Spring Hopes Perennial
April 26, 2011 by Bob
Filed under Prairie Moon Happenings, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview, What's blooming?
Spring’s unfolding has been a stop-and-start affair in our valley this year. A brief early warm-up was followed by a cold, rainy stretch and then three inches of snow, a little sun and then more rain and cold. Plants everywhere continue awakening, though, pushing promisingly above the soil surface, pacing their growth, biding their time [...]
Bare-Root Native Plants in the Spring
April 20, 2011 by Bill
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview
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 [...]
Natural Cleaners
April 6, 2011 by Bob
Filed under Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview
Living so close to the Mississippi River flyway, we’ve become accustomed to the sight of Bald Eagles (and even the occasional Golden Eagle) sharing the skies above our valley with Red-Tail Hawks and our other resident raptors. Late this winter I had several opportunities to get a closer view of Bald Eagles in action and [...]
Video: Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
April 4, 2011 by Steve
Filed under Species and Product Overview, Videos, What's blooming?
[Steve - May 6th] Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m by the old office planting and this is like a really, really beautiful specimen of the Blue Wild Indigo; Baptisia australis. There are a number of other species that are just about ready to really start going around here. In the foreground [...]
Video: Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
March 30, 2011 by Steve
Filed under Species and Product Overview, Videos, What's blooming?
Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m right at the front entrance of the Prairie Moon building in a stand of Columbine; Aquilegia canadensis. This is really about as tall as you might expect the Columbine to ever really get. It’s really liking this position right here it doesn’t have any competition and [...]
