Low Maintenance Plants For Outdoor Planters

There are low maintenance plants and then there s creeping sedum.

Low maintenance plants for outdoor planters.

Country living editors select each product featured. Aside from the fact that the plant prefers low light or filtered light it can even handle dark bathrooms it gets its name from being virtually indestructible. Available in myriad varieties these succulents also known as stonecrop can survive unfavorable conditions of all kinds. You can minimise how often you need to feed and water pots by mixing the compost with a water control products such as phostrogen slow release plant food moisture control.

Stop feeding in fall. There are mixes specifically made for use in containers which provide the essential drainage that plants living in pots need. If you use a water soluble fertilizer stop feeding your plants about six to eight weeks before your first frost date. Though its best to water cast iron plans regularly they ll be fine if you don t.