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Article: Let your container gardens go native.(unknown)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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Byline: Barbara Perry Lawton Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
Although not listed on any big board of international assets, the United States' pool of native plants is highly prized among gardeners and horticulturists throughout the world. And now North American plants - from asters to coneflowers, from liatris to evening primrose - are also leaping into new prominence in container gardens.
a*These small gardens are a perfect way to use natives when space is at a premium or to try out a native species before planting it in a border.... Move mature plants to your garden where the colorful flowers will continue to attract both butterflies and ...