Low Maintenance Gardening Beneficial to Wildlife
Adopting a low maintenance regime in gardening benefits pollinators, wildlife and the environment. Plant selection and ground preparation are key to a successful low maintenance scheme.
With the right plants, watering should not be necessary after the first year. The only task will be to cut back the dead foliage in early spring. Delaying the cutback till spring provides shelter for over-wintering insects, is beneficial for foraging birds and protects the plant’s new growth from frosts.
Sunny Open Site
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Shade / Light Woodland
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Shrub/Tree
- Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’
- Cistus (Rock Rose)
- Rosa rugose
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Shrub/Tree
- Mahonia x media ‘Charity’
- Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’
- Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’
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Grasses
- Calamagrostris x acutifolia ‘Karl Foerster’
- Carex secta
- Sesleria autumnalis
- Nessela tenuissima
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Grasses
- Hakonechloa macra
- Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Schottland’
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Herbaceous Perennials
- Persicaria amplexicaulus ‘Orange Field’
- Anemone hupehenis ‘Hadspen Abundance’
- Verbena rigida
- Salvia ‘Caradonna’
- Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’
- Scabosia causascica
- Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’
- Achillea fillipendula ‘Inca Gold’
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Herbaceous Perennials
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’
- Geranium nodosum/phaeum
- Actaea simplex ‘Prichard’s Giant’
- Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’
- Pachysandra terminalis ‘ Green Sheen’
- Selinum wallichianum (Milk parsley)
- Digitalis purpurea
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Bulbs
- Eremurus ‘Cleopatra’
- Allium ‘Purple Rain’
- Crocus tommasinianus and vernus
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Bulbs
- Narcissus poeticus (Pheasants eye)/cyclamineus ‘Tete-aTete’
- Eranthis hyemalis
- Anemone nemorosa
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