JUST Common Milkweed?

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is blooming now.  Many people consider this native plant a weed and we have been asked by a few why we sell the seed.  The purpose of this blog is to remind folks that, amid the ever-shrinking population of native plants available to pollinators, this is a very important plant.   The [...]

Dame’s Rocket vs. Native Phlox

It’s early to mid-May and we will inevitably get a call or two again this season from customers wanting the beautiful wild Phlox that they see blooming now in ditches.  What they are referring to is, of course, not native, but rather a Eurasian plant that has escaped cultivation and now threatens to smother native [...]

2010 Bare Root Plant Sale!

For those of your subscribed to our blog, we would like to give you a head’s up that our annual Bare Root Plant Sale is now online.  We haven’t sent the mass email yet, so if you act fast, you will get first pick of the reduced price plants! http://www.prairiemoon.com/plants Here is a list of [...]

Natives in Unlikely Places

As you notice large newly mowed lawns this spring and new sprawling developments eating away at existing “green space”, you may think there can’t be hope for the survival of native plants.  But you may be surprised by the success and adaptability of some native species.  If you keep your eye out, you may find [...]

Spotlight on: Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)

The Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) is an under-appreciated native plant that has great landscape potential.  One of the few native cacti found here in the Midwest, it’s a very low-growing plant with amazing yellow flowers up to 4″ across.  The edible, pear-shaped fruit is red when ripe.  In fact, Native American Indians ate almost [...]

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