Easy to Grow Native Plants
- Native plants are easy to grow, as they are more adaptable to the soils and conditions of their land. They typically take less maintenance than those non-native to the area. Easy-growing natives are low maintenance and adaptable. Native gardening can be a great way to get started in the hobby and help perpetuate the growth cycles of our native plants.
- Purple joepye weed, or Eupatorium purpureum, grows 2 to 6 feet high. Leaves are whorled and lance like. Flowers are on a flower-head and tiny with pale pink-lavender blooms. Purple joepye weed blooms from July to September. It requires moist soil in any lighting, sun through shade. It attracts birds. You can propagate by seed, division or softwood cuttings. It is native to the United States, especially the state of Georgia.
- White turtlehead, or Chelone glabra, grows 1 to 4 feet high. Flowers grow in clusters of white tubular flowers. It resembles a turtle's head. Blooms appear from July through September. It requires wet or moist acidic soil in any light, from sun to shade. It attracts both hummingbirds and butterflies. You can propagate by seed, division, or stem cuttings. White turtlehead is a United States native, especially the state of Georgia.
- White doll's daisy, or Boltonia asteroids, grows 3 to 6 feet high. Flowers grow in flat clusters and white, pink, blue or purple rays. Its blooms appear in July through October. It requires moist or dry acidic soil in bright sun. It attracts butterflies to the landscape. You can propagate by root division or seed. It is a native plant in the United States, especially the state of Georgia.
- Trumpet creeper, or Campsis radicans, grows up to 35 feet long. The dark green leaves have coarse teeth. Flowers are waxy and trumpet-like in red, orange or yellow. Blooms appear on the plant from June through September. It requires moist or dry well-drained soil and full sun. It tolerates both heat and cold. You can propagate it by semi-hardwood cuttings, root cuttings and seed. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Trumpet Creeper is a United States native, especially the state of Georgia.
Purple Joepye Weed
White Turtlehead
White Doll's Daisy
Trumpet Creeper
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