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The Native Garden
Native Gardens, also known as Naturalized gardens, are gardens that use plants native to our local area. There are many benefits to having a Native Garden
Benefits to Native Gardens
SAVE WATER: Once established, native plants tend to need little to no additional irrigation beyond the normal amount of rainfall for that area.
FEWER PESTICIDES: Native plants have adapted to our local environment, meaning they’ve already evolved natural defenses against the pests and diseases common to our area. Reducing or eliminating pesticide use protects our beneficial insects, lets natural pest control take over, and keeps garden toxins out of our creeks and watersheds.
LOW MAINTENANCE: With lower irrigation needs and no need for pesticides, there’s also less need for our involvement to thrive. Native gardens are happy with little to no additional maintenance.
SUPPORTS LOCAL ECOLOGY: Many habitats of our local ecology have been lost to the expansion of human development. By planting a native garden, you can help rebalance the local ecology providing safe refuge for animals, birds, insects, fungi, and even the microbiome of our soils.
ATTRACTS LOCAL WILDLIFE: Local wildlife needs native plants to thrive, they will seek out the species they intuitively know and love.
Native Garden Plants
TREES
Paper Clump Birch
Betula papyrifera
White Spruce
Picea glauca
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Pin Cherry
Prunus pennsylvanica
Burr Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Laurel Leaf Willow
Salix pentandra
SHRUBS
Native Saskatoon
Amelanchier alnifolia
Common Caragana
Caragana arborescens
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Beaked Hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
Yellow Broom
Cytisus decumbens
Wolf Willow Silverberry
Elaeagnus commutata
Sea Buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
Western Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Golden Flowering Currant
Ribes aureum
Pixwell Gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum
Josta Berry
Ribes josta
Woods Rose
Rosa woodsii
Native Raspberry
Rubus idaeus (strigosus)
Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Golden Elder
Sambucus canadensis ‘Aurea’
Silver Buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
Common Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
American Highbush Cranberry
Viburnum trilobum
FLOWERS
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea
Snowdrop Anemone
Anemone sylvestris
Songbird Bluebird Columbine
Aquilegia Songbird ‘BlueBird’
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias specious
Purple Dome Aster
Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’
Blue Bird Clematis
Clematis macropetala ‘Blue Bird’
Tall Larkspur
Delphinium glaucum
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
Cranesbill
Geranium
Blazing Star Liatris
Liatris spicata
Bee Balm
Monarda
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
