What are the benefits of growing native plants?
One of the many advantages of growing native plants is that you can choose plants that are appealing and adapted to the climate and soils of the region in which you live. Plants live under the restraints of their environment just as we all do. The important limiting factors for plant life are the availability and quality of light, soil (which includes structure, fertility, and moisture-holding capacity), water, and temperature. Discovering which plants are natural to your area is a good way to avoid the expense and trouble of attempting to grow plants that require certain conditions of soil, moisture, and temperature that are not natural to your garden.
