Native Plants

Native plants are more hardy, less disease resistant, and better for nature. Here are 9 beautiful ones or the Midwest that you want in your yard.

If we want gardens to look less weedy then we need to stop pampering wild plants and give them what they want -- tough competition and limited resources.

The relatively adaptable and easygoing North American native plants in this article are excellent alternatives to commonly grown nonnative plants. These picks are as good—or even better—than the old standbys.

The bulk of what you’ll find at the average garden center in the United States are plants that originated in Europe or Asia. But how do you find plants native to your area?

Learn how to design a stylish pollinator garden; a bustling meeting space for bees, butterflies, parasitic wasps, and hummingbirds.

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Add these easy-growing native northeast plants to your garden for lots of low-maintenance color through the seasons.

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Grow native plants in natural layers to create a meadow garden.

Take a stroll through Vanessa Nesvig's Freeport oasis.