Native plants are those that grow naturally in a particular area. They have evolved with the predominant growing conditions, ...

Native insects have evolved along with native plants, so they recognize them as food. Filling a garden with exotic plants essentially ... thrives in both sun and part shade. A member of the legume ...

White Shade Garden Plants Perennial: Astilbe, bear’s-breeches, Biokovo hardy geranium, hellebore, White Nancy lamium, lily-of-the-valley, snowdrops, tiarella, white wood aster ...

Dig a hole about two to three times the size of the pot, then place the lavender plant in the hole at the same depth as it ...

So, I narrowed the search to “shade” specified first and created a starter list of 10 native shade plants. Happily, all but the fern support wildlife with flowers and some with berries.

Incorporating native plants in your garden can greatly increase the choices available to you. 'The Real Dirt' is a column by various local master gardeners who are part of the UC Master Gardeners ...

Many gardeners want to blend native plants into an already established non-native garden rather than clear out a “native” space. To do this, consider three things — sun/shade, existing soil ...

Native ginger, bottlebrush buckeye, and Solomon's seal are three plants that tolerate dry shade. It's important to water plants thoroughly during their first growing season, even drought-tolerant ...

Oregon botanist Suzie Savoie uses wildflowers to transform home gardens into water-wise, fire-resistant pollinator havens.

7 Native annuals worth adding to the garden Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), which is native from Massachusetts south to northern Florida and west to Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, Oklahoma ...