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Simple Ways to Make Your Garden Good for Butterflies
Bringing local wild land plants into your garden will increase the number of butterflies inhabiting your airspace. For residents in Southern California, gardening with native California plants can be unfamiliar. Most homeowners appreciate the ease of shopping at their neighborhood Home Depot Garden Center, Lowes, and True Value for plants. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to find […]
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Local Plants Support Bird Life
Even planting a small corner of your garden with locally native plants will help support bird life and butterflies.
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California Buckwheat is a Pollinator Magnet
The Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society (OCCNPS) will be giving a free four-inch California buckwheat plant to local residents this October to introduce homeowners to the beauty of California native plants in the garden. Why buckwheat? According to the native plant experts at Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano, […]
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More Butterflies in Your Garden
Southern California is home to people and plants from around the world. Plants from far away lands have been introduced in California and have become so common that many people believe that most ornamental plants are native. Examples of introduced species include Eucalyptus trees from Australia, ice plant from Africa, and bougainvillea from Brazil. These […]
A Sage and A Buckwheat in Every Garden
Buckwheat Brings Butterflies
A Sage and A Buckwheat in Every Garden 