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Flowers, trees and shrubs take up most of the room and often take the most looking after. Easy solutions to managing the flower garden are at hand:
- Avoid plants that are difficult to grow.
- Choose plants that grow well in the conditions that you have. There is no point in trying to grow alpines in very wet, clay soil!
- Select plant material which does not require regular or on-going maintenance.
- Use ground cover plants to spread over bare ground to cut down on weeding.
- Reduce the width of borders so that you do not have to stand on them.
- Over the years, remove the plants that are difficult to maintain.
- Ensure plant material does not grow over the footpath - it can be tripped on.
- Raising the ground level of the bed might help with access to the soil level.
- Mulches of bark, plastic, or gravel etc. will suppress weed growth and conserve moisture in the soil.
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