Invasive Plants Don’t Stand a Chance Against their Floppy-Eared Nemeses: Goats in the Garden
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Guests arriving at the Native Texas Boardwalk in early April will find the Garden has employed some unusual temporary staff of the four-legged variety. Goats are coming to the Garden.
Learn How to Stop the Spread of Invasive Plants through Smart Shopping and Native-Friendly Gardening
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Readers of this newsletter are savvy and environmentally aware—most know that invasive plants threaten the environment and native plants support a healthy ecosystem. But it’s not always easy. You might go to your local garden center looking for a native plant like lantana, take it home and plant it in your garden. You’ve done a good thing, right? Maybe. Maybe not. How do you know that the variety of lantana you purchased is native lantana?