Video: Robin’s Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)

[Steve]- [May 4th] Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m sitting amongst a patch of Robin’s Plantain, Erigeron pulchellus.  It’s a species that kind of gets lost in that family of like the Pussytoes.  It’s short it doesn’t last too long it fluffs out early in the spring and then after that it’d [...]

Video: Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)

[Steve] – (April 21)  Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m standing next to a colony of the Pussytoes; the Antennaria plantaginifolia.  It’s a nice little round colony here that seems to be holding the soil in place on this steep hillside.  The Pussytoes do form colonies and will fill in areas with [...]

Natives in Unlikely Places

As you notice large newly mowed lawns this spring and new sprawling developments eating away at existing “green space”, you may think there can’t be hope for the survival of native plants.  But you may be surprised by the success and adaptability of some native species.  If you keep your eye out, you may find [...]