Pollinator Planting Guide Cards - by EcoregionDownload and print a copy of the card appropriate for your region. Great Plains Region Pollinator Planting Card (2-sided) 
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Planting Guide for your native pollinator garden Use the arrangement below to have a continous garden - spring, summer, fall Great Plains Region states that this card applies to: ND, SD, NE, KS, OK This card includes an illustration of a 3'x6' garden bed with a mixture of nine pollinator-friendly plants. The flower bed is set up with flowers for spring, summer, and fall. Arrange plants shorter on outside of plot. Flowers include: narrow-leaved coneflower (summer), Maximilian sunflower (fall), blanket flower (spring), common yarrow (spring), swamp milkweed (summer), dotted blazing star (fall), purple prairie clover (summer), stiff-leaved goldenrod (fall), large beardtongue (spring) This card was produced by the following partners: North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institute, and Pollinator Partnership. Side 2: Follow these steps to create your beautiful native pollinator garden 1. Identify your garden spot: - Find a 3'x6' plot that gets 6+ hours of sun. - Have a larger area? Include more choices and clump the same species together. - Remove or smother existing lawn or vegetation. 2. Buy plants at a local native plant nursery, if possible. 3. Plant! - Arrange plants with different seasonal blooms in your plot. - Dig holes twice as large as each plant's pot. - Remove the plant from the pot, loosen the roots, place it in the hole, backfill, tamp soil, and water. - Mulch plot to depth <1 inch="" /> 4. Maintain your garden: - Water to keep moist throughout the first two weeks, then as needed or when plants droop. - Weed as needed. - Avoid using insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides. - Be patient - your garden may take a few years to fully establish and fill in! Add your garden: www.millionpollinatorgardens.org Native Plant Options: *Your state’s native plant society can recommend additional locally appropriate native species. See North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Ecoregional Planting Guides for additional information: www.pollinator.org/guides Season - Spring First options: large beardtongue [purple bloom] (Penstemon grandiflorus), blanket flower [orange bloom] (Gaillardia spp.*), common yarrow [white bloom] (Achillea millefolium) Second options: white penstemon [white bloom] (Penstemon albidus), upright prairie coneflower [orange bloom] (Ratibida columnifera), golden alexanders [yellow bloom] (Zizia aurea) Season - Summer First options: swamp milkweed [pink bloom] (Asclepias incarnata), purple prairie clover [purple bloom] (Dalea purpurea), narrow-leaved coneflower [pink bloom] (Echinacea angustifolia) Second options: blue vervain [blue bloom] (Verbena hastata), wild bergamot [purple bloom] (Monarda fistulosa), American germander [pink bloom] (Teucrium candaense) Season - Fall First options: stiff-leaved goldenrod [yellow bloom] (Solidago rigida), stiff sunflower [yellow bloom] (Helianthus pauciflorus), dotted blazing star [purple bloom] (Liatris punctata) Second options: white health aster [white bloom] (Symphyotrichum ericoides), Maximilian sunflower [yellow bloom] (Helianthus maximiliani), tall blazing star [purple bloom] (Liatris aspera) |
Last updated: April 15, 2022