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My Top 30 Native Plants for the Garden via Harmony in the Garden [Shared]

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I am always looking for new plants for my garden, whether I purchase them or propagate them using cuttings from my friend’s gardens, so I always make sure to save resources like this for future ideas. – Douglas

My Top 30 Native Plants for the Garden – Harmony in the Garden

My Top 30 Native Plants for the Garden via Harmony in the Garden [Shared]

I’ve been designing gardens with native plants for decades, using both California natives and those native to the different regions of the US.

And, after all these years, I’ve come up with my Top 30 favorite native plants that thrive in a garden setting.

What makes these plants a favorite?

Most importantly, they must reliably return year after year.

Following that, they must also be a stunning addition to the garden (hopefully offering more than one season of interest) while attracting loads of pollinators.

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‘Every tree counts’: Dutch come up with cunning way to create forests for free | Trees and forests via The Guardian [Shared]

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‘Every tree counts’: Dutch come up with cunning way to create forests for free | Trees and forests | The Guardian

‘Every tree counts’: Dutch come up with cunning way to create forests for free | Trees and forests via The Guardian [Shared]

In a clearing in the Amsterdamse Bos, a forest on the outskirts of the Dutch capital, is a “tree hub” where hundreds of saplings, among them hazelnut, sweet cherry, field maple, beech, chestnut and ash, are organised by type.

The idea behind it is simple: every day unwanted tree saplings were being cleared and thrown away when those young trees could be carefully collected and transplanted to where they are wanted.

Volunteers have already collected thousands of saplings cleared from woodland paths and those unlikely to survive in the forest shade. On Saturday, on donate a seedling day, people will be encouraged to take unwanted saplings or cuttings from their own gardens and give them to 200 tree hub locations across the Netherlands.

Read ‘Every tree counts’: Dutch come up with cunning way to create forests for free | Trees and forests | The Guardian

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