Species that will Germinate without Pretreatment

Quite often, customers ask us for a list of species that do not require any stratification; those that could be planted in Spring and will germinate when the soil temperatures warm up.   We classify these species under germination code ‘A’ meaning: Germ Code A: Seed should germinate upon sowing in a warm location.  No pretreatment [...]

New growth or old?

Unusually warm weather this past couple of weeks here in the Upper Midwest has made short work of our snow cover. I was out prowling around, doing some preliminary clean up and evaluation of how planting sites fared through the winter. Many plants typically retain a bit of dormant crown at soil level through the [...]

Growing Sweet Grass for Incense Braids

Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata) is an aromatic, cool-season perennial growing 10 to 24″ high and spreading about 2′ per year by underground rhizomes. Its natural habitat includes wetlands, prairies and savannas in wet and mesic (medium moisture) soils. Many North American indigenous cultures burned sweet grass in ceremonies to invite the presence of good spirits. [...]

Early Spring Bloomers

A customer and blog subscriber requested we  ‘SHOW OUR SPRING BLOOMERS’!  You can easily search through our 600+ natives species to find specific criteria such as ‘April bloom time’ by using the Plant Finder – found in the header of our website. Here are some native species that will be peeking out in the next [...]

Video: Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)

[Steve] – (June 5) Hi. This is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m in front of our new office here in the planting that we did last year. Here is the Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum. It’s really one of the favorite (native) species – people are always asking for it and asking about it after [...]

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