No-Fuss Garden Plans
Enjoy a beautiful garden with less work thanks to these ultraeasy, no-fuss garden plans.
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You count on native plants such as purple coneflower, baptisia, goldenrod, and aster to wow your neighbors -- with hardely any effort on your part.
Garden size: 6 by 29 feet
Russian sage, lavender, and catmint are sure bets for an easy-care garden. These plants mix with others for a long display of color, texture, and fragrance.
Garden size: 12 by 12 feet
Some plants shut down in hot weather. But the varieties in this design shine, so you can enjoy a brilliant patchwork of color no matter what the weather's like.
Garden size: 8 by 17 feet
Transform a tough-to-mow hillside into a wonderful display of color and texture with this design filled with easy-care plants.
Garden size: 8 by 9 feet
Don't spend your summer dragging around a hose. This easy garden plan features a range of beautiful, drought-tolerant plants.
Garden size: 33 by 24 feet
Annuals give a big show of color through fall. We've picked some of the easiest annuals you can grow for this stunning garden plan.
Garden size: 18 by 6 feet
The ultratough plants in this garden plan hold up well to harsh, seaside conditions and look great through the year. Even if you don't live on the coast, this garden is virtually care free.
Garden size: 14 by 9 feet
Add the romance of a cottage garden to your front yard for extra curb appeal. This easy plan offers favorites such as daylilies, nasturtiums, and Oriental lilies.
Garden size: 9 by 11 feet
Tuck this garden in a corner of your yard for a beautiful burst of no-fuss, late-season color.
Garden size: 16 by 10 feet
Specially designed for beginning or time-constrained gardeners, this small garden plan features some of the best low-care perennials you can grow.
Garden size: 14 by 6 feet
Solve a tough-to-mow slope with this beautiful, low-care garden plan.
Garden size: 17 by 17 feet
I used this plan for one spot in my garden and then modified it a bit for another section of the garden. I absolutely love it and I got the plants on clearance to boot. with a little imagination mixed in with this plan, it's a winner.
8/5/2011 09:45:18 PM Report AbuseI am doing a memorial garden for my family and have a nice sized area in front of the house that I rent. There is a huge rhododendron tree that is beautiful and I have plants so far that each one loved-peonies, roses, hydrangeas, forget-me-nots, Sweet Williams and your small space plans will help me bring it all together. Thank you so much for the information as this is my first "big" attempt at flower gardening and it is a special site to me.
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6/14/2011 06:25:10 PM Report Abusei think this is beautiful and all of these plans would work great for me because i live in the country. you just have to do some thinking for yourself, no one can please everyone. keep up the good work bhg. in my opinion, this site is awsome , and i have looked every where for something like this and what's more is it's free.
6/8/2011 01:05:09 PM Report AbuseHi mwargo3! If you click on a plan and download the PDF, we have a listing of each plant used in the plan, as well as the Zones for the plants. We don¿t list sun/shade, drought tolerance, size, etc. because it¿s mean to be a simple shopping list, but you should be able to find that information in our Plant Encyclopedia at http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/
4/25/2011 03:39:49 PM Report AbuseI really like all the landscape plans. All are very pretty. But you do not tell which plants are in the beds, and which one are drought tolerant. Or if they need full sun or shade. If I wanted to plant one of these beds. It would be great to know the name of the plants.
3/3/2011 04:00:36 PM Report AbuseThis is not well thought out. First of all, most cities restrict the height of plants near the street...this garden has many plants over 3ft tall. And, the area between the sidewalk and the street often times does not have irrigation...so, drought tolerant plants are best; many of these need moist soil.
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