{"id":15046,"date":"2023-05-26T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=15046"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:35:55","slug":"coastal-landscapes-initiative-publishes-plant-this-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastal-landscapes-initiative-publishes-plant-this-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Landscapes Initiative Publishes <em>Plant This Instead!<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>For immediate release<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact: Gloria Putnam, <em>gfputnam@ncsu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/program-areas\/healthy-ecosystems\/coastal-landscapes\/plant-this-instead\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plant-This-Instead-cover-image.png\" alt=\"cover image for PLANT THIS INSTEAD!\" width=\"231\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a>The Coastal Landscapes Initiative has released <em>Plant This Instead! Eco-friendly Alternatives to Harmful Ornamental Plants<\/em>. The guide helps coastal property owners, landscapers, and designers choose attractive plants that support the environment and flourish in coastal North Carolina\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDeciding which plants to use for a foundation, privacy hedge, groundcover, or other landscaping projects can be a challenge,\u201d says Gloria Putnam, North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s coastal communities specialist and lead for the Coastal Landscapes Initiative. \u201cOften, we just use what we see growing in our region \u2014 plants that have become familiar to us \u2014 sometimes without knowing if these plants help or harm our coastal environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Putnam says the Coastal Landscapes Initiative has identified plants to avoid because they are \u201cbad actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe CLI team also has hand-picked striking, eco-friendly plants that can fill the same landscaping role as the ones avoided, including ones that that have characteristics, such as early spring flowers, that are similar to those most often sought in the species it\u2019s best to avoid,\u201d Putnam says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Plant This Instead!<\/em> also includes a double-sided poster. The poster provides details about the impacts of eco-harmful landscaping plants, as well as ten unwanted, opportunistic plants that require quick removal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCatching problematic plants early, and avoiding them in the first place, saves time, money, and energy,\u201d adds Putnam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Plant This Instead!<\/em> is available at no cost in print at N.C. Cooperative Extension coastal county offices and <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/contact-us\/locations\/\">North Carolina Sea Grant offices<\/a>. You also can download it for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/program-areas\/healthy-ecosystems\/coastal-landscapes\/plant-this-instead\/\"><em>go.ncsu.edu\/Plant-This<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the Coastal Landscapes Initiative and for additional resources, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/program-areas\/healthy-ecosystems\/coastal-landscapes\/\"><em>go.ncsu.edu\/CoastalLandscapes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coastal Landscapes Initiative has released Plant This Instead! Eco-friendly Alternatives to Harmful Ornamental Plants. 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