Wordpress Author Blue Wood Phlox - April Plant of the Month I have chosen one of my favorite early spring bloomers as our April Plant of the Month for 2025. Blue wood phlox is a low growing groundcover which prefers shady areas from around the Kansas River eas... Mar 27, 2025
Wordpress Author Biodiversity for Birds, Butterflies, and Bees (And More) Adding biodiversity to your yard and garden means an increase in all types of life. But what do I mean by “adding biodiversity”?. And what is biodiversity? Biodiversity is defined as the variety of li... Mar 20, 2025
Wordpress Author Native Gardening - A Shift In Styles As we continue into the future, native gardening has become more and more popular. I saw this trend coming years ago, when I was doing my internship in Minnesota. But I could not expect the delay it h... Mar 13, 2025
Wordpress Author Do You Have a Healthy Landscape? What exactly is a healthy landscape? Well, that term might mean something different to each one of you. But to me, as an ecological horticulturalist, it means how healthy is the landscaping in regards... Mar 6, 2025
Wordpress Author Hazelnut - March Plant of the Month Hazelnut is our 2025 Plant of the Month for March. This native shrub is commonly found in wooded areas on on woodland edges, from the Great Plains eastward. It can be a large shrub, growing 4 to 15 fe... Feb 27, 2025
Wordpress Author Keystone Plants for the Central Great Plains Just what are keystone plants? Well, keystone plants are plants which a habitat or ecosystem is mostly dependent on to thrive. By removing these species, you may collapse an ecosystem or limit its abi... Feb 20, 2025
Wordpress Author My Meadow Garden - 3 Years Later 3 years ago I started my Meadow Garden, planting around an existing bed of native plants. I started this bed in order to create a “naturalized” space within my landscape where the only regular mainten... Feb 13, 2025
Wordpress Author Shrubby Plant Picks - Proven Winners Now that 2025 is here, we need to talk more about Proven Winners shrubby plant picks. Yes, I said shrubby. Proven Winners has been working on their shrub line for a while now, and we love them! It is ... Jan 23, 2025
Wordpress Author Invasive Pests Update 2025 Invasive pests are among us, but hopefully not yet in our area. But they are coming. Be ready! We have been fairly blessed so far in the Central Great Plains Region to not have too many invasive pests... Jan 16, 2025
Wordpress Author Proven Winners Perennial Plant Picks Now that is a tongue twister. Proven winners has become and icon in American gardening, with the help of several influencers. And because the plants are as good as they say, we sell them. A lot of the... Jan 9, 2025
Wordpress Author A New Year, A New Look A lot of new things always happen with a new year. 2025 promises to be a bigger and better year than 2024. And with the new year comes new gardening trends, though they resemble 2024’s trends. It look... Jan 2, 2025
Wordpress Author 2024 Year in Review It is that time of year again, time for a review of 2024. Each year comes with its own problems and outcomes. But each year also comes with exciting things and rewards along with them. I try to put my... Dec 19, 2024