Planning for the Spring Garden

As I examine the catalogs that keep coming in this month, I am planning and dreaming a bit about the spring gardens at my house.   One of my resolutions for 2014 is to become more eco-friendly.  The goal is to work with nature and not against it.  I have read that the ideal eco-garden is made up of native plants and often becomes a habitat for birds and butterflies.

I have a great bluebird house in the yard and we enjoy it through the year.  A nuthatch house and a birdbath are on the list for this spring.

Low water plants that I have had luck with over the past few years 

• Sedum
• Yarrow
• Lavender
• Salvia
• Juniper
• Yucca
• Holly

A great site to use for planning to landscape with native Plants: 

http://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=N   C

An article dedicated to landscaping for wildlife in NC:

http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/ag636_03.pdf