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[quote=Anonymous]I'd go with perennials if you want low maintenance. With any flower you have to clear it out when it's dead, but at least with perennials you don't have to plant every year as well. Be careful of the type, though. We have tons of daffodils and I love them, but they don't bloom very long and then their stems take forever to die and dry up (you leave them there so the plant can feed itself and produce well next year), so they look amazing in the spring and then terrible well into the summer. So I would avoid daffodils, perhaps. Tulips are less work to maintain though not as stunning. My favorite new perennial is columbine; they come in lots of colors and so far the one I got is proving quite resistant to my neglect. You might consider flowering bushes, which add interest throughout the year even when not in bloom. Azalea or rhododendron do well in full sun. Or a small flowering tree like a dwarf weeping cherry or redbud. Or a small forsythia.[/quote]
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