In the early days of public interest in gardening with native plants, there were relatively few choices available at nurseries, and the only ones for sale were the easy-to-grow species. If you wanted to grow any natives other than the common garden varieties such as black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower or Virginia creeper, you needed to hunt them down at specialty growers, from … [Read more...] about Optimizing your native plant options
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Lorraine Johnson
About Lorraine Johnson
Johnson was the president of the North American Native Plant Society and is the author of numerous books on gardening and environmental issues, including 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardensm, The New Ontario Naturalized Garden, The Gardener’s Manifesto, and City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing.