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 [...]

Video: Biennial Gaura (Gaura biennis)

(September 7th) Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m standing in a field of the Biennial Gaura (Gaura biennis).  It’s a great late-season species. This is early September and it’s really in its full bloom.  It kind of fits in that last show of blooms before the true fall species start coming out.  [...]

Video: Vernonia fasciculata (Common Ironweed)

(Aug 8)  Hi, this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  The (Common) Ironweed here has been blooming for a couple of weeks.  It’s early August, and it looks like it will continue to be blooming well through fall.  It’s one of the true really purple colors in the prairie.  Generally the Ironweeds like richer moister [...]

Video: Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)

(August 8th)  Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m standing in a field of Rudbeckia triloba, the Brown-eyed Susans.  They are profusely flowered with the smaller yellow flowers.  They like any type of soil, pretty much from a wet mesic all the way through a dry soil.  They can be nice on a [...]

Video: Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

(July 29th) – Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m in a stand of Big Bluestem and you can see that it is just starting to put out its turkey foot seed heads.  This is a fairly thick stand but one thing to note is that even though it is a fairly thick [...]

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