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leavesforwildlife
- Mar 30
- 4 min
Planting Instructions for New Trees and Shrubs
Potting up: If you've purchased bare root plants in spring, we recommend potting them up and growing them out until fall. First, choose a...
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leavesforwildlife
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Avoiding Ecological Traps: Maximizing Wildlife Value, Part 5
Another tip for maximizing the wildlife you attract when planting native is avoiding ecological traps - these are areas that attract or...
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leavesforwildlife
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Soil-Food Web: Maximizing Wildlife Value, Part 4
This is the 4th post in a series on maximizing wildlife value when landscaping with native plants. Let’s recap what we’ve covered so far:...
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leavesforwildlife
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Trophic Layers: Maximizing Wildlife Value, Part 3
When planting native, following a few specific principles will maximize benefit to wildlife. So far, we've covered the importance of...
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leavesforwildlife
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Biodiversity: Maximizing Wildlife Value, Part 2
In part one of this series, we talked about the importance of including keystone plants in your landscaping for the best benefit to...
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leavesforwildlife
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Keystone Plants: Maximizing Wildlife Value, Part 1
Whether creating a new planting space, or adding to an existing one, understanding a few concepts will ensure the best success in...
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leavesforwildlife
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
Spooktacular Year-End Sale
50% off trees and shrubs this weekend only! It's year one for my new native nursery and I have WAAAAAYYY too many plants to winter over...
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leavesforwildlife
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
It's OPEN SEASON on Asian Honeysuckle!
Asian honeysuckle are just one of many foreign plants that have escaped cultivation and are destroying ecosystems and causing the...
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leavesforwildlife
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Jail for Trees - Preventing Deer Browse
When planting native, many are discouraged to find that deer are often a little too grateful for our efforts. I think it's important to...
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leavesforwildlife
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
Simple Layering Method for Making FREE Plants
This is a great time of year to make yourself some free plants from those you already have! This works well on every shrub I've tried it...
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leavesforwildlife
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
Orientation to our Event
Welcome to Leaves for Wildlife Native Nursery (& developing wildlife preserve)! Don't Miss the Free Cider and Pumpkin Muffins :-) Natives...
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leavesforwildlife
- Sep 22, 2020
- 1 min
Bronze Fennel
Also known as smokey fennel, bronze fennel grows 2-4 feet tall and is an unusually-colored herb in the carrot family, native to the...
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