For gardeners in the northeast, these low-maintenance perennials will thrive in your climate.
A beautiful yet low-maintenance landscape doesn’t have to be hard to create.
This group of plants includes the easiest perennials to grow in the Northeast.
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Use these favorites to create the best-looking yard in your neighborhood.
Eastern Bluestar
This easy-to-grow native perennial takes heat and drought well.
The low-maintenance garden plant isn’t bothered by deer or rabbits and offers beautiful blue flowers in spring.
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Bonus: The foliage of thisblue starturns golden yellow before dropping in fall.
This plant will reseed itself around the garden, but not aggressively.
It blooms throughout the summer in blue, purple, pink, or white spikes that attract pollinators.
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Many varieties have colorful foliage in shades of silver, burgundy, bronze, plum, and gold.
These low-maintenance perennials can even be found growing wild in your backyard.
Some have variegated foliage for extra interest.
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Note:Trilliums tend to go dormant in midsummer.
Because bee balm offers mint-scented foliage, many pests pass it by.
Many selections have bronzy foliage, too.
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There is no doubt this low-maintenance garden plant will add color and beauty to your garden.
The pink or white flowers appear in spring.
The deep green leaves oflily of the valleycreate interest through the rest of the season.
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The soft-texture foliage ofbleeding heartis gorgeous as a cut flower or in containers.
Note:Like trillium, it tends to go dormant in midsummer.
Plant Name:Dicentra spectabilis
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