Garden Maintenance - Advice

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Maintenance Advice

A LOW maintenance garden : Tips to have a beautiful but easy to care for garden
Free Guide : Free monthly maintenance email reminding you what needs to be done that month

Choosing Plants

Evergreen plants: Plants for all year round interest

Clay soil: Plants that will be happy in clay soil

Drought tolerant plants: Plants that live if you forget to water them

Plants for wet or damp soil: Plants that live in moist areas of the garden

Exposed Sites : List of plants suitable for coastal and exposed sites.

Ground Cover : Plants to help keep weeds down.

Hedges : Suitable plants for hedging and windbreaks.

House Plants : Healthy plants for your home and bathroom

Security : Colourful yet spiky plants to keep intruders out!

Scent : List of plants with a pleasant perfume.

Shade (Dry Soil) : List of plants happy to occupy dark, dry corners.
Shade (Moist Soil) : Plants for dark, damp corners of your garden.

Roses for Poor Conditions : Roses for coastal/exposed sites
Roses for Shade : Roses don't generally like shade but these are okay in partial shade
Roses for Hedges : These roses can be used as hedging
Climbing and Rambling Roses : These can be placed to grow up through trees
Thornless Roses : No more cuts and scratches
Roses for arches/pergolas : These roses can be trained to grow where you want
Fragrant Hybrid Tea Roses : Beautiful roses created by cross breeding
Fragrant Floribundas : Roses with smaller but more numerous flowers

Spring Flowering : Popular spring flowering plants
Summer Flowering : Popular summer flowering plants
Autumn Interest/flowering : Popular autumn interest - flowers/leaves/shape etc
Winter Interest/flowering : Popular winter flowing plants

Trees for small gardens: List of small trees
Native trees: Trees indigenous to Britain
Climbers for special purposes: Want a climber for a specific place but not sure what is suitable?
Conifers: Slow growing and dwarf varieties
Plants for containers and patios: Plants suitable for tubs and containers

Recycling/Conservation

Garden Recycling : Simple tips on recycling in your garden
Retaining Moisture : Ways to retain moisture so that your garden needs less water

Wildlife

Insect Repellent Plants : The natural way to keep flies and mosquitoes away.
Slug Resistant Plants: List of plants slugs will leave alone
Plants to attract Bees and Butterflies: List of plants to attract beneficial insects
Plants to attract Birds: List of plants that will attract birds to your garden