Incorporating native plants into your landscape design is an easy way to help support your local wildlife. Native plants support native insects. If we keep our native insect populations healthy and thriving, it helps support native birds, who eat the insects as a food source. The chain of positive impacts that planting native plants provokes stretches throughout the food chain of organisms and can even help ward off potential threats such as blights or pest outbreaks.
Below, you’ll find some of our favorite native plant picks for the different regions of the United States. These plants stand out for their potential to positively affect your area and because they are beautiful specimens that will be right at home in your ornamental beds and borders.
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Midwest Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Midwest
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Northeast Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Northeast
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Pacific Northwest Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Northern California
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Midwest Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Northern Plains
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Pacific Northwest Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Northwest
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Southeast Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Southeast
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Southwest Regional ReportsRegional Picks: Best Natives – Southern Plains
