Make gardening a breeze with these easy-care native plants.
Natives are beneficial for local wildlife and add natural diversity to your garden.
Goatsbeard
The native version ofastilbe,goatsbeardproduces tall plumes of white blooms in early summer.
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This excellent background plant tolerates a range of soil and light conditions.
Plantstrawberrywhere it can send out its long runners and form a beautiful colony of rich-green foliage.
Or, for extra variety, try ‘Variegata’, a selection with creamy swirls through the leaves.
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It looks especially good in mass plantings.
Note:Blanket flowers are short-lived but reseed to continue for many years.
Learn how to incorporate natives into your landscape for beds filled with gorgeous, hardworking plants.
Their evergreen foliage is agreat winter accent, too.
Tip:Lewisia needs excellent drainage and does well in rock gardens.
It’s also easy-to-grow and carefree.
Keepbleeding heartcool and moist and see more flowers on and off through fall.
Even when not in bloom, enjoy the gorgeous blue-green ferny foliage.
This tough plant offers cheery yellow flowers and silvery foliage.
In spring, it bears clusters of golden-yellow blooms that are followed byblue fruits loved by birds.
The blooms appear in shades of pink, red, and lavender.
One of our favorite selections is ‘Brilliant’, a variety with lipstick-red flowers.
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It definitely attracts attentionand hummingbirds.
It makes a great backdrop for other drought-tolerant perennials such asconeflowersandblack-eyed susans.
Name:Deschampsia caespitosa
Size:3-4 feet tall
Credit: Aquilegia; Columbine
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