I see so much life in my yard since I have reduced the lawn with native plants in its place
My front yard now has ten plus Eastern Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), three and four Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) and Common Eastern Coneflower (R. fulgida), three to four Obedient-plant (Physostegia virginiana), three Mistflower clumps (Conoclinum coelestinum), several dwarf Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), several Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea), three hybrid blueberry shrubs (Vaccinium sp.), Blue and Downy Phlox (Phlox divaricata and P. pilsoa) and Mouse-ear Coreopsis (Coreopsis auriculata) as groundcover, numerous volunteer Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), clumps of Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma), as well as Eastern Yarrow (Achillea gracilis) that has spread all over, a big clump of Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) and Amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana), Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima var. altissima), Mountain-mint (Pycnanthemum muticum), several spreading areas of Small-headed Sunflower (Helianthus microcephalus), three Blazing-star (Liatris spicata), and three Northern Rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) and numerous Canada Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) happily seeding wherever they feel like it!
