Allergy Sufferers, Be Smart About Plants

You can have your fauna and flora and breathe, too. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology says if you have allergies, you just need to be more selective about what you're planting this spring. Easier said than done? Perhaps, but you'll find the information you need to get started right here:

According to the Academy, the first step to having a great lawn and garden you can live with is a visit to the doctor. Find out what you're allergic to so you can choose the right plants, trees, shrubs and grasses.

These plants, trees, flowers and shrubs are good choices for allergy sufferers: apple, plum, crocus, boxwood, viburnum, dahlia, iris, snapdragon, cherry, alyssum, daisy, lilac, St. Augustine, dogwood, begonia, dusty miller, lily, sunflower, hibiscus, cacti, geranium, narcissus, tulip, magnolia, clematis, hosta, pansy, verbena, pear, hyacinth, petunia, zinnia, hydrangea, phlox, azalea, roses, daffodil, impatiens, salvia.

Allergy sufferers should avoid these: alder, cottonwood, oak, walnut, orchard, ash, cypress olive, willow, aspen, elm, palm, bermuda, redtop beech, hickory, pecan, fescue, salt grass, birch, juniper, pine, johnson, sweet vernal, box elder maple, poplar, june, timothy, cedar mulberry, sycamore.