native plants (1 Viewer)

[Gary Polliard]

Never realized how beneficial native plantlife is until attending meetings at the Audubon and reading. Twenty years ago our local game commission sold non-native shrubs (Russian olive) to plant and now they want to erradicate them all together. Has anyone out there switched to native plantlife and noticed any change. My chainsaw comes out to cut down the autumn and russian olive trees and many other non-natives.

 

[Azzy]

I have always, -always- been a big native plant person. So many benefits. Already adapted to local climate, local soil and other conditions. Plus they attract insects and produce the flowers, fruits and seeds which local wildlife is used to eating!

It's a shame that a lot of people I know don't think of natives as being very nice or colourful etc. But there are a lot of beautiful natives. People just don't realise what diversity there actually is.

 

[Gary Polliard]

I have always, -always- been a big native plant person. So many benefits. Already adapted to local climate, local soil and other conditions. Plus they attract insects and produce the flowers, fruits and seeds which local wildlife is used to eating!

It's a shame that a lot of people I know don't think of natives as being very nice or colourful etc. But there are a lot of beautiful natives. People just don't realise what diversity there actually is.

Yes I am learning a lot and started to cut down the autumn olive our local game commission told me to plant years ago. Even they are on the native plant push. The local Audubon has a big native plant sale this May, time to spend some money.

 

[steve_nova]

I have always, -always- been a big native plant person. So many benefits. Already adapted to local climate, local soil and other conditions. Plus they attract insects and produce the flowers, fruits and seeds which local wildlife is used to eating!

It's a shame that a lot of people I know don't think of natives as being very nice or colourful etc. But there are a lot of beautiful natives. People just don't realise what diversity there actually is.

How true that is. Native plants for native animals, and of course vice versa for pollination and dissemination of their seeds.

 

[Gary Polliard]

Now I have to convince my wife that her three burning bush plants are considered invasive and must be dug up or destroyed. Although I have had cardinals nesting in them last two years.