Witch-hazels flower when few other plants do, and there are two native species that make wonderful garden shrubs. Read Native Witch-Hazel
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Native Flora
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Native FloraPlant Choices
Native Witch-Hazel
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Native FloraPlant ChoicesSustainable Gardening
Sedge Lawns: A Sustainable, Low-Maintenance Alternative to Grass
When properly selected and planted, sedge lawns require little or no mowing, fertilizing, or chemicals, and some require less water than conventional turf. Read Sedge Lawns: A Sustainable, Low-Maintenance Alternative to Grass
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Native FloraEdible Plants & Recipes
Eat Local: Spring Pasta with Ramp and Parsley Pesto
Ramps are here! Take full advantage of their short, sweet season with this delicious pesto recipe. It's especially good with other seasonal ingredients like morels and fiddleheads. Read Eat Local: Spring Pasta with Ramp and Parsley Pesto
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Native FloraPlant Choices
The Best Crabapple Trees for Your Garden
Experts recommend these ten Malus cultivars for their beautiful blooms, lovely fruit, and disease-resistance. Among the showiest of spring bloomers, crabapples are also wonderful foliage plants in summer and fall, and they provide beautiful fruit displays late in the season. Read The Best Crabapple Trees for Your Garden
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Garden DesignPollinators and BirdsNative Flora
Butterfly Gardening in Fall
Learn how to create a simple, low-maintenance design that will lure monarchs, swallowtails, skippers, and other beneficial insects throughout autumn. Read Butterfly Gardening in Fall
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Native FloraUrban Gardening & Ecology
Weed of the Month: Pokeweed
Pokeweed is considered poisonous from root to fruit, but that doesn't stop birds—and some people—from eating it. Read Weed of the Month: Pokeweed
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Garden DesignNative Flora
Native Groundcovers: Sustainable Choices for Sun and Shade
Two of the most common groundcovers, English ivy and periwinkle, are invasive. But there are many native plants that make wonderful and sustainable alternatives. Read Native Groundcovers: Sustainable Choices for Sun and Shade
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Garden DesignPollinators and BirdsNative Flora
A Bird Habitat Garden—Plant Choices and Design Tips
Wild bird populations are threatened by habitat loss, global warming, collisions with buildings, and much more. You can help ease their plight by turning your city garden, or a portion of it, into a pesticide-free bird sanctuary. Read A Bird Habitat Garden—Plant Choices and Design Tips
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Native FloraBBG Gardens & Collections
Collecting in the Wild
The plants growing in the Native Flora Garden expansion were collected in the wild by BBG horticulturists and botanists along with our partners at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center. Read Collecting in the Wild
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Native FloraPlant ChoicesBBG Gardens & Collections
A Fern Grows in Brooklyn
Rare, federally listed hart's tongue fern is growing a BBG storm drain. Read A Fern Grows in Brooklyn