Garden Wish List: Four Native Plants
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Winter has come. Your ground is rock hard. What can a landscaper do? It seems as if the only thing you can do in the winter is make lists of things to do in the summer. A northern garden wish list would not be complete without Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan, Moonbeam Coreopsis, and False Indigo. Why should you care that they are natives? Most experienced gardeners know that choosing native plants can save on water, time and money.
Coneflower or Echinacea is a native plant that is a wonderful contribution to any garden. This flower is a blast of pink and an abundant resource of food for bugs and animals. This plant looks great anywhere and everywhere. It also has roots that can survive in drought weather and clay soil. Over the years, this plant will grow and spread abundantly. Put this one at the top of your garden “to do” list.
Black-eyed Susans are one of the best native flowers you can plant. Black-eyed Susan or Rudebeckia is an abundant blooming yellow daisy like flower that is just gorgeous. These native lovely’s will add some punch to your garden. These plants are the next best thing to having an actual bird feeder in your garden. These plants are prolific and rapidly mature into a stunning stand of yellow blooms. Due to their drought tolerant nature and their sun/shade affinity they are quite adaptable. They are a must have native for any flower garden.
Moonbeam Coreopsis is like waving a magic wand over your landscape. These are some of the last bloomers of the season. It has a unique lemon yellow color as opposed to the very common orange yellow one sees everywhere. This native perennial is of medium hight is perky,pretty and abundant. In other words a little moon beam coreopsis goes a long ways. It is drought tolerant, has abundant blooms and it thrives in clay and poor soil.
Baptisia or False Indigo is a native plant must have especially if you are looking for a blast of blue in your garden. Experienced gardeners know that blue flowers are hard to come by. You can’t go wrong with this brilliant blue flower. This native does not transplant so well and can be difficult to get established. Everyone will stop and stare at this gorgeous blue upright native. This native can tolerate full sun, part shade, drought conditions, flood conditions and solid clay soil.
All of these natives would be outstanding selections for any garden. Native plants look good even after they have bloomed. Add some fountain grass and some gazing ballsand some garden decor to the mix and you have a garden wish list to get to work on in the spring!
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