If maintaining a garden has become quite hectic for you then we have a tip for you. Small outdoor plants will not only design your garden, but as they are naturally trimmed you don't have the trouble of pruning.
Dwarf plants generally spreads to a height and breadth of six to
eight feet giving enough space to the gardener. It also provides a
perfect shape to your garden without any hassles. You can plant little
plants in your small garden in the gateway of your house or below
the low-heightened windows. You can also use them for box plantings.
Don't plant it to mark the boundary or plant them at distance, as they
are small plants and can't be visible from distance.
These little plants are quite friendly to the shaded areas. They even
grow easily under the direct sunlight. It grows well in pot or tubs and
or as ground covers. As they are small in height they can make a good
combination with other plant. If desired they can be planted singly.
Some of the famous little plants are dwarf junipers, pyracantha,
nandina, pittosporum, gardenia, bamboo, barberry, sasanqua, crape
myrtle, pomegranate, yucca and holly. Some dwarf plants like full shaded
area. They are holly fern, fatsia, aucuba, dwarf azalea, mahonia, holly
malpighia and vinca.
Others dwarf plants require adequate sunlight. They are junipers,
hollies, barberry, pomegranate, crape myrtle, pyracantha, and dwarf
natal plum. There are some dwarf plants that require partial sunlight
and partial shade. Dwarf yaupon holly, many hollies, nandina, japanese
black pine, japanese purple honeysuckle, Indian hawthorne, boxwood,
pittosporum, coontie and dwarf sasanqua falls under this category.
Dwarfs that are suitable for pots or tubs are holly fern, fatsia, dwarf
yaupon, dwarf nandina, aucuba, japanese black pine, dwarf yucca, and
dwarf bamboo. These dwarf plants are tough enough to survive in the
Some dwarf plants blooms with seasonal flowers like dwarf azalea,
cuphea, dwarf sasanqua, dwarf gardenia, dwarf crape myrtle, pomegranate,
lantana, japanese purple honeysuckle and Indian hawthorne. While others
are reserved for fruits like dwarf hollies, mahonia, and pyracantha.
Those who don't bloom with flowers or grow fresh fruits provide green
leaves like aucuba, senecio, dwarf nandina, and some of the dwarf