Native plant landscapes help improve local ecosystems while adding beauty. No matter the size, native landscapes are a sustainable, resilient choice.
Native landscapes can conform to meet requirements of community ordinances. Begin designing a working landscape with an understanding of your site and its needs. Next, decide what results you want from its native plants.
Here are a few questions you should ask before you begin planting:
Are You Trying to Solve a Landscape Challenge?
Native plants can improve the beauty of a landscape and serve ecological functions. For example, they help purify and filtrate stormwater and improve soil. They can reduce your maintenance and resource use. Also, they help preserve valuable native pollinators and other wildlife.
Have You Made a Site Plan?
Creating a comprehensive and effective native landscape begins with a site plan. Sites with significant grade change may also need a topographical survey.
Imagine how you want to use the area now and in the future. Consider on-going maintenance needs.
Use trees and shrubs to create the main design structure. Work-horse perennials and grasses can fill spaces while building beauty and benefit. Think of complementary colors and textures plus multi-season interest.
Planting in a challenging area? Understory natives can bring dazzling texture and color to a shady area. Take advantage of excess moisture by channeling runoff with a rain garden. Deep-rooted natives will filter and funnel stormwater into the soil.
Want more fall color? Add one or more of these native trees and shrubs to create a broad palette of reds, golds, and oranges.
Your Experts in Native
Forrest Keeling has an exceptional selection of native species. We grow hundreds of native trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses. And all have the added benefit of our patented RPM-production technology. A Forrest Keeling team member can guide your selection of native options.
Forrest Keeling Nursery… it’s where the best natives begin! Contact us today.