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Article: On the wild side: native Mississippi wildflowers are easy-care additions to the home garden.
- Article from:
- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Blooming along roadsides, in fields and wetlands, and on the forest floor, a vast array of wildflowers call Mississippi home. Many of these flowers are quite common and prolific, but some are rare and endangered. From the wooded hills of the northeastern part of the state to the marshes and savannas of the coastal plains of the south, Mississippi has a diversity of native flora and an abundance of wildflowers that possess a rare and uncommon beauty. And many of these native wildflowers adapt extremely well to the garden at home.
Growing in the wild without much fuss or bother, native plants are usually hardy if planted in suitable habitat. There are wildflowers ...