Why Native Plants Should Have a Place in Your Yard

By Marialiberati

As the days get longer and the temperature gets warmer, you will most likely be spending more time outside in your yard. You will also want to enhance the space in your yard with furniture, landscaping, and plants. Instead of finding exotic plants, you should actually put native plants in your yard.

Creating a Healthier Ecosystem

When you have native plants, you create a better environment for other local plants and animals. This benefits the ecosystem greatly because you are not introducing a foreign object into the carefully balanced system. In general, the native plants have already found their place in the ecosystem as Greener Horizon points out. They take what they need, but they do it in a way that does not take away from the other plants around them. The native plants allow other plants in the yard to thrive together. By bringing the ecosystem to you, you will also bring that wildlife along with you, benefiting the rest of your garden.

Less Maintenance

Plants from other climates are much more difficult to work with because native plants have had years of adaptation to survive. Foreign plants also require different conditions and levels of attention. With some natural plants, they almost take care of themselves because they are used to the conditions and climate. According to Emerald Green Lawncare, maintaining a lawn can be an exhausting and never-ending task. However, if you swap with something like moss, you can still have the appeal of a green lawn, but less maintenance. Native plants are also less likely to need pesticide because the plants have evolved to find ways to survive despite the conditions.

Lower Cost

Typically, native flowers and other plants are much cheaper than exotic plants. Aside from the actual price, because native plants require less maintenance, they also require less money. You can either buy them as seeds to plant or buy them alive and grown so that it can be easier to incorporate into your yard. If you are planting wildflowers, for example, they are relatively cheap. However, the wildflowers can take care of themselves for the most part. The flowers will also spread across the soil, making your yard more rustic and intentional.

Your yard should be a place where you want to spend time; where you would rather be instead of trapped in a room with artificial lighting. By using native plants in your yard, you can marry your yard together as it will match with the natural surroundings. Find some native plants and get to gardening!

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