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Why grow native plants in your garden and landscaping? First off, native plants are better adapted to your area. This means that they require less maintenance and less water. They are also more resistant to pests and diseases. That translates to water savings and reduced use of pesticides and fertilizers. Additionally, native plants attract native wildlife and native beneficial insects. You don’t have to plant 100 percent natives to make a difference, consider just planting a few.
When you grow native plants, you help blend your landscaping with the native landscapes you find outside of your town or city.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has an excellent program that encourages the use of native plants for home landscaping called Greenacres.
Ecobackyard is a blog about making urban landscapes look more like natural landscapes using native plants and other techniques. Kent Swanson who writes for the Practical Environmentalist also writes for Ecobackyard.com.
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alorenk says:
Small efforts here at urban forest are incredibly soothing to walk through or near; some homeowners have done both sides of the sidewalk in middle of the block homes. I am filling in a flat, bumpy and twiggy lawn under a large elm with shrubs and wildflowers and ground covers. Helps preserve the plants themselves and may really, really help our native bees/pollinators survive too.
posted 01/08/09 at 01:41 AM
greenprofit says:
succulents and epiphites are beautiful and incredibly drought-tolerant!
posted 02/27/08 at 08:22 PM