Native Missouri plants available at upcoming sale
JOPLIN, Mo. — The Missouri Black-Eyed Susan, the Little Bluestem, and, of course, the Butterfly Milkweed—these are all native plants Missouri conservationists are urging you to put in your landscaping.
So much so, that they’ll all be available at the bi-annual Shoal Creek Conservation Center Native Plant Sale this weekend. The plethora of plants available are already adapted to our climate and soil. They require little to no irrigation and rarely need fertilizer or pesticides. They’re also perfect food or habitat resources for the parts of nature that need them the most.
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“So, not only are they beautiful and relatively low maintenance because they’re perfectly adapted for the habitat they’re in, because they are native. So, they’re really nice for the landscape, but they’re also an awesome resource for our pollinators and our wildlife,” said Kensi Tillman, Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center Naturalist.
The Native Plant Sale is this Saturday at the Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center in Joplin. It will be held from 10 to 2. If you’re unable to attend, the next Native Plant Sale will be held sometime in the fall.
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