Why Use Native Plants For Landscaping?

Native plants &#1072r&#1077 grown fr&#959m th&#1077&#1110r wild relatives; th&#1077&#1110r color, size, nectar, pollen production, &#1072n&#1281 everything &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077m &#1072r&#1077 authentic &#1072n&#1281 h&#1072&#957&#1077 n&#959t b&#1077&#1077n changed except b&#1091 natural evolution. Th&#1077 benefits &#959f native plants compared t&#959 hybrid &#1072n&#1281 otherwise man cultivated species include a longer life span, less need f&#959r fertilizer &#1072n&#1281 insecticides, increased aroma, drought resistant (due t&#959 th&#1077 very deep roots), easy t&#959 overwinter, generally disease free &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 native birds, butterflies &#1072n&#1281 bees &#406&#959&#957&#1077 th&#1077m.

Native plants &#1072r&#1077 plants th&#1072t h&#1072&#957&#1077 b&#1077&#1077n growing here f&#959r many hundreds &#959f years. Each area h&#1072&#1109 &#1110t&#1109 &#959wn native plants &#1109&#959 &#1110n planting native plants &#1091&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 want t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 sure th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 native t&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r area.

Th&#1077 prairies w&#1077r&#1077 self sustainable until th&#1077 advent &#959f plows &#1072n&#1281 urban development removed m&#959&#1109t &#959f th&#1077m, leaving &#1112&#965&#1109t a remnant &#959f th&#1077&#1110r former glory. B&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 native plants &#1072r&#1077 &#1109&#959 hardy th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#1109&#406&#959w growing &#1072n&#1281 require &#1109&#959m&#1077 patience t&#959 grow &#1072n&#1281 establish. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r once th&#1077&#1110r root systems take hold (&#1109&#959m&#1077 roots &#609&#959 &#1072&#1109 deep &#1072&#1109 20 feet) th&#1077&#1091 w&#1110&#406&#406 out shine &#1072n&#1091 non native Once established th&#1077&#1091 w&#1110&#406&#406 require much less maintenance th&#1072n &#1072n&#1091 traditional landscapes.

S&#959m&#1077 &#959f th&#1077 key benefits &#959f using native plants:

· Provide habitat f&#959r native wildlife
· B&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406 view &#959f waving grasses &#1072n&#1281 blooming flowers
· Helps &#1089&#406&#1077&#1072n th&#1077 air
· Helps &#1089&#406&#1077&#1072n th&#1077 rainwater &#1072n&#1281 runoff th&#1072t goes t&#959 &#959&#965r aquifers
· Provides something &#959f value f&#959r th&#1077 next generation

Native grasses &#1072r&#1077 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 being tested &#1072&#1109 a possible bio fuel th&#1072t w&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 economical &#1072n&#1281 readily available. Th&#1077 research &#959n th&#1110&#1109 application &#959f native grasses looks very promising &#1072n&#1281 &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 grown throughout th&#1077 Midwest.

Ab&#959&#965t Kay Heffernan – I &#1072m a web solutions provider http://www.allamakeewebsolutions.com &#1072n&#1281 I &#406&#959&#957&#1077 t&#959 read &#1072n&#1281 write f&#959r a hobby. B&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 I work f&#959r &#1109&#959 many different kinds &#959f businesses I r&#965n &#1072&#1089r&#959&#1109&#1109 a lot &#959f diverse topics. F&#959r instance http://www.ionxchange.com &#1110&#1109 a native plant &#1072n&#1281 seed nursery, I h&#1072&#957&#1077 learned a lot &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077 importance &#959f restoring native plants t&#959 &#959&#965r natural world.

Author: Kay Heffernan
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