Native Plant Q&A with Ken Druse - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - February 24, 2020

February 21, 2020 00:25:42
Native Plant Q&A with Ken Druse - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - February 24, 2020
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Native Plant Q&A with Ken Druse - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - February 24, 2020

Feb 21 2020 | 00:25:42

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Show Notes

Gardeners including myself want to add more, more, more native plants to their landscapes to support pollinators and birds and other native wildlife, but if our beds and borders are already established? Do we have to erase them and start over? Making room for habitat-style planting, even in an established garden that includes many “collector plants” from other parts of the world, is the topic with my friend, garden writer and photographer Ken Druse, along to help.

Figuring out which plants are native locally is one key first step, and included at the bottom of the transcript is a list of some places to start in that search (and how to find your state's list, and then your county's from there).

Speaking of native plants, we also tackled a listener question about pruning Magnolia grandiflora—the evergreen Southern magnolia.  And on the subject of collector plants, Ken confesses to his latest acquisition—probably the most expensive single bulb he ever bought.

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