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.  [...]

Fire in Old Fields at Prairie Moon

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 [...]