The easiest (and beautiful!) plants that even bloom throughout the winter.
I have found (literally) the easiest plant/flower EVER. It’s inexpensive, spreads and fills in like crazy, doesn’t even need to be truly “planted”…and you can complete ignore it and it will thrive. Yesss!
These plants have flourished so much, I’ve added more and more to our containers and landscaping over the years.
I found these easy garden tiles a few years ago and continue to be amazed at how well they do with little to no care.
Oh, and they are perennials (which means it stays alive over the winter and/or come back after) and even look great in the colder months. I only wish I had known about them sooner. 🙂
I discovered this easy to grow plant when I installed our cafe patio lights on the back patio:
Our lights are industrial grade and heavy so we needed a way to secure the planters so they would hold the weight.
You can see how we installed the cement filled planters for the outdoor lights here. I left some room at the top so I could plant some flowers each year.
Last year I found this cool “garden tile sedum” and decided to try it out:
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I told you then how I used one of these sedum tiles to fill both planters. I figured they would just last through the fall, but to my surprise they were still looking beautiful in the middle of winter!
I went out one snowy day and couldn’t believe these were still looking amazing in the frigid temps with snow all over them — full of color and not dying off one bit. I thought for sure they would eventually fade, but nope.
They look absolutely amazing now:
Technically sedums are succulents, so it’s surprising (to me) that they are basically evergreen (in up to zones 6 and 7!). Huh. You learn something new every day!
That planter has more of the green and yellow blooms, but the other one has more red and orange:
They really are beautiful, right? So intricate and delicate, they are stronger than they look! The sparse blooms in that before pic have grown like crazy and are spilling over the edges of the planters.
I wonder if the difference in colors is because one may get more sun than the other?:
I later went back and got more for around our mailbox:
And now that looks like this:
They also look great in between pavers on a patio or a walkway, along plant beds or in containers like we have in the back.
The best part — you literally just put them on the dirt.
No digging, no moving dirt around. Nothing!
Just lay them down, water occasionally the first couple of weeks and then start ignoring them like I do. 😂
If you have mulch, you will want to move that and set them directly onto the soil.
I easily tore them into pieces for the patio planters, but sometimes the bottom is thicker:
I just took scissors to get it started and then I was able to tear parts off.
I found these sedum “tiles” again this spring, priced at $25. The only place I’ve found these particular mixed sedum tiles are at Lowe’s, but I know most plant nurseries have varieties of these:
I just did a quick search and you can even order these succulent tiles on Amazon!
I placed these in an umbrella stand/planter just a week ago, and they’re doing amazing:
I used one “tile” to fill two of these planters.
I love gardening and I’ve never found anything this easy to plant, that grows so easily and looks so good. Oh, and the price is GREAT because you need very little to get a spot started. Within weeks it will spread and fill in nicely.
Since these tiles with all of the different succulents mixed together sell out of the stores so quick, I purchased some sedum for our front beds last year that were just the one specific species instead of the mixed.
These have spread beautifully as well:
I will say, I prefer the tiles that have all of the different color and varied succulents. But I love them all!
These may even work for window boxes as well! I’m a little obsessed. Have you tried these easy plants? So easy and they look so good! Was anyone else surprised these are evergreen?
Check out how easy it is to light up your garden and exterior here:
You can see all of my other gardening tips here!
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