Every beginning is difficult? Not with these ten garden plants, which are also suitable for beginners with their robust nature.
If you want to create your own garden, you will quickly find yourself faced with an enormous number of different plants and varieties. Finding the right plant for your garden in this immense variety is not that easy. After all, not only the appearance should be right, each plant also has different care requirements. Extremely robust plants are therefore particularly interesting for beginners - they are not only extremely hardy, but also forgive one or the other mistake and do not need a lot of care. We show you which ten outdoor plants are particularly easy to care for and beginner-friendly.
Once you get the urge to garden, you should definitely make it come true. But the best way to do this is to set yourself simple goals and start with easy-care plants. So that you don't suffer a severe setback and frustration right from the start, here are ten slightly satisfying garden dwellers.
1. Japanese Spindle
Leathery leaves in strong colors - the Japanese spindle (Euonymus japonicus) is a real eye-catcher with its beautiful foliage. As an impressive accent plant with white or yellow-green colouring, the plant enriches every garden. But the Japanese spindle shrub is also becoming increasingly popular as a hedge thanks to its dense branching. As a beginner's plant, the Japanese spindle shrub is perfect for the garden because it is extremely easy to care for and robust. The plant tolerates pruning well and should only be watered regularly. Outside, the Japanese spindle is frost hardy, but needs a sheltered, ideally sunny location.
2. Olive Tree
The olive (Olea europaea) is perfect for a Mediterranean flair in your own garden. Hardly any other plant shapes the image of the Mediterranean like thismuch like this evergreen tree, but the olive can also be cultivated in the home garden without any problems. In fact, it is surprisingly easy to care for: the olive already feels right at home in a sunny, sheltered location with permeable, dry soil. However, the olive tree should definitely get a place in the pot: Since it is only frost-resistant down to -5 °C, the olive is better overwintered indoors. But this effort is rewarded: with minimal effort, the olive not only thanks beginners with its beautiful foliage, but also with a fantastic smell and its delicious fruits.
3. Girl's Eye
You want a bright sea of flowers without much effort? Then the Maideneye (Coreopsis grandiflora) is just the right plant for your garden. From July through October, the flowers of the plant are brilliantly colored (typically yellow or orange, but there are now red, pink, or even white hybrids). Despite its imposing beauty, the damsel's eye is one of the uncomplicated garden plants that are also perfect for beginners. On a nutrient-rich and well-drained soil, the plant needs practically no attention. In September, the plant should then be cut back vigorously so that it develops dense foliage against the frost - so it is frost-resistant down to -20 °C.
4. Blue Fescue
Anyone who thinks that grass is boring and has no ornamental value has never seen the blue fescue (Festuca glauca). The perennial perennial, also known as bear rock grass, forms delicate blue-grey grasses. The special thing about it: the poorer the soil, the more intense the blue coloring of the grass. The blue fescue not only forgives nutrient-poor soil, but is also otherwise particularly easy to care for. Drought and heat do not bother the beginner plant, nor does severe frost - the plant only does not tolerate waterlogging. In the garden, the perennial is particularly suitable for rock gardens and gravel beds and can be wonderfully combined with other plants such as lavender or bed roses.
5. Lavender
Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) is one of the classics in German gardens. NextWith its purple blossoms, the plant is valued here above all for its pleasant smell - while its scent pleases people, it repels annoying mosquitoes and other pests at the same time. Lavender is also known for its calming effect. Despite its versatility, lavender needs little care: the plant grows naturally in a warm and sunny location and can be cultivated by beginners without any problems.
6. Wire Shrub
The wire shrub (Mühlenbeckia complexa) is a real all-rounder: whether as a houseplant in the house or outside in the garden, the plant can be grown almost anywhere. It is particularly suitable for beginners: robust and undemanding, the wire shrub needs little more care than regular watering. Only waterlogging damages the plant and should therefore be avoided. But the wire shrub is not only characterized by its easy-care nature, but also by its decorative value: The fine, wiry branches and the bizarre growth combined with the small green leaves are a real eye-catcher.
7. Rosemary
If you don't just want to admire your plants, but also want to taste them, you can't avoid the easy-care rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). The Mediterranean herb is a popular spice and refines meat and fish dishes just as well as salads or potatoes. But rosemary is not only a real treat in the kitchen - even beginners in the garden will get their money's worth with the evergreen plant. In a sunny, warm place, rosemary grows easily and can be harvested all year round. But even as a pure ornamental plant, it doesn't cut a bad figure - from March to mid-May, the herb bears an abundance of blue or purple flowers.
8. Ivy
Climbing or as a beautiful ground cover: The ivy (Hedera helix) has a permanent place in many gardens. The climbing plant is mostly used to green dreary facades, but it is also ideal for planting under large trees. The ivy is a good choice especially for beginners in the garden - it is absolutely winter-proof, does not make any special demands and is also extremely robust. OfAs a ground cover, ivy also keeps annoying weeds away. But ivy is also a must for nature lovers: As an autumn bloomer, it is one of the most bee-friendly plants of all.
Tip: Plantura bee pasture contains even more bee-friendly plants and herbs. You can transform your garden into a true paradise for bees in no time.
9. Cat Paws
The name of the cat's paw (Antennaria dioica) sounds really bizarre, but it makes sense at second glance - if you take a closer look at the small panicles of the plant, you can see the shape of guess cat paws. But the flower is also a real eye-catcher in other ways: in the bed, its leaves form thick, silver-green mats, from which the bright pink flowers stand out. The perennial is particularly popular with beginners because it requires almost no care. You should only be careful when choosing a location, because the cat's paw prefers it warm and sunny.
10. Sedum
With more than 500 varieties of sedum (Sedum), there really is something for every garden. Even the thick fleshy, rosette-like leaves of the sedum plant are impressive in different colors from light green to silver-grey. In summer, many species also form a beautiful carpet of flowers that enchants everyone who sees them. But the best thing about the sedum is its incredibly robust and easy-care type: Regardless of heat, drought or lack of nutrients, the sedum flowers even where other plants have long since died and is therefore an unbeatable starter plant.
We have several articles on easy-care plants. For example, in this article we will introduce you to ten plants that do not need to be watered.
