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Yard & Garden

An Ode to Beebalms, Our Beautiful Biodiversity Magnets

Among the many native plants of North America, there’s one that every summer stuns me with its beauty and its important role in our ecosystems and our lives. In today’s post, I want to share some information about a lovely group of plants local to right here, which can be easily grown in our green…

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Master Gardener

Native Plants Add Beauty and Support Wildlife

I love native plants. I garden for beauty and wildlife and nothing supports healthy habitats better than native plants. So what are native plants? They are beautiful, resilient plants that naturally occur in an area. Having evolved over millennia with native wildlife, they naturally support them best. A native white oak supports 557 species of…

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It’s a sunny day in late February and that means I’m looking at seed catalogs and dreaming of new plants! Have you been plant shopping yet this year? Adding new plants and seeds to your garden creates new scents, textures, colors, and shapes and is the easiest way to increase biodiversity in your landscape! …

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