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Article: Restoration of native American flora to the landscape has become a battle cry. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- November 5, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In the world of horticulture, fame, fortune and glamour have for centuries revolved around plants from foreign lands, sought out by plant hunters, brought back at great trouble and expense to be propagated and sold to the public.
As a result, for decades in this country, America's own indigenous trees and shrubs have been neglected, dismissed as uninteresting, and infrequently showcased in the garden or back yard. Instead, vivid orange azaleas and cerise rhododendrons from China and Japan are more prized than the paler pastels native to the Northeast. European white birch trees appear in back yards throughout the nation where, unsuited to warmer climes, they are attacked by ...