Rain Garden Update

Rain Garden Update I was looking back through our website’s old blog postings when I noticed my entry about our new rain garden from September of last year.  I thought it would be a good time to give you an update since then.   We have had a fairly wet second season, with many occasions of [...]

New growth or old?

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: Kittentails (Wulfenia bullii)

[Steve] – (April 16) These are the Kittentails – Wulfenia bullii.  Sometimes called Besseya bullii. They are an endangered species in the Upper Midwest. Minnesota has very few populations and there are some other populations throughout the Upper Midwest It is a drier species; growing next to the Pasque Flowers here, in the drier upper [...]

Video: How to grow native Pasque Flower (Anemone patens wolfgangiana) from seed

[Steve] – These are the Pasque Flower. Arnel (our Garden Manager) was telling me that he planted the seed here in the fall of 2007. He planted in the fall so the seed naturally went through the overwintering – the stratification process out here in the gardens. He was telling me he put about 1/8 [...]

Video: What is a goat prairie?

FAQ: What is a goat prairie? [Steve] – Just a moment ago I was talking about goat prairies.  It is one of the habitats for Pasque Flower.  Here we’ve got a goat prairie up on our farm.  Goat prairies are simply really steep, very dry south-facing hillsides that are great habitats for some of the [...]

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