I have found (literally) the easiest plant/flower EVER. It’s inexpensive,
grows like crazy, doesn’t even need to be truly “planted”…and you can
complete ignore it and it will thrive. Yesss!
I found these easy garden tiles last year and can’t even believe how well
they are doing. I had to share them with you! Oh, and they are perennials
(which means it stays alive over the winter or come back after) and even
look great in the colder months. I only wish I had known about them sooner.
🙂
I discovered this easy to grow plant when I installed our cafe lights on the
back patio last year:
Our lights are industrial grade and heavy so we needed a way to secure the
planters so they would hold the weight.
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I told you then how I used one of these sedum tiles to fill both planters. I
figured they would just last through the fall, but to my surprise they were
still looking beautiful in the middle of winter!
I went out one snowy day and couldn’t believe these were still looking
amazing in the frigid temps with snow all over them — full of color and not
dying off one bit. I thought for sure they would eventually fade, but
nope.
They look absolutely amazing now:
Technically sedums are succulents, so it’s surprising (to me) that they are
basically evergreen (in up to zones 6 and 7!). Huh. You learn something new
every day!
That planter has more of the green and yellow blooms, but the other one has
more red and orange:
They really are beautiful, right? So intricate and delicate, they are
stronger than they look! The sparse blooms in that before pic have grown
like crazy and are spilling over the edges of the planters.
I wonder if the difference in colors is because one may get more sun than
the other?:
I need to move that hydrangea to a new spot. The sedum has taken over!
I was excited when I saw them again the other day (I found mine at Lowe’s
but you can find them online as well) and grabbed one for under our
mailbox:
They would look great in between pavers on a patio or a walkway, along plant
beds or in containers like we have in the back.
The best part — you literally just put them on the dirt. No digging, no
moving dirt around. Just lay them down, water occasionally the first couple of
weeks and then start ignoring them like I did. 😂
I easily tore them into pieces for the patio planters last year, but this time
the bottom was thicker:
I just took scissors to get it started and then I was able to tear parts
off.
Now I’m thinking about putting them in our front porch planters as well —
it would be so nice to leave the planters as is for all of the
seasons!
I love gardening and I’ve never found anything this easy to plant,
that grows so easily, that looks so good. Oh, and the price is GREAT because
you need very little to get a spot started. Within weeks it will be start
spreading and fill in nicely.
Heck…these would be great for window boxes as well! I’m a little obsessed.
Have you tried these easy plants? So easy and they look so good! Was anyone
else surprised these are evergreen?