No Lawns

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Why native plants? (nativegardendesigns.wildones.org)

submitted 2 years ago by greatwhitebuffalo41 to c/nolawns

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Here's another link to Wild Ones explaining why to choose native plants over non natives.

What natives do you have growing?

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[–] mercurly 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just got my hands on a swamp milkweed this week. Very excited to see what ends up on it next year.

Also bee balm, phlox, western sunflowers, a variety of coneflowers, eastern Prickly pear, and an ostrich fern all hidden in my tiny backyard.

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41 2 points 2 years ago

Ohhh can't wait to see pics!