Using both indoor an outdoor sowing methods a new prairie of warm season bunch grasses, and forbs. Indoor Methods Indoor Medium: Peat pots Indoor growing environment: Heat mat, 2 florescent lights on 12 hours. 1 plant light, 1 plain. Side oats grama propagation Indoor sowing results produced leaves within seven days when laid on top […]
I never thought I’d be writing a title like this one. We live in a world of hand sanitizer, scientific knowledge, and medicine. Pandemic was a word reserved for prepper types and stuff of fiction. But here we are. And here I sit in the room of my dying father. He is so thin and […]
Geum Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lupine Perennis Lupine – low growing plant, good in dry sandy soil. Palmate foliage . Lupine is the only host plant for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. Habitat loss has led to the decline in Lupine plants in the wild, and put the Karner Blue on the endangered species list. Leaves that […]
Prairie Smoke at sunrise. link to video @prairieguy2016: His short video of geum is a great motivator to see my prairie through. His videos of life near Malta, Montana
Kinnikinnick or Bearberry arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Sp,DM,D,N) 6″ – 1′ H Native Mountain Groundcover with Late spring flowers in white and Pink in mats created by rhizomes. Full Sun – Part Sun Requires Acidic Soils Light soils, Sand, Loam, Gravel Moisture: Dry Host Plant to butterflies Attracts hummingbirds Kinnikinnick is a pine forest staple. In the […]
Who knew you could create your own hollyhock by planting a variety of cultivars. This deep fuscia is the combination of Alcea Rosea ‘nigra’ and ‘peaches and dreams’. I think I could sell the seeds of this beauty don’t you? The Nigra The peaches and dreams The new combo
Bouteloua Curtipendula – Sideoats Grama (Su,DM,A,N) 12-36″ Tall x 12″ Spread, light green spiky leaves. Purple-red spikes form on one side of the stem from late June to early August. When blooming, orange stamens and feathery stigmas form from the spikelets. host plant for a number of butterflies and moths; seeds for birds Blooms: Mid […]
Prunus virginiana var. demissa– Western Chokecherry Tall Shrub 15′ x 10; Spread, White flowers from late June to early August. native host plant for butterflies spreads via runners grows in sun or shade lovely red purple fall color Propagation A few plants existed when I moved in and I have cut some and allowed other […]
LOCAL NURSERY for STATUARY, ROSES and ANNUALS
LOCAL NURSERY for NATIVES, POTS, and PERENNIALS
LOCAL NURSERY for ALL ROUND NEEDS
Native plants
