PLANT A NATIVE WILDFLOWER GARDEN

PLANT A NATIVE WILDFLOWER GARDEN: "Armed with field guides and a knapsack I would attempt to identify and list every species of wildflower I would encounter. Those plants that I couldn’t pinpoint in the field would sacrifice a flower and a few leaves and be the subject of intense scrutiny that evening on the kitchen table. There, the writings of Munz and Jepson and others far smarter than I would tutor me.

Many of those local wildflowers have since given way to development and urban sprawl, and ironically, to home gardens where a different array of plants are intensely cultivated. Why not grow at least a few of our local native wildflowers in your own garden? I’ll tell you how." ... (Click on title link above to learn about planting a native wildflower garden.) ...