Video: Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
May 26, 2010 by Andy
Filed under Species and Product Overview, Videos, What's blooming?
[Andy]- (May 19) Hi there, I’m Andy from Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m here in this sunny hillside looking at this really striking plant: Indian Paintbrush that’s Castilleja coccinea. It’s a really striking plant as you can see the red flowers totally stand out in any planting. Another interesting thing to note about this species is [...]
Learn to Recognize Similar Plants
May 13, 2010 by Andy
Filed under Species and Product Overview
If you would like to identify plants that you encounter, here is a basic strategy that people with various levels of experience use. Always consult a field guide or two and an informed friend, if you have one. Rather than learn the characteristics of a single species, learn a group of similar species. For example, [...]
Fire in Old Fields at Prairie Moon
April 26, 2010 by Andy
Filed under Prairie Moon Happenings
The spring 2010 burn season has ended for Prairie Moon. We use prescribed fire to manage prairie plantings, and in some places to encourage native plants that we have seeded into former pastures. When properly timed, fire sets back aggressive non-native plants like smooth brome and gives an advantage to native forbs like Biennial Gaura, Nodding [...]
Welcome Andy!
April 5, 2010 by Andy
Filed under Prairie Moon Happenings
Prairie Moon Nursery welcomes Andy Kranz-McGuire, our newest employee. He started working as full-time Botanist / Native Seed Specialist on March 31,2010. Andy will help with plant identification and is learning the many aspects of seed sales. Andy received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota in 2007. His interdisciplinary curriculum included botany, [...]
