If I Plant My Seeds in Fall, Can I Burn in Spring?

Many customers wish to add seed to an existing planting in the fall.  They also want to keep the growth from the previous season to overwinter for habitat, continuing beauty and visual interest during the cold snowy months. This often leads to concerns about burning their prairie in the spring, as it would seem that [...]

Bare-Root Native Plants in the Spring

On April 11th, Prairie Moon Nursery began shipping thousands of bare-root plants to customers. Instead of arriving to 60-70° weather, this year many orders will show up while temps hover in the 40s, the rain continues or perhaps the snow returns. Ideally roots should be planted immediately. This is not always possible so if you [...]

Native Range Maps FAQ’s

We recently finished uploading BONAP native range maps to our website. There is one at each species’ product detail page (except for a few species—maps forthcoming). The maps have generated a lot of good questions so we have created this blog entry to answer them. Please continue to ask questions below in the “Speak Your [...]

FAQ: Won’t the Birds Eat the Native Seeds I just Broadcast?

It’s a question asked quite often and during every season whether one is considering a spring, fall or winter (frost) seeding. The most common method for putting down seed to initiate a prairie planting is a fall or frost broadcasting.  This is usually done between October 15 and March 15, after a year of site [...]

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 [...]

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