Share a Part of Your Region by Identifying Native Plants to Grow at Home
When planning the layout of your yard, it’s understandable that you’d take a conventional approach and choose a combination of attractive plants that are normally found in a landscaping plot. If you want a conversation piece, you may want to take a different direction. Identifying native plants for a garden with a little history can create an interesting retreat that invites a discussion of your region.
You may need to do a little digging at your local library or consult with a gardener at a botanical garden in your region to find out more about identifying native plants that will thrive in your yard. It’s worth the effort, and here’s why:
It gives a boost to the local ecosystem. When you include native plants in your landscaping, you’re helping the soil get the nutrients it needs and you help animals find the shelter and food that they’re accustomed to eating. Wildlife depends on native plants that have been in the area long before the first settlers landed in the New World.
It adds beauty to your landscaping. There’s a wide variety of native plants that you can choose from, and they come in many different colors and textures. You’ll enjoy the vibrant combinations of leaf shapes, various growth heights and range of colors that come with your native plants.
You’ll help bees and other local pollinators. You’ve read the headlines about the decline of bees, and identifying native plants to add to your garden is a great way to help promote the survival of your local bee populations. Pollinators not only help your garden thrive, but are also important for the growth of food crops for stocking grocery stores and for feeding animals.
You get a chance to dig into your heritage. Poring over information about native plants, you’ll end up learning about a variety of topics for your region, such as farming practices and the history of how cultivating plants has changed. Get ready to find some interesting history about plants in your region, but also about the people that cared for them.
Create a conversation piece in your backyard. Planting a garden with native species will help your landscaping stand out from your neighbors’, and you may soon find that it’s a place that draws attention from those in your community.
As you create a landscape with your native plants, don’t forget to identify them in your garden with Kincaid Plant Markers. Our markers are made for a lifetime of gardening, because they won’t rust or wear down, no matter what climate or region you live in. Take a look at the six styles available, and choose the right one for your garden and your budget.
