers are nice. Daylilies are hard to kill (even if they look like they died from lack of water - - they will be back next year) but they will spread %26amp; take over if don't have method of stopping them from reproducing from their roots.