The time and cost required by your garden can and often does determine the level of quality our plants will produce. So many of us love to enjoy a beautiful landscape and yet at the same time we are left without the time and money needed to attain a lovely yard.

Taking advantage of the benefits of native plants is a simple way to cut the necessary time required by your garden and the amount of money you could spend on water and other needs your garden requires. Native plants need less attention because they grow naturally in their given climate. They are already accustomed to ground conditions and thrive with little extra attention required.

The following websites are helpful resources to determine what is native to your area.

http://www.plantnative.org/index.htm

http://www.wildflower.org/collections/

Several states have native plant societies. Search “native plant society” to locate one on a search engine.

Below are a few.

Santa Clara County-CA
http://www.cnps-scv.org/
Santa Cruz-CA
http://www.cruzcnps.org/
California
http://www.cnps.org/
Oregon
http://www.npsoregon.org/
Utah
http://www.unps.org/index.html
New Mexico
http://npsnm.unm.edu/
Nevada
http://heritage.nv.gov/nnps.htm
Arizona
http://www.aznps.com/