native plants

Category: native plants

July 4, 2020

be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer

AS MORE GARDENERS shop for native plants each year, more plant descriptions in catalogs and on nursery labels use the blanket phrase “pollinator-friendly” to catch..

March 6, 2020

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create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman

ONE OF THE MOST common questions that garden centers and other garden professionals are asked these days: How can I add more pollinator plants? Kim..

February 22, 2020

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which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse

GARDENERS INCLUDING myself want to add more, more, more native plants to their landscapes to support pollinators and birds and other native wildlife, but what..

October 5, 2019

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thoughts on invasives, plant conservation–and connection, with michael piantedosi

SOMETIMES WHEN WEEDING in my own garden, I get a sense of overwhelm, a feeling that the unwanted plants are winning. If a gardener can..

June 1, 2019

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choosing the right native plants, with uli lorimer

I HEAR MANY TIMES each week from readers or listeners wanting advice about native plants—about pollinator plants, for instance, or making a meadow, or which..

November 23, 2018

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taking stock of our native flora and newcomers, with nybg’s robert naczi

WHEN YOU’RE TALKING plants and not people, how do you figure out who lives where? You can’t send census takers door to door to get..

July 22, 2018

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defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe

WHAT MAKES a particular native plant a good choice for the home garden? And where can we look for clues into which natives will do..

June 10, 2018

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native plant gardening on a grand scale: ‘saving tarboo creek,’ with scott freeman

SINCE I HAVE LIVED full-time in a rural place the last decade, my reading list tends increasingly toward tales of the natural world. The new..

May 27, 2018

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how effective are nativars? with doug tallamy

I’M A GARDENER, someone who loves showy plants in artful arrangements. But in recent years, I’ve been looking less with a collector’s eye when shopping..

February 10, 2018

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remembering 2 great plantswomen: ruth bancroft and elizabeth farnsworth

LAST FALL, a month apart, the earth lost two of it great plantswomen. They were from opposite coasts, and one—Californian Ruth Bancroft, at 109 years..

September 16, 2017

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what’s really native where you garden? with elizabeth farnsworth

AT A WILDFLOWER TALK I attended in spring 2017, a lot of the audience questions after the expert finished her slides were ones like this:..

July 30, 2017

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bird gardening: powerhouse fruiting plants, with andy brand

IT’S A CLOSE CALL for me and my friend Andy Brand: Do we like plants best, or birds (or butterflies or bumblebees or…)? But I..

July 15, 2017

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‘plants are the mulch’ and other nature-based design wisdoms, with claudia west

WHICH OF US doesn’t want to look out at a more resilient, manageable, and sustainable landscape–one that really works environmentally but also aesthetically, that’s not..

May 7, 2017

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the optimism of new england wild flower society’s dr. elizabeth farnsworth

I’VE BEEN DIGGING this spring—the expected outdoor kind, and then when it’s dark or pouring or something else prevents the garden variety, I’ve been digging..

June 26, 2016

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using native perennials in a formal border, with mt. cuba’s travis beck

THE PHRASE “native plant garden” probably conjures an image of a spring woodland of trilliums and other little gems, or perhaps a meadow blooming from..

FROM THE WEEKLY PODCAST

how conservation starts in your yard, with doug tallamy

‘NATURE’S BEST HOPE’ is the title of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s new book, and the subtitle reads like this: “A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard.” In other words, you and I are nature’s best hope. Our actions count, and they add up to counteract a fragmented landscape and other challenges to the survival of so many critically important native creatures and the greater environment we all share.

Doug Tallamy’s 2007 book, “Bringing Nature Home,” has been for many of us a wake-up call into the entire subject of the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife, and now with more than a decade of additional research insights, he goes further.

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