How Native Plants Can Benefit Your Garden
March 3, 2022
Take a walk through your local woods, field, or swamp at different times of the year and you’ll find a host of gorgeous plants. Spring ephemerals pop their heads out from under the woody loam for a limited time only. Prairie wildflowers explode with color on the hottest days of the summer. Ferns unfurl in rich, damp soil. Above and below them, creatures fly, flutter, and scurry, taking shelter and finding food.
Native plants grow naturally within a given range without human introduction. These plants have co-evolved together with native animal species, providing them with the best sources of food and shelter possible. But in many places, construction and invasive plants remove or choke out native species, with ripple effects for entire ecosystems. Planting native can help biodiversity thrive with a wide range of benefits for your garden..
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