Native plants have become very popular over the past few years, and with good reason! Native plants are much more beneficial to the local ecology, than non-native plants. Other than being more beneficial to the local ecology, why else should you use native plants in your landscape?
While there are tons of native plants we love, here are our top 3 native plants for your Michigan landscape.
This coneflower begins blooming in a vibrant shade of pink from June and continues through October. If you want butterflies, coneflower is a must in your landscape. This lovely plant works anywhere; containers, small landscape beds, borders, edges…really anywhere!
In order to get butterflies, butterfly milkweed is another must have! Butterfly milkweed blooms starting in June all the way through September. This plant is also drought tolerant and tough, it loves the sandy, gravelly, or loamy soil.
This selection of bee balm blooms July to August, and is adorned with lavender-rose colored flowers. These flowers are also fragrant, which will attract hummingbirds. Add bee balm in the front of landscape beds, and mix among other great perennials like; ajuga, hostas, and variegated feather reed grass.
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