ljmarksonJul 234 min readEcological landscapingNative Partridge Pea and Invasive Chamberbitter Look Similar yet are Worlds Apart (and how to tell the difference...) Partridge Pea is native to most of the Eastern half of the United States and supports habitat in a...
ljmarksonApr 216 min readLandscaping for NatureNative Plants are Not Yard OrnamentsThe transition from ornamental gardening (plants as ornaments) to ecological gardening (native plants as a functional part of an...
ljmarksonMay 15, 20229 min readNative Plant NurseriesWhy We Need to Support Local Native Plant Retail NurseriesRecently, I drove over an hour in traffic each way to visit North Georgia Native Plant Nursery to buy two one-gallon native mountain...
ljmarksonJan 23, 20227 min readNative FlowersNative Plants to Winter Sow for Summer Blooms This YearI thought I was done winter sowing in the first week of January when I planted 100 different native plant seeds and put the trays outside...