If you are new to native plant gardening and would like to start with some species that adapt easily to conventional garden settings, these are my recommendations for where to begin.

-Not being included on this list doesn't mean that a species is difficult to grow, just that they either require specific conditions that are not often found in conventional garden settings or that, if planted in a nice rich garden soil and offered consistent moisture, they may promptly overwhelm less enthusiastic neighbouring species.

These are species often found in sunny, mixed meadow settings made up of primarily herbaceous species and often including grasses or sedges as part of the plant community. These are very similar conditions to what can be found in many sunny gardens.

If the soil in your garden has already been enriched, please also check out the 'Moisture Loving Species' list since many of the plants there thrive in enriched, sunny garden settings.