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You're tasked with creating a low maintenance flower bed. What do you include?

Posted on 9/12/16 at 6:46 am
Posted by lsugrad35
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Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 9/12/16 at 6:46 am
My flower bed is overgrown and looks terrible. It's got 3 giant bushes that are impossible to get around and maintain. I'm thinking of pulling everything out, tilling it up and starting over. What should I put in?
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 9/12/16 at 7:19 am to
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Posted by Ron Cheramie
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Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 9/12/16 at 7:25 am to
Moved into a house last year and the landscaping was awful. We pulled everything out (tons of pavers included) and went back simple. We put Sweet Olive shrubs on the sides of the house, and then staggered giant liriope, lily of the nile, and dwarf azaleas. Did the same in the back but used gardenias in place of the dwarf azaleas. Instead of pavers we just build the beds up a little and didnt use anything for the borders. Placed weed barrier around all that and then topped it off with pinestraw. Have to add new pinestraw every year but its maintenance free for the most part. Looks good and is very simple

One thing to keep in mind is to make sure you do not build up your beds too close to the house, you want to be able to see the slab or else termites have an easy path to the inside of your house
Posted by tigers84
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 9/12/16 at 7:26 am to
Depends on how much sunlight the areas get but Shi Shi Camelias, Variegated Flax Lily, Agapanthus, Drift Roses, Encore Azaleas-just make sure to get ones that do not get to large for your area (dwarf or intermediate), Indian Hawthornes-however they are prone to get diseases, boxwoods. Just go to a local nursery and see what you like
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