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Why
Native Plants?
How are native gardens different from daylilies
or hostas? What are the advantages to gardening with native plants?
Monarda fistuloa Bee Balm
Native landscaping emphasizes plants that
have grown in our area for a long time and are well adapted
to our soil sand climate. We look to plant communities - groupings
of plants that might be found together in nature - rather
than beds of a single plant species. What are the advantages
of native landscaping for the homeowner?