What are the Benefits of Planting Native Plants?

Black-eyed Susan (Texas native wildflower) is stunning when planted enmasse. The plant has bright yellow, daisy-like flowers, is drought-tolerant and attracts butterflies (courtesy: lawnstarter.com).
Black-eyed Susan (Texas native wildflower) is stunning when planted enmasse. The plant has bright yellow, daisy-like flowers, is drought-tolerant and attracts butterflies (courtesy: lawnstarter.com).

Our spring season is off to a wonderful start with warm and pleasant weather, including enough rainfall to satisfy plants’ moisture requirements. Lawns are becoming ‘green’ again (ours has a few too many weeds), trees are sprouting leaves (while delivering copious amounts of pollen), while shrubs and perennials are showing initial signs of growth by peeking out of the soil.

Let us hope we are fortu…