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Saturday - March 20, 2004

From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Container Gardens
Title: Container Gardening with Native Plants
Answered by: Sage Kawecki

QUESTION:

I live in an apartment and I’d like to grow native plants. Will they grow in containers?

ANSWER:

Yes! You can find the information you need to get your native plant container garden started by downloading our article from our Native Plant Library entitled “Container Gardening with Native Plants”.
 

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