Native plants are easy to plant with a few simple steps: clear the planting area, dig holes twice as wide as the plant's pot but not as deep, gently place the plant in the hole and fill with soil an inch above the surrounding soil, water thoroughly by digging a basin and filling it until the soil is saturated, apply pre-emergent and mulch around the plants, and regularly water newly planted plants for their first year as their roots establish.

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How to plant native plants? Start with these easy steps:
1. Clear away all other plants from your planting area.
2. Dig a hole – Not too big. Not too small. Two times the width of the pot and not quite as deep as the
soil in the pot.
3. Gently take plant out of the pot and put it in the hole.
4. Fill the hole with soil so the plant sits an inch higher than the soil around it.
5. Carefully do the “plant dance”
Remember to water your plants !
6. Carefully dig a basin around the plant to fill with water.
7. Fill the basin with water—water, water, water—to fill up all the air pockets in the soil.
8. Apply pre-emergent to the soil around the plants–pre-emergent keeps unwanted seeds from
growing.
9. Add mulch 3 to 4 inches deep in the entire planting area. Native plants like mulch that comes from
where they live. We use shredded redwood bark or “gorilla hair.”
Take good care of your new plants
10. Take care of your plants after you plant them.
11. Newly planted plants need more water while their roots grow into the soil.
12. Make sure the plants don’t dry out, check at least once a week (more often in summer) especially
the first 6 months to a year.