How you can reap rewards of a zero-maintenance garden

Well-chosen flowers and shrubs willrequire little or no maintenance, says Peter Dowdall

MOST plants, like fine wines or whiskeys, mature and improve with age. Unlike the bottles of grog, they may require a small amount of maintenance to keep them at their best. Saying that, I am firmly of the belief that most plants are low maintenance. Plants, if given the correct requirements and left to their own devices require little and often no maintenance. It’s when we humans get involved that such issues can come to the fore.