Making a difference with landscape choices

Providing a sustainable habitat for wildlife begins with plant selection, and continues with natural gardening methods. Rita Venable introduces us to a native plant enthusiast who is maximizing his efforts by installing garden beds from the curb to the rear property line. He’s finding that he’s inspiring others too.

Post author By NPT Editorial
Post date August 1, 2024
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Plants Featured in this Clip

COSMOS sulphureus
ARALIA spinosa (Devil's walking stick)
HYPERICUM prolificum (shrubby St. John's wort)
COREOPSIS tinctoria (Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed)
ARUNCUS dioicus (Goatsbeard)
HEUCHERA hirsuta (Hairy Alumroot)
SOLIDAGO flexicaulis (Zigzag goldenrod)
DICENTRA spectabilis (bleeding heart)
SAMBUCUS canadensis (American elderberry)
ASCLEPIAS syriaca L. (common milkweed)
QUERCUS prinoides (dwarf chinkapin oak)
CALLIRHOE involucrata (purple poppy mallow)
VERBENA canadensis (rose verbena)
HAMAMELIS virginianum (common witch hazel)
EUPATORIUM dubium (dwarf Joe Pye weed) 'Baby Joe'
SALVIA greggii (Autumn sage)
PENSTOMEN grandiflorus (Beardstongue)

Gardener Extras

ILEX decidua (Possumhaw) has inconspicuous flowers that precede clusters of persistent, red berries on female trees which provide food for opossums, raccoons, other mammals, and birds.
SALVIA lyrata (Lyreleaf sage) has rosettes of glossy burgundy leaves that transform to a deep purple in summer. This native selection is a good substitute for non-native Ajuga.