Category: Native Plants

Want to create a beautiful mini-wildlife sanctuary that is beautiful year-round? Maybe provide some valuable food for pollinators and save the bees? How about making...

Mexican Hat Coneflower Facts Mexican Hat (also known as upright prairie coneflower, long-headed coneflower, and several other names) is an interesting native perennial that has...

Blue Vervain Facts Blue Vervain, or Verbena Hastata is a tall perennial herb with spiked purple flowers.  This native plant typically grows about 4’ tall,...

Simple steps to successfully growing the Great Blue Lobelia This list is the key requirements to growing the Great Blue Lobelia successfully; Full sun to...

Save Flower Seeds To Save Money While Expanding Your Garden! Saving flower seeds to propagate new plants in your garden is a fun fall activity. ...

How to Grow Cardinal Flower – General Description and Facts The Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is a perennial flower native to most of North America.  It...

What Native Plants can do for you Welcome!  In this article I will try to detail out some of the key benefits of native plants,...

Aromatic Aster – General Description The native perennial Aromatic Aster is a very late bloomer, but it is worth the wait!  Blooming about two weeks...

Hairy Beardtongue, Penstemon hirsutus – Facts and General Description Growing this lovely Penstemon is quite easy, and I find it puzzling why it isn’t sold...

How to Grow Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias Tuberosa – the short version. For the short and sweet summary of this article, all you need to provide...