Half the battle against invasive species is to focus on what you want growing there. Not only do native plants benefit the local fauna, they create a beautiful landscape!
Once established, native plants are easy to maintain because they are adapted to Montana's temperatures, rainfall patterns, and soil conditions.
Native Plants
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Resist local pests and disease.
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Reduce soil erosion, build soil structure, and absorb rainfall.
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Require less water, and no fertilizer.
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Are preferred by native birds, wildlife and pollinators for food and shelter.
The mark of a healthy landscape is species diversity: grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees.
Resources
Inspiration for Your Garden
Alpine sunflower
Beebalm
Blaketflower
Blue Flax
Bitterroot
Cinquefoil
Field Chickweed
Fleabane
Harebell
Hairy Golden Aster
Lanceleaf Stonecrop
Nodding Onion
Oregon Grape
Pearly Everlasting
Penstemon
Prairie Smoke
Shooting Star
Sticky Geranium
Sulfur Buckwheat
Maximillion's Sunflower
Woods Rose
Yarrow