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GARDEN CLIPPINGS: Creating a low-maintenance garden

“I want a zero-maintenance garden.”  

Landscape architects and garden designers do not want to hear these words from their clients. The response we return with will go something like, “There is no such thing as a zero-maintenance garden. But we can design a garden that is low on maintenance.”  

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We start with dwarf plants. Most flowering shrubs such as weigela, viburnum, spirea and lilac will need to be pruned annually or biennially to keep their shape in check. Ditto for many evergreens such as varieties of boxwood, yew, juniper and cedar.  

Dwarf conifers are the best........

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