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Gardening Guides6 Native Goldenrods Worth a Second Look
Goldenrod gets a bad rap as being aggressive, but these more mannerly choices offer a bunch of benefits
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Native PlantsWhy Aggressive Plants Might Actually Be Your Friends
Sometimes a garden thug is exactly what’s called for
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Gardening Guides6 Native Ground Covers for Tough, Dry Spots
Sun beating down on your sandy gravel? Thick shade darkening your clay soil? There’s a ground cover here for you
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Gardening GuidesUnleash Your Guerilla Gardener
Toss some seed bombs around the yard for easy, beneficial plantings
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Native PlantsGreat Native Plant: Grow Wild Quinine for Its Unique Clusters of Blooms
Get connoisseur cred and unique blooms with this uncommon plant. Bonus assets: It’s low maintenance and drought tolerant
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Gardening GuidesHow to Find the Right Native Plants for Your Yard
Find plant maps, sale sites and guides that make going native in the garden easier than ever
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Gardening for Butterflies7 Native Wildflowers to Make You an Awesome Butterfly Host
Offer the leaves of these and you’ll get more butterflies than with flower nectar alone
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Winter Gardening10 Native Wildflowers to Beautify Your Winter Garden
They stand strong in wind, feed wildlife and are easy to grow. But you may want to add these plants for their looks alone
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Inspiring GardensNative Plants Inspire and Educate at NYC's Botanical Garden
Stroll through the new Native Plant Garden with us to get great ideas for plant choices and sustainability
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Gardening for Butterflies3 Ways Native Plants Make Gardening So Much Better
You probably know about the lower maintenance. But native plants' other benefits go far beyond a little less watering and weeding
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Gardening GuidesGreat Native Plant: Cleveland Sage
Get a whiff of this salvia for a garden experience to remember. Oh, and you can almost forget about maintenance
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