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 [...]
New growth or old?
March 22, 2010 by Ann
Filed under Customer FAQ's, Species and Product Overview, What's blooming?
Unusually warm weather this past couple of weeks here in the Upper Midwest has made short work of our snow cover. I was out prowling around, doing some preliminary clean up and evaluation of how planting sites fared through the winter. Many plants typically retain a bit of dormant crown at soil level through the [...]
Video: Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
[Steve] – (June 5) Hi. This is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m in front of our new office here in the planting that we did last year. Here is the Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum. It’s really one of the favorite (native) species – people are always asking for it and asking about it after [...]
Early Snow Surprise
October 13, 2009 by Kathy
Filed under Seasonal Reminders, What's blooming?
We woke up to our first measurable snow fall of the season. I thought I’d share some of the photos I took this morning. As delicate and fragile as some of the species appear (to me, anyway), they must be fairly hardy! The Northern Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), also called Prairie Dropseed, stood up quite well [...]
