The Spotted Lanternfly has only been in the US since 2012, but it has already proven highly destructive. Vineyards on Pennsylvania have been decimated, fruit trees too, and it is heading east into Suffolk County.
Spring Planting is a time of hope, excitement, and doubt. Is this planned right? Have I chosen the right plants for where I want them? Are you ready to plant native? If so, what needs to be learned, or forgotten?
Long Island needs its native plants. Without them, we lose our local wildlife. Most of what is available for sale, however, are non-native. Non-native plants provide little sustenance for our local creatures. They weren't adapted to feed from them, that's our bees, or birds, or butterflies. Worse, we have to contend with invasive plants, some of which are still for sale here locally. Invasive plants actively destroy native habitat and hasten the departure of our local wildlife.
