A series of mysteries relating to natural landscaping and the ways we are part of this delicate system of connections — explored by former Wild Ones Journal Editor Maryann Whitman.
In the previous article, we discussed what it is about native plants that makes them unique. We concluded that their long lives, with the resultant massive root structures, and millennia of adapting to their life space, while also co-evolving with other living organisms in their life space, were all relevant factors. Continue reading "Further Mysteries Explored"
Have you ever wondered why, specifically, we can say that native plants do not need to be fertilized or, for that matter, have any chemicals thrown at them? Is it something inherent in the plants? Is it something that we, the native planting caretakers, do, or don’t do? Is it something about the medium they […] Continue reading "A Mystery Explored"