Source: Anna Johnson, NEWS & OBSERVER, 9/10/18


Some local leaders think it’s time to ditch the crepe myrtles and bradford pears in Wake County. Foreign and sometimes invasive plants have been staples of developers and governments throughout North Carolina and the South. But now some Wake County commissioners want to stop using these types of plants and require grasses, shrubs and trees native to Wake County and the Southeast.

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