The Benefits and Exceptional Hardiness of Utilizing Native Plants In Landscaping

Maintaining a healthy and robust foundation of native plants, shrubs, and trees cannot be understated. They evolved right here in Tennessee and support our delicate ecosystem. Without native plants, shrubs, and trees, our vital wildlife and insect populations could suffer. For example, native oak trees support more than 500 species of caterpillars alone. By contrast, some imported tree species support only a handful.

These facts highlight the importance of planting native trees, shrubs, and other plant life whenever possible. As a nursery committed to landscape beautification in an environmentally responsible fashion, our staff would like to share the benefits and outstanding hardiness that native species deliver.

Why Are Native Plants, Trees & Shrubs Hardy & Beneficial?

Our landscaping choices significantly impact the natural world around us. This holds particularly true given how suburban sprawl continues to change the landscape. As homeowners, landscape, and nursery professionals, we can make informed decisions about native plant inclusiveness. We will all benefit substantially by integrating native plants into our landscaping designs, reforestation practices, and restoration efforts. These include the following:

Natural Beauty: Many native trees, shrubs, and plants produce vibrant flowers and deliver attractive fall foliage. Tourists travel to areas such as Tennessee to take in the breathtaking native trees as the seasons change.

Health Benefits: Manicured lawns and imported flowers often require regular fertilizer and pesticide treatments. Those harsh chemicals trickle into our drinking water and negatively impact the health of young children and our valued elders. Native plants, by contrast, do not require unhealthy support. They acclimated to the climate ages ago.

Air Quality Benefits: Native plants typically require minimal, if any, maintenance and care to thrive. They tend to demonstrate increased carbon-to-air efficiency and do not need lawnmowers to cut them back.

Water Conservation: Because native plants already adapted to the climate, they usually require less water than imported plants. Water ranks among our most vital natural assets. Expanding human populations place an increasing strain on clean water resources.

Wildlife Population: Native plants prove beneficial in terms of sustaining wildlife, including deer herds, fish, butterflies, and other wildlife. A diverse landscape with native trees, shrubs, and plants provides top-tier food resources for wilderness creatures. They also support native plant cross-pollination, which can help farmers produce higher yields come harvest season. Property owners can reduce their landscaping workload by integrating native plants, which also makes life easier. However, decreased reliance on fertilizers, pesticides, and water, among other factors, indicates that native plants prove invaluable to the environment and human health. Landowners may also be pleased to discover that our nursery provides a wide variety of eye-catching native species.

Beautiful & Hardy Native Plant Options Found at Our Nursery

Native plants offer property owners wide-reaching land management flexibility. They can be employed to sustain wildlife habitats on recreational land, reforest after harvesting timbers, or beautify a residential landscape. Even a cursory glance at the following shortlist of native shrubs, trees, and perennial plants demonstrates that they deliver enhanced benefits.

Daisies

Bloodroot

Hummingbird Plant

Brown Eyed Susan

Red Daylily

Lily Of The Valley

Dandelion

Great Blue Lobelia

Pokeweed Plant

Golden Bell Forsythia

Black Raspberry

Red Chokeberry Plant

Rabbiteye Blueberry

Honeysuckle Vine

Christmas Fern

Southern Red Oak

Southern Yellow Pine

Weeping Willow Tree

Red Maple Tree

Loblolly Pine Seedlings

American Elm Tree