🌱 Why Are Native Plants So Important? 🌱

Native plants have lived here for thousands of years. That means they know how to work perfectly with local birds, bees, butterflies, and bugs. They:

• Feed local animals and insects
• Keep nature balanced
• Are easy to grow

Non-native (foreign) plants often:

• Don’t feed native wildlife
• Grow too fast and crowd everything else
• Mess up local ecosystems

🌼 What’s in Your Group's Flat of Plants?

• Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
• Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

🌿 How to Plant Them

1. Cut the 4-pack into single pots
2. Dig a hole with a spoon or your hands
3. Fill the hole with water if the dirt is very dry
4. Gently remove the plant with its soil and roots
5. Put the plant in the hole, adjusting the hole so the plant won't be deeper than it was in the pot. Fill in the gaps with soil. Press down gently around it to remove any air pockets and water it one time.
6. Chose a mostly sunny location outdoors. These are not indoor plants and glass stops needed UV light.!

Keep watering it if the soil gets dry!
Water in the morning or evening, not during hot midday sun.

• Some plants might not bloom the first year—be patient!
• The plants should come up again next year. Research your plant on-line.
• Pull weeds so your plants have space to grow

📱 Explore Nature with These Free Apps!

• PlantNet – Take a picture to identify any plant
• Merlin – Hear a bird? This app tells you what it is!
• iNaturalist – Snap a photo to ID insects and more

🌍 Want More Native Plants?

Visit: www.queensnynativeplants.com