The next installment of North American Land Trust's "Plant This, Not That." This informative series helps landowners, home gardeners, and others responsible for planting and maintaining landscapes find native alternatives to popular non-native species. 🌻 🌳 🪻 Native species can provide the same look and texture, similar features, and growing habits - all while providing critical habitat for native wildlife.
Our "Plant This, Not That" series aims to help you find a native plant instead of an invasive species for your yard. These plants often provide the same look and texture, similar features, and growing habits, all while providing critical habitat for native wildlife. Help improve native plant supply by asking for native plant species! Garden mums or florist mums, are often purchased at garden centers this time of year for a pop of fall color. While garden mums aren't necessarily invasive or problematic in most areas, they also do not provide much value to wildlife either. Many of the flowers don't provide nectar or pollen, and they do not offer benefit as a host plant to native insects or wildlife. Also, most are not hardy and need to be replanted year after year, which is not only a waste of money, its a waste of resources. Planting perennial native Asters can provide a solution to all of these issues! Also, there are a huge variety to choose from, and bound to be one available at your local nursery. The most common you may find across the Eastern United States is probably the New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), but there are many to choose from. Many are also host to butterfly or moth caterpillars and will provide interest in the garden all year round! For more information about Garden Mums: https://lnkd.in/easG5YQx or Native Asters: https://lnkd.in/eFDFK3Ka While these plants may not be in your area, send us a message if you would like suggestions for your region. To learn more about eradication of invasive species on your property, improvement of your habitat with native plants, or other habitat management questions, reach out to us at info@nalt.org and www.nalt.org. #invasivespecies #grownative #nativeplants #grownativeplants #nature #brp #naturelovers #outdoors #eradicateinvasives #plantthisnotthat #habitatmanagement #restoration #landconservation #conservation #privatelands #landconservation #northamericanlandtrust