Five among the easiest plants to grow in the garden

If you're a beginner (or paraisseux) in gardening, choose from thousands of plants (there are more than 5000 on the market) is a real headache. Fortunately, there are some which are easy to grow in our flowerbeds. Here are five.

Hostas

The genre offers hundreds of different cultivars. Some are dwarfs while others are huge. Between the two, there are a variety of dimensions. That is their foliage that grows hostas. This ranges from dark green to pale yellow, through variegated blue and white or yellow.

Hardy in zones 4 and 3, hostas grow in full sun or partial shade, and are well suited to all soils. They have a small "defect", they are slow to take their full swing. However, they may remain in place for several years without the need to divide. They can be used in flowerbeds, as ground cover or undergrowth.

Daylilies

There are thousands of cultivars of these plants, and therefore a choice of colors almost infinite flowers. Some cultivars have a very long flowering period. These are plants of zone 3 that fit well in all soils and like full sun, although they will tolerate light shade. They are easy to maintain known, particularly because they can remain in place ten to twelve years before being rejuvenated. Daylilies adorn the beds, creating massive and make good cut flowers.

The miscanthus Japan

These grasses zone 4, of which there are many cultivars are grown for their foliage. The latter, more or less flared tuft at the top is green, blue green or variegated, often coppery red in fall. These plants full sun, less demanding on soil quality are also decorative in their purple or silvery plumes in September. They are used alone, in hedges and flowerbeds.

Spirea Japan Gold Mound

This shrub zone 4a, hybridized in Quebec, has a rounded shape, compact (H. 70 cm L.. 80 cm). It is popular for its young shoots yellow tinged with red, and deciduous, simple, golden yellow and lime yellow. The flowers are pale pink. This plant in full sun to light shade and adapts well to all types of soil. She feeds the birds, attracts butterflies and is used in flower beds, edge, in rock gardens, low hedges or ground cover.

The vine

This native creeper zone 2a reached 10 meters high and as wide. Its stems tendrils root-spikes (which do not damage the brick) are green leaves, shiny, taking a red and purple fall color. The bluish fruit feed birds. A little slow to settle thereafter growth is very fast. Pushing both in sun and shade, undemanding on the soil type, it can cover the walls and many structures.