They’re not native to my home state of New York, however, but rather native from western South Dakota to Kansas and Louisiana and west to Colorado and Arizona. The 2-foot-tall plants put forth ...

Native plants bloom in synchronicity with the life cycles of local pollinators, offering nourishment right when it’s needed ...

Understanding your growing conditions The key to growing native plants is understanding the growing conditions of your garden — like how much sun the area gets in a day, or whether the soil is ...

Xilin Zhang of New Hyde Park, New York, transformed her front yard by replacing her traditional lawn with environmentally friendly native plants, using a $350 local grant that was designed for this ...

The 3.5-acre New York Botanical Garden Native Plant Garden. No matter the scale, scientists urge a shift in approach to managing invasive plants to include monitoring and prevention.

A Long Island homeowner has found herself in hot water after letting her yard go au natural. Xilin Zhang of New Hyde Park, ...

Growing Your Garden: Easy-to-grow native plants Let’s take a closer look at eight easy-to-grow native plants that will welcome pollinators, writes Theresa Forte Updated Oct. 29, 2023 at 10:09 a.m.

Here are some favorite native annuals. 7 Native annuals worth adding to the garden Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), which is native from Massachusetts south to northern Florida and west ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on ...