Fireflies are of interest to many folks, including gardeners, educators, students, and naturalists. The Boston Museum of Science is soliciting help on a...
Despite what the original Subject: says, these have nothing to do with Native Suburbia. It may seem trivial, but the subject line of an email is very important...
#1 looks like Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis), which is decidedly not native and is something of a nuisance. They sure do smell nice, though,...
The "milkweed" is a dogbane (aka Indian hemp), probably spreading dogbane (Apocynum sibiricum). It is an "early successional" native, very closely related to...
Teri, Don't worry about what you did in the past. Growing natural landscapes is a learning process. We all have made mistakes in the past, including digging...
There's a sliver of turf on our parkway (between the sidewalk and the street)that I want to convert into a planting bed. It's very narrow, only 2 feet and...
Compass plant flower stalk can get eight feet tall, bend over with flower heads and fall down even in a light storm. Happens in our prairie. Echinaceas are...
thanks Chan, what about Prairie Dock? I was thinking of making a natural fence out of my fallen Catalpa branches to keep people out of the plantings. Does Pale...
I have prairie plantings in between a fence and public sidewalk in about a 2' space. I have to tie them back to my fence because they do fall over. I've also...
Each Pale purple cone flower plant sends out a single, thin flower stalk and a single flower and has little body .The flower looks striking standing 2' to 3'...
I may be remembering incorrectly. I think sometimes the lighting conditions can influence how much they lean over. I know some of my plants that are close to...
Prairie Dock stalks are usually pretty upright unless you get strong winds. The real problem for you with Prairie Dock is that the base leaves can be pretty...
OK - I just went out and looked at my narrow strip. The ones that are staying the most upright - if I were to take away the support wires I have around the...
Hi Mike, I will throw in my two cents worth. There are a lot of prairie plants that get showy without being so tall, like the wild petunia, butterfly weed,...
Hi Mike / Chicago, Interesting discussions! Let's go back to your original goals before considering plant materials: "There's a sliver of turf on our parkway...
Today, I spotted a monarch butterfly in my yard, but it wasn't doing the typical flight over the flowers today. Today, I saw it fluttering about near the...
It appears that thousands of tiny yellow bugs have taken up residency on the stems of my Swamp Milkweed plant. I noticed this a few days ago when the plant was...
Can you take a photo for us? Tim It appears that thousands of tiny yellow bugs have taken up residency on the stems of my Swamp Milkweed plant. I noticed this...
I have seen yellow aphids on my swamp milkweed. They did not appear to be killing the plants. But now that I think about it, I don't have Swamp Milkweed in...
Awww, aren't they pretty? Yep, you have aphids. You probably had aphids on the Milkvetch too. You can spray them with a mild soapy solution and then rinse off...
thanks Tim, I just took your advice and zapped the little buggers.Hopefully it will work, would hate to lose my plant. wish I would've asked this question...
I posted some photos of what appears to be Spiny Ash on the banks of the Oconto River in north east Wisconsin. A friend of mine owns some property up there and...
I think your plant might be Zanthoxylum americanum (Prickly Ash), which is native to most of WI, including Oconto county. You may want to consider some...
FYI, This does NOT look like the prickly ash we have on our property in SW WI. Prickly ash has much smaller leaves, and the thorns are more triangular. So...
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