A lot of our native plants may not fit our esthetic of beauty in winter. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder — sometimes looking at other attributes of native plants makes them more attractive. Native plants are valuable to wildlife for the cover, nesting sites and food they provide. And using native plants in your landscape can reduce your water, fertilizer and insecticide use.
Many native plants are deciduous, losing their leaves in winter. Others, such as firebush are not cold hardy and are burnt by frost, but readily recover in spring with lush new growth. And birds will devour berries of firebush even after a freeze.
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