Posts Tagged ‘native plants’
Keystone Plants and Songbirds
Do you want to assist songbirds and pollinators? Here are some important, native plants that support bees and the insects that birds eat.
Read MoreWhat Do You Want To Grow?
It’s time to start planning for what you want to grow in 2023. Be it flowers, vegetables, native plants or something else, we can help.
Read MoreBe In The Know About Fall Planting
When shopping for plants in the fall, use a list of your goals as a guide. Do you need natives, ground cover, perennials or shrubs for birds?
Read MoreNotable Natives: American Wintergreen
One of the plants that’s easiest to find in the garden center in the winter is Gautheria procumbens, aka eastern teaberry, checkerberry, or American wintergreen. It’s available around Christmas because it’s sold as a holiday plant that many use in window boxes or porch pots. The red berries are bright and the foliage is a…
Read MoreNotable Natives: Asclepias tuberosa
Are you looking for a perennial that is drought tolerant, supports pollinators and helps monarch butterflies? Butterfly weed!
Read MoreNotable Natives: Buttonbush
Sugar Shack buttonbush is a variety of our native Cephalanthus occidentalis that doesn’t get too large but supports pollinators.
Read MoreNotable Natives: Sweet Bay Magnolia
Are you looking for a native, flowering tree that is fragrant and doesn’t grow too large? The sweet bay magnolia is all of that and more!
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