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How often do you plant something in your garden simply because it looks pretty and/or smells nice. In this modern age, we are offered selections of flowers and plants that our ancestors never even ...

A guide to five of the best native honeysuckles to plant in your yard to benefit lots of local wildlife, plus the non-native ...

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If you’ve ever walked into a native plant nursery and felt defeated because — admit it — all the offerings looked like 4-inch pots of weeds, do we have the shopping/planning guide for you: a set of ...

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The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, led by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, recently published Native Plants for Virginia’s Capital Region, a 72-page, full-color guide ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In recent years, native plants — and ...

In many of my articles, I write about the importance of planting with native plants. I usually also mention one of the challenges — choosing and finding the species you need. This article will help ...

Wondering what to plant in your yard or garden? Go native — as in native plants that grew wild in Minnesota before settlement by Europeans. That's the advice of Alan Branhagen, plant expert and ...