Low Maintenance Outdoor Landscaping Ideas

Are you looking for low maintenance outdoor landscaping ideas?  Like most of us we love to see a beautiful yard with lush green lawn.  But that requires a lot of maintenance and water of course.  More and more of us are concerned about water conservation.  Here are a few outdoor landscaping ideas that do not require constant watering.

The first thing to do would be to get rid of the thirsty lawn in the front yard.  Instead have a woodsy garden, cozy patio or wild flower meadow.  One landscaping plan for the front yard would be to greet your guests with a natural stone walkway.  Transform it into a woodland garden by making a path using slabs of basalt or sandstone.  The path leading to the front door becomes a destination in itself with interesting plantings dotting the stones.

If you live in the Northeast or west try planting hydrangeas that bloom in the summer and to add a little color in the winter plant a red twig dogwood shrub. One showy perennial that does very well is the hellebores.  Belonging to the buttercup family it will have almost 50 blooms on one small shrub that can grow up to 18 inches.

Those living in the southwest are not new to drought resistant outdoor landscaping ideas and commonly utilize their front yard as an additional patio area.  They use a variety of plants in the cactus or succulent family that can be colorful and interesting.  Shade can be created by adding a pergola shading a cozy dining area.

The west is one of the biggest consumers of water that comes from other areas.  Those living in this area should be considering alternative outdoor landscape ideas.  Rosemary and lavendar are very useful plants for cooking, aroma and color.  They require very little maintenance or water.  Those in the west could create a lovely patio area in their front yard for entertaining.  This could be a lovely area to share a glass of wine with the neighbors.  

Look online to find the perfect plants for landscaping ideas in your region.  They will display photos so that you are then able to purchase them from the local nursery or even order the plants from these sites. A money saving suggestion would be to purchase small four inch potted plants instead of more mature plants.  You will be surprised at how fast they grow into lovely adult plants.