While researching what defines a native wildflower perennial and how is PA doing as far as the count.
PA has almost 3,000 plants, of which 2,000 are doing well.
PENN STATE EXTENSION article says that the native wildflowers in PA do not need fertilisers, and live on less water. Which is why these flowers should be part of gardens,
annuals are good, but reserve the majority of space for perennials. Pick places that do not get dug up or moved. Annuals can go in the front beneath these plants or because we like the new or exotic or seasonal, but I guess the reason for annuals for flower beds or formal gardens is their tidy habit of not spreading like wildflowers.
Pollinator gardens are often confused with weeds, because of their wild look. Bees can sting. But Bumblebees do not. Most of the time bees stick to the flowers.
So you need room to let it go wild or look wild. It is just a matter of what is important values to grow. I think both can exist as biodiversity in gardening.
Even a wilding or resilience movement in architecture plans, can be good for employee morale in large corporations. When they look out the window from their office cubicles, employees need to see nature. The science is behind this new movement with architects. Urban new word is biophilia or a need to have nature in cities.
Washington State architect or landscape guy, who was it?
