Viewing post #3014945 by stone

Peggy8b said: "Native Plants' is a relative term.

They are the plants native to a particular region.

May I suggest you go into your profile (click down arrow by the little figure upper right corner of the page and then click profile) and add your zone/location so people seeing your posts automatically see this?

Ditto...

Until we have some idea of where in the world you are gardening... your question is pretty much unanswerable.

Unfortunately, the mail order catalog may call a plant "native" because it originates from the USA... But this doesn't mean that it will grow at your house...

While some plants will grow pretty much anywhere, other plants have pretty exacting requirements.

So... native can be a meaningless term... When seeking plants native to our area... the better term is "locally native".