Region
Twin Cities Metro Area
City
Fridley
Project Type(s)
Pocket Planting
Template(s) Used
None
Site Conditions
Full Sun
Gardener Name
Beth A
Gardener Comments
Sandy soil. Hard to choose the best plants- some are more successful than others. Also, the rabbits get to a lot of them.
One thing to keep in mind about native planting is that it’s not a one-and-done thing. If you don’t like where something is, or it doesn’t like where it is, you can move it. The garden can and will change every year, and that’s very exciting. It never looks the same twice. Also, once you have a couple of years’ worth of plants, you’ll be able to split and move them into new beds. Additionally, we’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of birds in the yard- even birds that don’t directly eat the plants we put in, like goldfinches do. My theory is that the plants attract bugs and provide physical shelter for the birds. If you like songbirds, plant native. We had indigo buntings eating our bee lawn this May.
Wildlife Observed
Rabbits, monarchs, squirrels, many kinds of bees, goldfinches, chipmunks
