Garden Glossary

Native Plant

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term "Native Plant".  A native plant is a plant that grows naturally in a particular area an ecosystem, a habitat or region of the country without indirect or direct human intervention.  It was there originally.  Native plants in the eastern part of the country are the plants that were growing here naturally when the Europeans came, and it’s a standard definition in that part of the country.