Many native plants in the U.S. cannot possibly move themselves fast enough to avoid climate-change driven extinction. If these native plants are going to have any chance of surviving into the ...

Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies: A Field Guide, by Jim Weber, Lynne M. Weber and Roland H. Wauer (Texas) More for Earth Day: 7 of our favorite reads.

Sue Leahy, native plants manager for Greenscape Gardens Nursery in St. Louis, says mixing in one or two native plants with a yard of cultivars, or non-native species, is perfectly fine.

Native plants have very different needs from fruits and veggies. Here's how to create your own edible habitat garden. How to create an edible habitat garden with vegetables, native plants - Los ...

THIELE: Native plants also do more to prevent flooding than a lawn. They have longer roots which keep the soil in place and help it absorb more water. Those roots also trap more carbon dioxide, too.

If you do one thing, plant oaks,” says Nick Jensen, conservation program director of the California Native Plant Society. They support insects, birds and squirrels.

Rather than plant grass that would need constant watering, mowing and fertilizing, it turned to native plants that pretty much took care of themselves. Today, shoulder-high grasses wave in the ...