{"id":1838,"date":"2014-06-08T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mother-natures-son.com\/blog\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2014-06-08T16:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T21:07:30","slug":"native-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atp.dtn.temporary.site\/blog\/native-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a few native plants which make great additions to your landscape. They are hardy and well-adapted and provide color and interest.<\/p>\n

First is a pink Salvia<\/a> (Salvia greggii<\/em>). The red-flowered plants behind it are also salvia gregii, so the plant comes in different varieties. The pink plant is about 3 feet tall and the red ones are about 1.5 feet tall. The leaves smell like mint when you crush them. The flowers are sure to attract hummingbirds and bees.<\/p>\n

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Salvia<\/p><\/div>\n

Next is another salvia, commonly known as Mealy Blue Sage<\/a> (Salvia farinacea<\/em>). The flower spikes are about 1 foot tall on this plant. It also attracts bees and hummingbirds.<\/p>\n

Salvias are members of the mint family and the two examples here are perennials.<\/p>\n

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Mealy Blue Sage<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a close up of the fruit\u00a0on a Mexican Buckeye<\/a> (Ungnadia speciosa<\/em>). This one is a small tree, about 10 or 12 feet high. The fruit have a distinctive three-lobbed shape and contain from 1 to 3 black, shiny seeds. The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and moths. The seeds provide food for birds and small mammals.<\/p>\n

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Mexican Buckeye<\/p><\/div>\n

People sometimes think that native plant landscapes are dull or ugly, but I think these three plants provide great counter-examples.<\/p>\n

The advantages of planting a native in your landscape are that you’ll have a plant that is well-adapted to our climate and will probably do better than a transplant. You’ll water less often and not have to work so hard on your landscape, giving you more time to enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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