Why landscape with native plants?
Why landscape with native plants? In the Southern United States, leafy green kudzu vines have overtaken portions of the landscape with a vengeance. Given the right mix of moderate heat, sunlight and rainfall, kudzu will trample anything in its path, growing at an astonishing rate of one foot (30 centimeters) per day [source: USDA Forest Service]. When that happens, the kudzu envelops trees, bushes and buildings so thoroughly that it resembles sheets draped over furniture in an abandoned house. Although kudzu has become a definitive feature of southern scenery, it hasn’t always been around. The aggressive plant was introduced to the United States from Asia in the 1800s as a form of erosion control [source:
