“ohe Use of Native “Plants 
Cape Cod is unusually rich in the variety and 
character of its native plant materials. We believe in 
these natives and use them constantly. 
Cedars, birches, red maples, oaks, beeches and 
tupelo are leaders among the trees. The native pitch 
pine is not often safely transplanted. American holly 
is a Cape Cod native and is increasingly popular and 
valuable. 
Best known native shrubs are beachplum (illus- 
trated on this page), the fragrant bayberry, wild 
roses, sweetfern, blueberry, dwarf gray willow, sweet- 
pepper, swamp azalea, chokeberry, shadblow, the 
glossy evergreen inkberry, and several varieties of 
viburnum. 
Many provide especially brilliant early fall colors, 
as do the native woodbine and the several sumacs. 
Most of these native plants we grow in our Cape 
Cod Nurseries. Many we collect from the wild and 
plant them successfully throughout this section. Like 
true Cape Codders, they are often rugged individual- 
ists, with a character and a reliability that make 
them good friends well worth knowing. 
Beachplum — Favorite Native of Cape Cod 
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