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Bonehead said:I also am not opposed to what I refer to as 'near natives' - a cultivar of a native, often prettier and I assume the bugs/wildlife will benefit from them as well.

Somewhere I read the term Nativar (Native Cultivar). I wouldn't say that I am particularly opposed to cultivars of natives. What bothers me is that many nurseries try to pass them off as native. To me if it was created by people and never existed in the wild then it can't be a native.