I don't describe plants as 'hard to kill' or 'easy care. It's not very helpful for a plant to be labelled 'easy' when you've already killed three of them - it only undermines your confidence. I can guarantee that any plant you have found 'hard to kill' can be found on someone else's compost heap.
Instead, I prefer to use the terms 'low maintenance', 'resilient' and 'reliable' to describe plants such as the peace lily that, planted in a self-watering pot, need nothing more than a weekly glance. Choosing a fuss-free plant like Anthurium andraeanum, which makes little demand on your time in return for a generous display of colour, will brighten your interior and build your plant-parenting prowess.
Peace lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii
Whether it's outdoors or indoors, we gardeners want it all - a plant that grows well in almost any type of light situation, and we also want it to bloom. Step forward, Spathiphyllum wallisii, which fulfils these requirements perfectly. The light needed to keep this plant happy isn't excessive; a south-facing window in the height of summer would burn it to a crisp, but placing it near or on a windowsill facing in any other direction will cause no complaints.
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We love June
We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.
Your wildlife month
The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs
An edible garden in pots
Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops
Garden craft with kids
Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how
Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN
Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character - Nick Bailey shows you how
Indoor plants, outdoor treats
Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry's mixed pot display ideas
YOUR PRUNING MONTH
The first few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances' guide for best results
Gardening for wellbeing
As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson
Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer
Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost
Stars of the show
Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot
