A representative, beautiful front garden is considered the business card of your own home. That’s why many people value it. But perhaps you have already asked yourself whether a wonderful front garden can be combined with little maintenance of the plants there. The answer is yes, if you consider a few things in advance and make sure you choose the right perennials and flowers.
How can a front garden be made easy to maintain?
You can do this easily, simply by looking for the perfect selection of plants in terms of location. If you have a front garden that tends to be in the sun, hydrangeas and other sun lovers are out of place. Conversely, it makes no sense Summer flowers place in a shady location. The same applies to the condition of the soil.
So-called ericaceous plants such as rhododendrons or azaleas or hydrangeas like acidic soil. However, plants that prefer lime can be planted in normal garden soil.
Focus on structure in the front garden – why is that so important?
A sensible structure in the front garden is just as important for sensible use as it is for good access. So first, take a close look at the path or stairs that lead to the street or to the garage or to the forecourt of your home. This is the first fixed point from which you determine the course of the path. However, this does not have to be straight, but you can let it follow the ground.
Place flat stepping stones, conveniently spaced apart, between plants or individual areas. It is important that you and other people in the front yard can easily get to where you want to go at any time without having to stand in the mud or climb over beds.
A tree also looks good in the front garden
In times of increased environmental awareness and the idea of sustainability, it is a good idea to have one Tree to plant. Not only is it good for the climate and for birds and insects, but it is also visually impressive. When buying, make sure to choose it a little larger and, ideally, have it planted by a professional. Support it with tree stakes from the start to ensure it grows securely and straight. As a result, your maintenance effort remains low because you simply have to water it well and fertilize it a maximum of twice a year.
An easy-care front garden does not need any privacy screens
A front garden should appear visually inviting and positive. Since you usually just enter the house through it and don’t stay there any longer, a privacy screen is not necessary. Especially since the bushes that are suitable for this, such as thuja or the poisonous cherry laurel, are not easy to care for. Choose flowering bushes that you can only cut when necessary and where you can easily reach the top parts.
Choosing the right planting can also fall on shrubs that are for Bees and birds are optimally suited and grow narrow. It looks particularly beautiful if you choose plants that don’t all bloom at the same time, but one after the other. An arrangement of garden hibiscus and bearded flower or lilac and weigela is just as pretty and easy to care for as black elderberry with a crabapple and real winter jasmine, ornamental cherry and winter jasmine.
No lawn in the front yard
Even though lush greenery is a feast for the eyes for many, you should avoid a meadow in the front yard. After all, it requires significantly more Gardening than any perennial bed, which means you have to mow them once a week in summer, water them with plenty of water and additionally fertilize them, scarify them, etc. It is better to go for easy-care plants Perennial which are just as pretty.
Which perennials are suitable for a low-maintenance front garden?
Perennials are herbaceous plants that sprout regularly in spring and die on the surface in autumn, while the roots survive the winter well. Create a mix of this plant genus in your front garden and choose varieties that bloom at any time of the year, but above all tolerate heat and drought well. For example, a mixture that is visually enchanting all year round is: Christmas roses that bloom in December and January, with spring roses that bloom in March. Also the so-called Bleeding heart and the daylilies, both of which bear color during the month of May, are well suited as well lavender for the flowering period in June. The magnificent candle Gaura Lindheimerii shows its flowers for several months until the frost sets in. This plant in particular is extremely easy to care for and does not need regular watering or fertilization.
These are for late summer and fall Stonecrop and late-blooming asters are well suited, as are chrysanthemums or autumn marshmallows.
Rely on the ADR seal for the roses
The queen of flowers, the rose, is considered particularly beautiful and, above all, easy to care for. However, you should pay attention to the so-called ADR seal when purchasing. Because only well-selected and tested, but above all healthy rose bushes receive this. They must be healthy for several years before receiving the seal.
Bet with us different rosesfor example ground cover roses or Hollyhocks visual accents in your front garden that you hardly have to worry about.
Flower bulbs between the perennials make the front garden colorful
With the help of flower bulbs you can transform any front garden into a colorful area in spring. Suitable plants here include harebells, snowdrops, but also tulips and daffodils. Ornamental garlic and early crocuses also add color front yard and are very easy to care for.
Ground covers are pretty and require little work
To keep the path in your front yard clean and any weeds at bay, you should use soil settlers. Perennials such as stonecrop or Pentecostal violets are very frugal and still cut a very good figure, and they also multiply themselves. This means you can also plant them in areas where you have difficulty reaching yourself.
Remember that wherever you plant ground cover, weeds have little room and can hardly grow. Simply place the perennials so that they have just under one square meter of space to develop. So you can have your front garden easy to maintain and densely planted at the same time, enjoy a green or even flowering area and have hardly any work.
Sow colorful summer flowers
About a year after you planted your front yard, you’ll see if there are any gaps left in it. If this is the case, you can easily fill it with colorful summer bloomers. The best way to do this is to wait for a rainy period during the months of April and May then sow the colorful flower mixture directly into the bed or into the soil. Then keep the soil moist until you see the first green shoots. Afterwards, no more work is necessary, you can simply enjoy the colorful flowers.
Suitable bloomers include golden poppies and corn poppies, but also nasturtiums and cornflowers, cosmos or Mossinger Sommer. They all conjure up a colorful carpet of flowers in your front garden over several weeks, which visually impresses everyone.
Include the facade of the building in the front garden design
Your front garden will look particularly uniform visually if you also include the facade of the house or garage. You can attach trellises there and easy-care ones Clematis or plant roses. Also the black-eyed Susanne and Hydrangeas with the beautiful flowers they put the area in the spotlight and require little care. In addition, with this planting and choice of plants, you can make the area of the front garden appear larger than it actually is.
What is the ongoing maintenance in a front garden?
If you want to plant your front garden in a low-maintenance way, you should simply spread it every spring, preferably in March and later again in June, with a mineral-organic fertilizer. You can then leave the work in the soil to the weather, i.e. rain or snow. Do not use horn shavings, as this would not be good for the tulips or daffodils that are currently germinating. You should also consider blue grain fertilizer avoid, because it is extremely aggressive and also poisonous – for both humans and animals.
You can simply leave flower bulbs as they are after flowering, as the foliage will shrink over time. The perennials planted in the front garden swallow up the wilting greenery of early bloomers with their shoots. This means the surface always stays acidic and looks neat. So you don’t have to pluck out or weed dead flowers or anything like that.
