Over the past 25 years there has been a continuous and ever increasing chorus of calls for more native plants in the landscape. Actually the call has been heard. In reviewing the offerings listed in the Plant and Supply Locator (2003) there are some 390 nurseries offering more than 550 different forms of native plants. In some parts of the country such as the Rockies and California native plants have often been a staple of the plant pallet primarily because they can readily fit into the landscape environmental niche. However, even where native plants are most useful there are always situations where highly desirable native plants just will not succeed. The objective here is to highlight some of these plants and explain and encourage nurseries and researchers to explore ways to overcome some of the problems associated with the production of some of the more desirable native plants.
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