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El Segundo, CA (PRWEB) 17 May 2012

The desire for low maintenance landscape continues to grow, according to recent surveys of gardening and landscaping. At the same time, dear Americans, the outdoor equipment such as ovens, grills, chairs, dining area and shows no signs of deterioration (see current statistics).

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that the combination should mean less work and more of the game, right? This beat Anthony Tesselaar, co-founder and president of Tesselaar Plants and other garden experts no fuss, flowers and foliage for outdoor living.

If youre

relax for a moment of privacy in their personal sanctuary or host a dinner, you do not want to leave a landscape, tired or sick, says Anthony Tesselaar .. The idea is for something that is easy to walk, with interest throughout the season, so you never have to worry about, what about outside the front door.

all lead busy lives, is not California, Landscape and Horticulture North Coast blogger Genevieve Schmidt. You do not want an outdoor living space where you are looking for more work or other to-do list.

flowers are not so needy

If you are looking for less watering, spraying and pruning, flowers sent from. Schmidt regularly uses drought tolerant flowering perennials such as catmint, cranesbill geraniums resistant, ornamental sages, Russian sage, lavender, motherwort, Euphorbia, SunRose, Artemisia and Phlomis.

landscape roses are another favorite of Schmidt, and often a carpet of flowers? Line. Often referred to as desert roses in the southwest, this bright leaf colors of flowering plants can be a good choice for low maintenance, its color throughout the season in beds or containers.

When planted en masse, carpet roses (it took longer horizontally than vertically and covered with a blanket of flowers) are also a great way to quickly fill in a big bed, while a more low-maintenance, sustainable landscape development.

range of carpets of flowers, roses, notes Tesselaar, scored high on tests of Dallas Botanical garden plants known in extreme heat. The series was also the most awards won for disease resistance, especially from Germany All Germany coveted Rose (ADR) designation, the highest award in the world of disease-resistant roses. And when roses in containers that will succumb to drought even faster, the carpets of flowers line the next generation a much better heat and moisture management provides tolerance.

Another plant

Tesselaar who did well in the tests, the series Dallas Arboretum Storm Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) was. Tues Tesselaar: Provides up to three full waves of flowers in one season with clusters of leaf-stripe in the middle of the season long interest. Jimmy Turner, director of the gardens at the Dallas Arboretum, says it is good for mass planting because of its strong stems, flowers several, uniform height and colorful flowers and lasts 6-7 weeks. But, says Tesselaar. It really is a looker, even if in a pot “

Schmidt recommends

native and adapted plants (those that grow naturally or thrive in your area, without a lot of resources, respectively): Native plants are especially suitable for areas of outdoor recreation because you are a guest on the local circuits of local wildlife and ecosystem balance, the wonderful extras that means sing like birds, butterflies, and the sight of natures’ own methods of pest and diseases.

Theres a native plant society for almost all states, he says, and you can go on the side of the states to get more information about native plants in your area.

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maintenance foliage can also be soft and her character to living spaces outdoors.

go without flowers does not mean going without color, says Tesselaar. The colorful foliage Tropicanna? Cannas can handle the wet feet, can be transplanted directly to their favorite water-Games set. And the dark red, strap-like leaves of Cordyline Burgundy Festival is extremely resistant to drought and pests, you’ll wonder if it’s real. Your basal branching, slow growth, structure enables a complete, compact groups and a soft perfect source for container or color blocking in the most popular outdoor spaces.

Festival, the only hardy in zones 7 and warmer winters are also very good as a houseplant, says Tesselaar: So you can just use the pot in the yard or out depending on the season, or replant every year outlook.

Schmidt

loves bright red Japanese blood grass, along with other low-maintenance ornamental grasses such as girls grass (Miscanthus as an invasive, although in some areas of the country), blue oat, Leatherleaf reeds, grass and non-invasive clumping bamboo source, or dwarf. Favorites in other parts of the country Elijah Blue fescue, pampas grass (also invasive in some areas), the North Sea oats, millet, blue, Muhly grass (also very tolerant of salt and prevents erosion of the dune sand) and little Bluestem (Hardy to zone 3 ).

Then there are other

Schmidt favorite foliage phormiums (New Zealand flax), wet Ella (spring grass) and Mexican feather grass. Succulents, he adds, have exploded in popularity in containers, hanging baskets, and even as wall art.

course, sent the plants themselves, the only part of a low-maintenance landscape, for example, Schmidt and Tesselaar. There are also tips and tricks, such as manure, grouping plants with similar needs, efficient irrigation systems, reducing turf and maintain a healthy soil. However, low-maintenance plants are an important part.

Some work in the garden is great if you want, but all are married and not having, says Schmidt. I know, to weed Id rather do topiary, pots and containers and deadheading or cutting instead. The idea is to reduce or eliminate what it feels like a job, so you are free to concentrate on the essentials you.

Leaves

carpet of pink flowers

Next Generation Flower Carpet Roses

Storm series agapanthus

Cordyline Burgundy Festival

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pink roses flowers and carpets of lavender, by the pool

Cordyline Burgundy Festival together with the indoor

Cordyline Burgundy Festival with white lobelia planted in a pot on the patio under formal

Tropicanna cannas yard depending on water levels

Agapanthus Blue Storm in the landscape (Cordylinen phormiums and right)

Blue Storm agapanthus in containers

Recent statistics

In 2012

Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) carried out a whopping 96.6 percent of low-maintenance landscapes as respondents somewhat or strongly in demand, particularly rated for 85.4 percent of them had installed native or drought tolerant in their rooms open.

winter 2011 survey on sustainable horticulture of the Foundation of the Garden Writers Association, showed similar results, with 58 per cent have already reduced their irrigation (58 percent) and 35 percent of the addition of more plants resistant to drought.

same time, the respondents emphasized in the survey of the ASLA his love of leisure items such as outdoor grills (97.4 percent), swimming (79.2 percent) and residential areas and high (95.7 percent).

About

Tesselaar

Tesselaar Plant searches the world and there are new plants for the garden of his house, landscape, home decor and giftware markets. Tesselaar undertakes extensive research and development of varieties and even selected for the introduction theyre offers marketing and promotional support for them through her producer and distributor. Tesselaar carefully selects its licensed manufacturers and purposefully keeps its portfolio of small plant design, resulting in a consistently high quality, dramatic works, which are also fertile environment frie

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(Press box) 16 May 2012

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V7

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