5 Reasons to Garden with Native Plants
Categories: Lawn & Garden
Gardening with Native Plants is a joy that more people should pursue. There are many reasons why you should give native gardening a try:
1. Native plants are acclimated to your climate and conditions so they are almost care free.
2. Native plants do not require commercial fertilizer or pesticides.
3. Native plants provide food for wildlife and attract birds, butterflies and other helpful insects.
4. By using native plants, shrubs and trees you are doing something positive for the environment.
5. Many of the blooms on our native plants rival their imported cousins in beauty.
As Henry David Thoreau wrote in his book, Wild Fruits:
“Famous fruits imported from the East or South and sold in our markets … do not concern me so much as many an unnoticed wild berry whose beauty annually lends a new charm to some wild walk or which I have found to be palatable to an outdoor taste. We cultivate imported shrubs in our front yards for the beauty of their berries, while at least equally beautiful berries grow unregarded by us in the surrounding fields.”
