Native Plant Info
Birds are still relying on last year’s seeds to feed on while they prepare for nesting and raising new offspring.
Birds and other wildlife need water and food in winter. You can help them survive by providing heated birdbaths and planting native plants that produce seeds and berries.
There are some varieties of the native Aster that provide a magnificent carpet of blooms that rival Mums any day. Native Asters provide much needed food and cover to our local pollinators in ways that leave non-native Mums in the dust.
Autumn colors are not limited to tree canopies. There are many colorful displays in native perennial gardens. Feast your eyes on what nature has to offer with these native plant fall colors.
When I talk with people who don’t know much about native gardening, they regularly bring up organic gardening as if the two are the same thing. Though, it is well-advised to use organic methods in your native garden…
Do you want more birds to visit your yard? Perhaps you like seeing butterflies and would like to see more of those your world? Are you concerned with the decline of bee populations and how that will affect our food supply? The remedy for all these is…