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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?
  Mondarda Fistuloa, Bee Balm
Monarda fistuloa
Bee Balm

Aster novae-angliae, New England Aster   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?
Aster novae-angliae
New England Aster
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