Mowing a Middle Way

With seeds and plants of more than 600 native species on hand, we’re brimming with cultural information, in-field growing experience and colorful anecdotes and we can talk enthusiastically about it all for hours. Yet, many of the questions that we most frequently receive are about our only non-native offering that’s not a cover crop–Eco-Grass, a [...]

Emergent Aquatic Plants

Prairie Moon offers many wetland plant species, including some emergent aquatic species for shallow, standing water. You can see a list of all the wetland plants that we offer by using the Plant Finder Tool at our website. Follow the link at the left hand side of our home page (look for the magnifying glass [...]

Monarch Mystery to Me

Our valley is loaded with scores of healthy plants of most of the Asclepias and Liatris species, as well as many other natives, so we always have been treated to the presence of Monarch butterflies. Dozens of different insects are welcome neighbors, too, but the Monarchs always have brought a special thrill to me, even [...]

Bottle/Cream Gentian Hybrids

We are in the midst of the Sunflower and Aster blooming season.  I lose my enthusiasm for identifying and photographing plants by the end of the summer, even though this is a time when I could really utilize new ID skills. Many of us have difficulty distinguishing among some of the Asters and Sunflowers.  One [...]

Rain Garden Update

Rain Garden Update I was looking back through our website’s old blog postings when I noticed my entry about our new rain garden from September of last year.  I thought it would be a good time to give you an update since then.   We have had a fairly wet second season, with many occasions of [...]