For decades, native plants were relegated to the “weed” section of many American gardeners’ minds. Most nurseries didn’t stock them. But that’s slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter ...

If your New Year’s goal is to create or convert a garden bed to native plants, the “Plant by Numbers” resources from The Ohio ...

The Certified Wildlife Habitat program from the National Wildlife Federation is the most widely recognized program. To qualify, a yard must offer food, water, cover, and places for wildlife to raise ...

Native edibles, such as western beaked hazelnuts, California wild grapes and evergreen huckleberries, make great garden additions. Not only are they easy to grow, but they also offer nutritional value ...

Many gardeners today are interested in native plants because their blossoms provide food for pollinators. However, nonblooming plants are also essential for native habitats. Plants such as ferns are ...

Heuchera (coral bells) provide valuable ground cover ...

The suburban yard of Drake White’s San Antonio home doesn’t have what most yards have—grass. Instead, there are violet pillars of bluebonnets, pillowy white flowers blooming on jimsonweed, and ...