Native Plants for the Home Landscape

Learn about native plants and why they are so important to the environment and how to include them in your landscape.

Learn about Maryland native plants

• What is a Native Plant?
• Why Include Native Plants in your Garden?
• Cultivars of Native Plants
• Collecting and Sowing Native Plant Seed
• Native Plants and Climate Change

Choose native plants for your yard and garden

• Recommended Native Plants for Maryland
• Native Plants for Shade
• Native Plants for Shady Slopes
• Native Plants for Sunny Slopes
• Deer Resistant Native Plants
• Ornamental and Native Grasses
• How to Make a Meadow
• Recommended Species for Meadow Creation (Coastal Plain)