As someone going native plants myself, I know how important it is to choose natives. In the last year alone after adding swamp milkweed and echinacea, I’ve seen lots of small snakes, skinks, dragonflies, moths, butterflies and bees. Can’t wait to see what else shows up in my yard! PLANT NATIVE!
Interest in using native plants in our yards has been growing over the past decade, gradually at first, and suddenly exponentially. It has long been known that native plants are critical to the ecosystem, and now thought leaders in the landscaping industry have taken up the cause of promoting them for our yards. Public gardens have set aside sections to demonstrate their value in the landscape, and gardening magazines are touting them in every edition. Garden centers have responded to the increase in demand for natives by increasing the diversity of plants available for sale.
When COVID struck last year, new gardeners flocked to garden centers in droves. As the country has started to open up this spring, sales have soared even higher. A very significant chunk of those increases has gone toward native plant purchases. The landscape designers and owners of garden centers that specialize in native plants have…
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