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Silphiums: The Giant Native Plants We All Should Be Growing
As a budding horticulturist, my first encounter with prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) was intriguing and puzzling. The sheer size and verticality of the spade-like leaves slicing through grasses and forbs…
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Great Native Perennials for Your Region
In every corner of the United States, native perennials offer an unparalleled blend of beauty, resilience, and ecological harmony. In "Great Native Perennials for Your Region," we’ve partnered with regional…
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Great Native Plants for Western Gardens
In his article Weaving Vignettes Together, horticulturalist Dan Johnson gives us a look into his home garden in Denver, where he uses repeated plant groupings and consistent hardscaping to unify…
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Showy Native Plants for Rocky Soils
The Rocky Mountain Region is stretched over 10,000 feet in elevation change and nearly over the full longitude of the Continental United States. Within this massive spread fit more than…
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What Native Plants to Grow in Your Garden
If you’ve been gardening for more than a few seasons, you have surely heard the expression “Right plant, right place.” This garden shorthand sums up a useful and straightforward idea:…
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Best New Plants: Nativars
Each year we do a feature in our big spring issue introducing folks to a slew of new offerings from plant breeders. But this is not simply a list of…
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Great Native Plants for the Northwest
Growing native plants is the gardening equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. Not only are these plants beautiful and more likely to thrive in your landscape, they…
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Great Native Plants for Northern California
Growing native plants is the gardening equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. Not only are these plants beautiful and more likely to thrive in your landscape, they…
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Great Native Plants for the Southern Plains
Growing native plants is the gardening equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. Not only are these plants beautiful and more likely to thrive in your landscape, they…
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Great Native Plants for the Northern Plains
Growing native plants is the gardening equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. Not only are these plants beautiful and more likely to thrive in your landscape, they…