No such thing as a high maintenance plant - easy planting and easy care is the secret

There is no such thing as a high maintenance plant. Yes, you read that correctly — plants are not demanding. What happens is that sometimes, when we put the wrong plant in the wrong place, we create a maintenance issue.

No such thing as a high maintenance plant - easy planting and easy care is the secret

If we position the right plant in the right position, then it should need little attention, perhaps some feeding now and then and a light trim the odd time. That’s about it.

Maybe occasionally, some infection will take hold or mineral deficiency will become apparent, and if that happens, then action can be taken, it’s normally a shot of medicine, again not high in terms of time needed.

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