12 Reasons to Plant Native Instead of Non-Native Plants
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Choosing native plants for the garden protects the planet, helps wildlife, and lessens outdoor chores without sacrificing the beauty of blooms or greenery.
In recent years, consumers have trended toward favoring sustainable gardening, and using native plants—species that occur naturally in their environment. Native plants offer many advantages (and few of the disadvantages of non-native plants). Nevertheless, many gardeners still add non-native plants to their home landscapes, perhaps because they’re more familiar with them since they often dominate the shelves at the big box stores, or because they’re pretty.
However, native plants can be just as attractive, with numerous trees, shrubs, and flowers providing color, texture, and interesting shapes. Their beauty simply adds to the many reasons why gardeners should opt for natives.
Native plants need less water.
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Native plants use less water. This is because they’re suited to the climate, rainfall patterns, and soil conditions where they grow naturally. Non-native plants often need irrigation to survive. “Native plants evolved to receive the amount of water nature provides,” says Lisha Astorga, owner of Desert Straw House in Palm Springs, California. Because water is a finite source and because demand is increasing concurrently with the global population, water scarcity has become a big environmental issue. Currently, 3.2 billion people live in agricultural areas with high or very high water shortages or scarcity. Growing native plants, especially as part of a xeriscaping landscape design, can conserve water.