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 [...]
Video: Bloodroot and Trout Lily
January 17, 2010 by Steve
Filed under Species and Product Overview, Videos, What's blooming?
[Steve] – (April 16th) This is the Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis. It’s a great spring ephemeral woodland edge / woodland species. It likes a richer soil but it can go a little bit on the dry side. Here it’s along side the Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum). You can see the Trout Lily pattern on the [...]
Fire For Woodland Restoration and Management
December 14, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview
I received this question from John in Minnesota: “I have a small patch of maidenhair in a woodlot I’m restoring. ‘Restoring’ means getting rid of buckthorn over the last few years. Maidenhair Fern, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, May Apple, Bloodroot, Hepatica, Wild Ginger and 1 Trillium have showed up. I was wondering what fire would do in this [...]
