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12 Low-Maintenance Plants for Your Summer Garden

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Published June 2, 2025

In the peak of summer, when it’s too hot to garden, you’ll want to keep your flowers and foliage looking fresh with worry-free, low-maintenance plants.

These are the kinds of plants that tolerate extreme heat and dry or humid air in the dog days of summer. These 12 easy-going plants may not even mind when you take a vacation (have a neighbor on standby for watering, just in case). So go ahead, plant them in the garden and in window boxes, planters and hanging baskets, and enjoy the rest of your summer.

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  1. Begonia

  2. Coleus

  3. Dipladenia

  4. Gaura

  5. Geranium

  6. Hosta