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Here they come! \"snowdrops\"<\/p>\n

Have you ever\u2013after a winter night\u2019s sound sleep\u2013 poked your head out from under the bedcovers into the morning light?<\/p>\n

If yes, you can understand the wild seed. After the dark night of winter underground, the tiny plant is now feeling its way out of its seed coat\u2026up through the moist soil\u2026stretching up to the warm sun\u2026 growing its first bright green leaves. The trees wake up and drink in the sun. It\u2019s Spring! Our native plants are growing again!<\/p>\n

What are Native Plants?<\/h2>\n

\"sagebrush\"<\/p>\n

Trees, grasses, flowers that have, for ages, grown naturally together in a certain place in nature\u2013a rocky outcropping, for instance, or a high alpine meadow, a forest, or on the plains. Each has its own special kind and mixture of plants because it has its own special soil\u2013 some are full of sand, some sticky clay, others are rocky and still others are good earth for growing crops\u2013and some are mixed. Each has its own special climate\u2013dry, windy, snowy, sunny, shady, warm, cold and some are mixed.<\/p>\n

These plants know how to create just the right kind of environment so they can all live well in their particular place. But that\u2019s not all\u2026<\/p>\n

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