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SELECT PLANTS THAT WILL THRIVE!

Well designed, installed and maintained landscapes offer years of environmental benefits and beauty.
Design your landscape with your site and soil in mind. Include a variety of plants: annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, turf and ornamental grasses.

  • Choose plants suited to the micro climates located throughout your landscape.
  • Select species that are tolerant of difficult urban/suburban sites and the wide range of weather conditions your area receives.
  • North Carolina natives may be suitable, but many equally beautiful non-native plants will work well and
    pose no threat to our native plant populations.
  • Balance areas of turf and landscape plantings for practical water use and management.
  • Remember that even drought-tolerant plant species need water during the establishment period.
  • Year-round planting is possible with careful attention to irrigation needs.
  • Ask your county extension agent for guidance in your area.

The following informational pages from NCSU may help with plant selection:

SUGGESTED SITES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Drought tolerant Annuals 

Drought tolerant Perennials

Drought tolerant Shrubs  

Drought tolerant Trees 

4000 Plant fact sheets

This resource for North Carolina's gardening community is sponsored by . . .
The North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association and
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
 
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