All through Nashville people aim to buy food products, clothes and other items locally. Many of us are saying goodbye to large corporations, and supporting those small business owners who give our city some character. The same is said for even plants. There are so many benefits to planting native Tennessee species in your landscape rather than planting exotic plants or trees. Nashville is plant 6b zone and is located within the Central Basin, both with characteristics that encourage native plants to flourish. To the Black Walnut Tree to the Sycamore tree, the choices are endless. Here are some advantages to planting native plants on your property:
- Disease resistant — Exotic plants that haven’t been exposed to Tennessee’s elements are more likely to catch an unwanted disease. Many local plants don’t have that problem.
- Water conservation — Native trees play an integral part in cleaning Nashville’s water and preventing water erosion.
- Pollination — Native plants and trees throughout your landscape will only encourage Tennessee’s ecosystem and promote pollination.
- Propagation — Just like with pollination, asking your tree service to use native plants in your landscape will eventually spread and flourish.
- Maintenance — The Parke Company makes it easy to use native plants. While they also have tree service for exotic plants, they are very knowledgeable on Tennessee’s own plants.
Of course, like all plants, native trees do have potential to have problems and some specific trees are more disease and pest prone than others. Pin Oak, White Ash, Hemlocks and most pines can potentially have problems. But if you have questions or concerns, the Parke Company is readily available to assist you in choosing the best native plants for your landscape.
For more information or tree services such as planting native trees, call your Parke Company representative today at (615) 405-6548.