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Flowers seem to pop up all over Pennsylvania. Why can't they pop up in my garden? Through research, I have learned that wildflowers flourish because they are in an ideal location, and if I can recreate these conditions successfully, flowers w ....

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... a predominance of favorable days and cool nights" (Givens 11,13). What is a wildflower? "A wild flower is a plant that has always been it's own without any human intervention." Native plants "without assistance from a gardener in the area where they originated. Although all native plants are wild, not all wildflowers are natives" (Loewer 6). Where did the non-native flowers come from and how did they get here? "Probably the largest number of plants accidentally introduced in this country arrived in ships' ballast. Because the early merchant ships that sailed from Europe were empty of goods on the trip over, their hulls were loaded wi ...