High-impact, Low-care

These easy-to-grow plants provide low-maintenance beauty and help conserve resources. The list is inspired by the Tracy DiSabato-Aust book, "High-impact, Low-care Garden Plants: Tough but Beautiful Plants that Anyone Can Grow"

Annuals (8)

Butterfly Attracting (81)

Creative Containers (52)

Drought-Defiant (87)

High-impact, Low-care (40)

Midwest Native (84)

Ornamental Grass and Grass-like Plants (38)

Rain Gardens and Bioswales (60)

Salt-Tolerant Plants (26)

Shade-tolerant (54)

Summer Color for Sunny Sites (65)

Trees & Shrubs (74)

Vines and Groundcovers (51)

Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization (48)

Spigelia marilandica

Common Name: Indian Pink

Indian Pink is an excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds when it blooms in June. Plants form clumps with glossy green foliage topped by crimson red, trumpet-shaped flowers tipped in yellow. When a large colony is in bloom, it is a spectacular si...

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Syneilesis aconitifolia

Common Name: Shredded Umbrella Plant

Shredded Umbrella Plant is a rare woodland species, native to the dry hillsides of Japan and Korea. In early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground, like may apples. The fascinating foliage flattens out atop 18” stems by mid-spring. A...

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