![]() Soon, friends began asking for advice on how to make their property more pollinator and wildlife friendly and to buy plants so they could support the pollinators and wildlife on their properties. The nursery grew out of our desire to grow those plants for our own property. You can’t have good wildlife and pollinator habitat without providing the plants those animals need for food and shelter. So, you’ll get the benefit of the pollinators and wildlife that the native plants attract, without having to worry about damage to your plants. It also means that it has evolved with being eaten by the local pollinators and wildlife, and thus tends to respond very quickly by putting out fresh new leaves. Choosing a plant that is native to your location, therefore, means that you won’t have to “baby” it as much to keep it alive. Plants are naturally adapted to the soils, weather, and other conditions in the areas where they are native. Multiple research projects have found that areas with higher percentages of native plants have more diversity and greater numbers of pollinators and wildlife. When it comes to food, even those pollinators and wildlife that can eat exotic plants don’t always get the same nutritional benefits from the exotic foods as they do from the native foods. ![]() Even though some of our native pollinators and wildlife may use exotic plants for food or shelter, not all of our native pollinators and wildlife can do so. Native plants are their natural food sources and homes. Our native pollinators and wildlife have evolved with our native plants. ![]()
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