Native plant landscaping midwest

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 […]

We want to help you create striking home landscapes that benefit wildlife and you.

Our Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Region offers many attractive substitute shrubs to traditional foundation non-natives that can add beauty and diversity to the landscape while providing nectar, pollen, and fruit for the insect and animal species with which they have evolved. Read on to learn about the ornamental qualities and wildlife support offered by native alternatives for these popular alien shrubs.

A midwestern blog about pollinators, ecological landscape restoration, nature observations, native plant profiles, and wildlife gardening.

You can have the beauty of the prairie and benefits of a native ecosystem with a proper native garden design. Discover how to design a native plant garden.

Are you looking for plants that are native to the state of Michigan? We explain what it means to be a Michigan native plant and share a short list of...

Urban micro prairies attract native insects and pollinators, including butterflies and bumblebees. Fortunately, native plants are readily available.

Gardens designed by Linda Wiggen Kraft. Creveling Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri. Organic, Sustainable, English Cottage Gardens for the Midwest. Native Plants and Plants that Work. www.GardensForTheSoul.com

Looking for a fuss-free perennial that's attractive, dependable, deer-resistant, multiseasonal and extremely long-lived? Meet baptisia-a prairie native whose beautiful spires are reminiscent of the beloved lupine, minus the maintenance.

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