Low-Maintenance Landscape Plan for Empty Nesters: Entertaining Patio, Private Retreat, and Fragrant Plantings

Ideal garden for empty nesters or young couples: entertaining area and personal retreat top the list.

Spacious entertainment patio accessible from family room/kitchen.
Smaller secluded patio under arbor, far from primary activity centers.
Low-care, long-bloom, low-water perennials: catmint, lamb's ears, penstemon, salvia, Santa Barbara daisy.
Scented plants near windows/gathering spots: jasmine, lemon, osmanthus, sarcococca.

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