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Plant Native
Please Help support wildlife!
Adding native plants to your garden helps sustain biodiversity in ways you can see! Plant natives and you are likely to find more birds and butterflies visiting your garden.
Native plants have coevolved with wildlife and provide the food and shelter that support a wide variety of butterflies, birds and other species.
Delaware Native Species Commission
The Delaware Native Species Commission works to conserve plants and animals that are found in the state of Delaware.
More information about the commission can be found at https://dnrec.delaware.gov/delaware-native-species-commission/.
More information about the importance of native species and what you can do to help sustain them can be found at: https://delawarenaturally.org/
My Native Plants Signs
Celebrate the native plants you add to your home landscape with a sign from Delaware Naturally supported by the Delaware Native Species Commission. Find these signs at your local plant nursery where native plants are sold.
LIST OF NURSERIES:
- County Extension offices (Sussex, Kent, & New Castle)
- Lord’s Landscaping Inc. – Millville, DE
- East Coast Garden Center – Millsboro, DE
- Inland Bays Garden Center – Frankford, DE
- Homestead Gardens – Smyrna, DE
- Gateway Garden Center – Hockessin, DE
- Old Country Gardens – Wilmington, DE
- Story Hill Farm – Frankford, DE
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