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Native Prairie Plants for Any Size Garden
21.07.2023 - 18:49 / gardengatemagazine.com
Native Prairie Plants for Any Size Garden Learn about 12 native prairie grasses and flowers and how to grow them in your garden. Plus we'll share plant picks for smaller-scale micro prairies! Diversity of the prairieLong before central North America was settled and developed, large swathes of verdant prairies teeming with diverse flora and fauna thrived there. Expansive grasslands existed from Canada south to Texas, and from Indiana west to Colorado. Though few original prairies still exist, gardeners across America have begun to take action to restore prairie plantings right in their own backyards.
Why grow prairie plants?Prairie gardens, especially more expansive and interconnected ones, offer habitat, food and refuge for vital pollinator and wildlife populations. Also, compared to turf grass, mature prairie plantings require less water, fertilizer, fossil fuels and effort to maintain. That’s because many native prairie plants are naturally drought tolerant, pest resistant and adaptable to low-nutrient soils.
Though original prairie plant communities were comprised of 60 to 70 percent grasses and sedges, urban prairie restorations of all sizes often limit that amount to 30 to 40 percent, leaving more room for wildflowers. Using fewer grasses helps in maintenance, since some may dominate by spreading too rapidly. Keep reading to find out which grasses and sedges could form the backbone of your prairie garden; then I’ll share lots of wildflowers.
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Getting started with native prairie plantsBy their nature, prairies are large, open expanses of land where native plants spread easily and
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