A Designers Guide to Landscaping with Native Plants

Are you considering adding native plants to your landscape this spring? Join Sag Moraine for this free informative webinar featuring Jeremy Ohmes from Wild World Gardens and Keith Sykora from Stellar Natives. Jeremy and Keith designed the lovely garden packages available for pre-order in the 2024 Sag Moraine native plant sale. In this presentation, Jeremy and Keith will discuss the beautiful native plants that they used in their designs and some techniques they use to create a lovely native garden. Prepare your questions. The second half of the webinar will be a question and answer session in which you can ask the professionals questions that will help you with your 2024 native planting plans.
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[@sueknowski6650]

Thank you!!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

You're welcome!

[@Skypost4ever]

The challenges I face as a landscape designer is trying to utilize evergreens in the landscape, but there really aren't a whole lot of dwarf evergreen native shrubs that can handle full sun. I live in upstate SC so we have a good climate for lots of great native plants, but my clients are generally wanting evergreens especially on foundation plantings. Thankfully most of my clients who are good with mostly natives are fine with deciduous plants.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thanks for your comment! Have you used Ilex glabra or Inkberry? That is one of our favorite native evergreen shrubs and a great substitute for boxwood.

[@Skypost4ever]

@@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity I have, I just find holly bushes to be bland and boring, also its really hard to find a true male pollinator. I've utilized vaccinium darrowii 'Rosa's blush' and viburnum obovatum 'Mrs. Schiller's delight' and also while not the best for ecological value thuja occidentalis 'Fire Chief' I just wish plants like Itea, Clethra, Ceonathus, and Aronia were evergreen or more appealing to today's urban homeowner. I really wish people would just be fine with plants that are bare for 3 months out of the year. They seem to love hydrangeas but only because they bloom consistently throughout the summer and in nice bright colors.

[@greatsewing6061]

Nicely done and very important for the future of biodiversity.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and helping to spread the word about the importance of native plants!

[@jackiem3670]

Excellent presentation, thank you!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@miguelg4556]

Thank you for this!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@YSLRD]

I have a lawn of native plants, no toxins or even water. I have added clover for bees, but there are other blooming plants that flower between mowings.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

We'd love to see a picture of your lawn! If you can please send a photo to [e-mail]. This is a topic that lots of people ask about and we'd love to have more examples to show!

[@cbak1819]

Q? Off topic.. I'm putting in wooded raised beds, there will be 4. I want paths that will not be grass.. we are thinking stone. Any thoughts on garden paths and how they impact the space?

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Another great question! In between the beds you have several options. You could try small gravel, natural uncolored wood mulch, straw, or even a sun loving moss.

[@cbak1819]

We have big back yards no fences, one back two older neighbors want a sterile environment.. not on my Watch😉

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Good for you! I have a neighbor who is all concrete, lawn, and white rock too.

[@emkn1479]

Great info! FOILage 😭

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you!

[@cbak1819]

I put a iron weed bush in my back yard and it looked like someone used weed killer on it last year😏😔

[@YSLRD]

Same for some of mine. The person across the street was using weed killer in the heat. It vaporized and drifted.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

I'm sorry this happened to both of you and to the iron weed. We need to educate people about how important our native plants are, and how deadly weed killer is.

[@lindalyc]

it'd been easier to put in a planting zone range. thanks

[@anastasiabeaverhausen5467]

5b NE Illinois