North America. This small to medium-sized, low-maintenance shrub looks great in your cottage garden, hedge row, or in a rain garden area. Grow it in a sunny location or with light shade, and make sure it receives steady soil moisture, as these plants don’t like to dry out completely...
One of the fast growing shade trees in North Florida is the native sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua, USDA zones 5-9), which displays pointy-lobed, maple-like leaves that turn brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow in November. It reaches maturity at 60 to 100 feet. Choose a ...
Holly (Ilex) includingwinterberry,yaupon, andAmerican holly. The flowers are small, but the red berries hang on the plant far into the winter and feed the birds when other sources of food are gone. Some can tolerate shade. Pick the native that belongs in your zone: winterberry in the nort...
Notable day trips in Phoenix include the Heard Museum which is one of America's largest collections of Native American art, Phoenix Museum of History, as well as the Desert Botanical garden which has a great collection of desert plants. Read more Yosemite National Park Tucked into the mountains...
Sky Ranch Terlingua is covered with fossilized mollusk shells. After the water receded, the area was visited by various animal and human migrations. Today, Sky Ranch is a refuge for two native Texans with deep roots that predate Texas itself. "Be friendly, but firm. But most of all, be ...
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The visitor-favorite Desert Dome has three desert sections: the Namib Desert, the Red Center of Australia and the Sonoran Desert, with animals and plants native to those regions. Be sure to also explore the aquarium, where marine life is viewable from a 70-foot shark tunnel. The zoo ...
This evergreen variety is one of the most beautiful native trees, found in the South East US, from central Florida to North Carolina and west to Texas. But these magnolias are surprisingly hardy despite the name 'southern'. The huge fragrant white flowers can measure up to 8 inches across ...
They also come in more great colors aside from the shade pictured above!Sporty yet clean, these are equipped with a springy sole, a breathable outer made from eucalyptus fiber, and a cozy merino wool lining that’ll keep things fresh.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to inspiring the conservation of native plants. Located a quick but quiet ten miles from downtown, we are a botanical garden open to the public year-round and have become a favored venue for everything from conservation-fo...