Best all year plants

billyhead

Hi,

I am getting tired of plants in my garden dying as the season changes. I was just wondering what plants you recommend that would be the best for lasting for the whole yer round. I would like suggestions for both potted plants (long or round) i.e outside the front door and plants to plant in the soil for the rear garden.

Beruthiel

For all round greenery I have a couple of mexican orange bushes. Little white flowers in the summer which smell devine.


I have a dwarf evergreen azalea in a pot doing well.



Some red grasses.



I also have a couple of dwarf conifers.

looksee

Hebes (also called Veronica, but that's a bit confusing as there are other plants called Veronica) are good, there are endless varieties, mostly with little spires of pink, blue, white or purple flowers in the summer. They make tidy shrubs, some small and round, others quite big, and a few that will grow really big if you do not trim them occasionally. Mostly though they take care of themselves, leaves can be small, largish or long, green, red, variagated yellow and green or white and green.
They are pretty cheap, especially if you buy small plants, but even the bigger ones are not expensive, easy to find, and they are nearly impossible to kill.
I like hebes !

billyhead

Thanks for the advice folks. Could you get these plants in any garden center or DIY store such as woodies, B&Q etc

HardyEustace

looksee wrote: »

Hebes (also called Veronica, but that's a bit confusing as there are other plants called Veronica) are good, there are endless varieties, mostly with little spires of pink, blue, white or purple flowers in the summer. They make tidy shrubs, some small and round, others quite big, and a few that will grow really big if you do not trim them occasionally. Mostly though they take care of themselves, leaves can be small, largish or long, green, red, variagated yellow and green or white and green.
They are pretty cheap, especially if you buy small plants, but even the bigger ones are not expensive, easy to find, and they are nearly impossible to kill.
I like hebes !

I'll first hold up my hands and admit bias, I'm not a massive fan of hebes.

Just be aware that if you do plant them, they can get very leggy and are an awful pain to try and dig up.