Utah Native Plants

 

Grasses

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Species

    “When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water” - Ben Franklin, from Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1733

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    *non-native/adapted species

    This site provides information on plants for low water use landscapes. Most are native to the Intermountain West or shortgrass prairie, but not all. There are many delightful plants well-suited for in low water-use landscapes that originated in similar climates elsewhere in the world. However, focusing on natives for low water-use landscapes is common sense. These plants are already adapted to the summer drought characteristics of  the West. Beyond that using natives also honors the environment in which we live. Which in turn diminishes the adversarial relationship with the desert that most of our existing landscapes represent.

    Enjoy     

       Roger Kjelgren