Native Plants do well in the home landscape. The Flame Azalea pictured above is a purchased item. It is growing in a backyard flowerbed under small-medium mixed hardward wood trees. The soil is natural to the wooded area made up mostly of decomposed hardwood leaf litter from White Oak (Quercus alba) and Hickory (Carya spp.), so is very acid. The flowerbed receives morning sun in spring is shaded in summer and receives sun most of the day in winter due to the leaf drop. It is watered mostly by rain but does receive a drink in very drought ridden years several times a summer. This flower bed is entirely native plants and includes, several species of ferns, Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), other Azaleas, Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa), Fairywand (Chamaelirium luteum), Huchera (Heuchera americana), Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei), Fire Pink (Silene virginica), Hepatica (Hepatica americana), Devil's Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa), Little Brown Jugs (Hexastylis arifolia), Mouse-Eared Coreopsis (Coreopsis auriculata), Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum) and Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera).