Monday, June 11, 2018

Native Plants at Home - The Front of the House

We have flower beds surrounding three sides of our house.  Only the north side lacks flowers - the property line is too close to the house to really plant flowers.  Of the hundreds of individual plants in the beds, probably 90% are native to Michigan.  The front (east side) of our house gets sun in early morning, but shade during the rest of the day.  The shade also means that the soil here stays relatively moist, especially compared to the sunny south side of the house.  As a result of the shade and moist soil we have planted this side of the house mainly with woodland species.  There are more than twenty different species of native plants in this space.  Here a couple pictures...




Here are the same photos with some of the native plants labeled. A few species that are not visible include Wood Poppy, Wild Leeks, and Large-flowered Trillium.  I've probably missed a few more.



Later this week I will share photos from the south side and back of the house.

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