As a spouse of someone who insists on only native plants in our garden, I am very sympathetic to the arguments you have been promoting. Let’s face it; invasive species are here to stay, and while native planting is water smart, it is comparatively carbon dumb.
The other counter-argument is that non-native plants are a threat to biodiversity. This is true, but I suspect it is dwarfed by the mass extinction event we are currently experiencing due to climate change.
As a spouse of someone who insists on only native plants in our garden, I am very sympathetic to the arguments you have been promoting. Let’s face it; invasive species are here to stay, and while native planting is water smart, it is comparatively carbon dumb.
The other counter-argument is that non-native plants are a threat to biodiversity. This is true, but I suspect it is dwarfed by the mass extinction event we are currently experiencing due to climate change.
I am very much open to the ideas in this ^ article and the one on bamboo you posted; https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11012021/the-radical-case-for-growing-huge-swaths-bamboo-in-north-america/ The genie is out of the bottle. Let’s guide it intelligently.