Part-2: Starting Native Plant Garden:. Where to find native plants. How to select plants for different spaces and wildlife. Ep # 20

Episode # 20 Where do you buy native plants in southwest USA. How do you select plants for your space, for different garden sizes an designs. Can you have native plants in containers if you just have patio/balcony or or a rental home.  I go through some examples of plants for different garden spaces and different wildlife benefits. Relevant prior episodes Ep # 4 _ Where to fin native plants. How to avoid confusion and invasive species Ep # 7 : Sun Exposure an direction; Microclimate of Garden2026 Spring Native plant sales mentioned in this episodeUTEP, Flora Fest, El Paso, TX - April 11, 2026Alamogordo, NM ( Otero native plant society ) - April 11, 2026Borderland nursery and seeds - Patagonia AZ spring plant sale - April 25th Albuquerque and Santa Fe have plant sales in various locations in April and MayDenver botanical garden annual spring sale - MayUtah - May Southern California, Arizona an Nevada - Many sales were in February an March. A few may be in April. Please check your local area. Some nurseries mentioned in this episodeSpadefoot Nursery, Tucson, AZhttps://www.spadefootnursery.com/El Paso, TXhttps://www.highdesertnativeplants.com/ Las Cruces, NMhttp://www.robledovista.com/La Union, NM (Near Las Cruces, NM & El Paso, TX) https://www.sierravistagrowers.net/Boulder  Coloradohttps://harlequinsgardens.com/Plants mentioned  in this episode :Ground cover plants  Wine cups - Callirhe involucrataFrog fruit - Phyla nodifloraSilver pony foot - Dichondra argenteaGray 5 eyes - Chamaesarcha chonioesWindmill trailing vine -- Allionia incarnataFlowering plants -Salvias - multiple native species Penstemons - multiple native speciesCherry Skullcap - Scutellaria sufretescensDesert marigold -   Baileya multiradiataBlanket flower - Gaillardia (different native species)Blackfoot daisy - Melampodium leucanthum Chocolate daisy - Berandiera lyratadamianita daisy - Chrysactinia mexicana Shrubs and tressAlgeria - Mahonia trifoliata - (Berberis trifoliata)Algeria - Mahonia hematocarpa -  (red barberry -)Wolfberry - Lycium Anderson (some other species of Lycium also native )Little leaf Sumac - Rhus microphyllaThree leaf Sumac - Rhus trilobataManzanita - pointleaf Manzanita  - Arctostaphylos pungent (and other native species )Sage - Leucophyllum - Desert Willow - Chilopsis linersGoldenball Lead tree - Leucaena retusa Mexican red bird of paradise - Caesalpinia mexicanaAnisacanthus Quadrifidus  GrassessMexican feather grass - Nassella tennuissimaGrama grasses native to southwestBuffalo grass - Bouteloua dactyloidesMuhly grasses - Muhlenbergia  (several native southwest species)Send us a text for questions on this topicVisit website for podcast show notes, images  and other posts.https://www.gardenandnaturesouthwest.com/Subscribe to get blog & podcast episodes delivered to your inbox. If you have questions regarding the topic covered here, email me