Plant of the Week: Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly milkweed is this week’s Plant of the Week. We love this plant here at Grimm’s Gardens, it is one of our best sellers! Asclepias tuberosa, known also as butterflyweed or pleurisy root, is a North American prairie native. It can be found throughout the Midwest and Great Plains. In 2017, the Perennial Plant Association […]
Showy Milkweed – Native – 5.5″ Container
Common Milkweed – #1 Container
Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed – #1 Container
Butterfly Milkweed – #1 Container
The Honeybee – A Case Against It
The honeybee is one of the most well-known and iconic insects on earth. Especially here in the United States and among gardeners of all types. The honeybee is recognized for its importance as a pollinator, a producer of honey, and for its colony lifestyle. Most schoolchildren know something about it and most adults have formed […]
Blackhawks Big Bluestem – 2026 Perennial Plant of the Year
Surprise! I was totally surprised to discover that the Perennial Plant Association named a grass (Blackhawks big bluestem) as the perennial plant of the year for 2026. Has this happened before? Well, yes it has. Three times before now the PPA has nominated a grass as the perennial of the year. Little bluestem in 2022, […]
Using Native Grasses in the Landscape
Native grasses have always fascinated me. Living in the Great Plains, and growing up in the Smoky Hills Region of Kansas, I got to find grasses from two separate ecoregions. The tall grasses of the east and short grasses of the west seemed to collide in my backyard. Now, I use native grasses and sedges […]
My Garden in 2025
Every year, I give you all a virtual tour of my garden. And 2025 is not different. I think it is nice to end the season with photos of your favorite spaces, and my garden is tops on my list, though I love to see every one else’s gardens too! Things in my own gardens […]
