If you're like me , this time of the year the gardening bug is biting. I don't have a Green Thumb but that didn't stop me from attempting to have the "perfect" garden.
I had all of the catalogs. I especially like the ones that send live plants. I had a great Flower Garden book and carefully designed my garden to have flowers of different heights, co-ordinating colors and 3 season blooming. It was actually quite lovely!
That was 20 years ago.....
This is my garden today!
The point of my tale being..go Native! Don't be lured by the fancy photos and promises. The best choices for a sustainable care free garden are native plants. They are used to our local conditions and don't need constant pampering. They can even tolerate a New England Winter without special care!
Some of the common ones here in New Hampshire are~ Coneflowers
Cardinal Flower Bee Balm NE Asters
If you especially enjoy having cut flowers in your home some hardy but lovely choices would be:
Delphinium Daisies Tall Phlox
and Statice
If you would like to take the "leap".... but don't know where to start.... the UNH Cooperative Extension along with the Department of Fish and Gamehave published a book about Native Plants and Landscaping called: Integrated Landscaping: Following Natures Lead
To purchase contact
- UNH Cooperative Extension Publication Center
- Nesmith Hall
- 131 Main Street
- Durham, NH 03824
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- NH Fish and Game
- Wares From The Wild
- 11 Hazen Drive
- Concord, NH 03301
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