Maryland
Maryland to Dedicate This Year’s Sunflower Planting for Ukraine – The Southern Maryland Chronicle
The Maryland Division of Pure Assets (DNR) declares that it’s going to dedicate its sunflower plantings to the individuals of Ukraine this spring. Annually, the division crops about 130 acres of sunflowers in 15 wildlife administration areas throughout 18 Maryland counties. Sunflowers are the nationwide flower of Ukraine, which stays besieged by the Russian army.
Credit score: Bob Julia
The main objective of DNR’s plantings is to offer a supply of meals for mourning doves, cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, finches, and different wildlife species after the crops mature and dry. Pollinating bugs like bees and butterflies additionally profit from the considerable nectar and pollen that sunflowers produce.
This yr the plantings will serve a twin objective by expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian individuals. Displaying the massive yellow flower has turn into an vital manner for many individuals all over the world to specific unity and help for Ukrainians who’ve suffered the warfare’s destruction and bravely resisted Vladimir Putin’s aggression in opposition to them.