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Powerful Gardening: Propagating native KY plants Alicia Bosela, the author, will be selling native plants at the 8am-1pmCT, Saturday, July 19, 2014 Farmers Market on the Square, Adair Annex Parking Lot , 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY By Alicia Bosela Gardening for most can mean many good things: relaxation, good food, a scenic yard, etc. Gardening is also empowering for several reasons. Our precious Kentucky heritage can be preserved by propagating the plants that give our home its true character, native plants. Many native plants are not only beautiful, but are best at providing food and habitat for our wildlife. While native plants can serve as hosts for butterfly young, for example, this is rarely true of landscape plants purchased from 'big box' stores. Ornamental plants that are commercially available usually originated in Europe or Asia. These ornamentals may be valued for their novelty; however, almost none can be used by our native pollinators for completing their life cycle. Did you know that the 2013 census of monarchs in their wintering grounds showed that less than 10% of the population measured in 1990s remained!? Monarch butterflies can rear young only on milkweeds and Kentucky has 13 species of native milkweed. The benefits of native plants don't stop with insects. Ninety six percent of terrestrial birds in North America rear their young on insects. Therefore, yards with native plants benefit insects as well as our local birds. All this is a long way of saying that you and your garden are powerful agents to support nature and our wonderful natural heritage. To help to promote ecological gardening, I have recently begun to propagate native plants and will be participating in the Saturday morning Farmers Market starting this coming week. I will have native plants, including milkweeds, for sale and will be available to answer questions about selecting native plants for landscaping. --Alicia Bosela This story was posted on 2014-07-16 16:04:28
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