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BLOG Gardening & Landscaping Pollinators Shrubs Wildlife Sedges & Grasses Woodland & Shade Site Conditions & Situations Seed Mixes No Mow Lawn PrairieNursery.com Latest Posts Tips for Planting Perennials in Fall The cooler temperatures of fall are a welcome change at the end of a hot summer. Along with cool… Read more Meaningful Maintenance: Fall Clean-up with Positive Impact We’ve all done it…prepared the garden for winter. Cut down, hauled off, raked clean or burned every shred of dead… Read more Dormancy and Fall-Shipped Plants Fall is an especially good time to plant perennials because the seasonal conditions – soil temperature, cooler air, and less… Read more How to Transplant Bare Root Plants Most of the natives we grow here at Prairie Nursery are available as potted plants, but we do offer a few species, mainly… Read more How to Keep Your No Mow Looking Its Best Fall Maintenance of Your No Mow Lawn Fall is the best time to do lawn maintenance. The soils are usually… Read more Hummingbird Station The sight of a hummingbird is always a delightful surprise. Their mesmerizing flight, flashy feathers, and tiny size are so… Read more The Wild Side of Spring Ephemerals Spring ephemerals are a sublime gift of nature at the end of a long cold winter. These early woodland wildflowers occupy… Read more Spring Ephemerals in the Shade Garden Technically speaking, ephemerals are not shade-loving plants, even though the dappled shade of the woods is their home. These woodland… Read more The Right Plant in the Right Place The “right plant in the right place” is an important rule of thumb for gardeners, landscapers and plant lovers of… Read more Resolutions for the Native Plant Garden The slight increase in daylight hours may seem marginal to some, but the barely perceptible lengthening of days at the… Read more How to Make a Homemade Weed Killer Having invested in native plants for their ecological benefits, many of our customers seek alternatives to commercial herbicides that will… Read more Meadowscaping for Big and Small Spaces Newly revised, Urban & Suburban Meadows, a book and dvd by Catherine Zimmerman is back with a new forward by… Read more Pollinator-Friendly Practices Pollinators are suffering from loss of habitat, chemical misuse, the proliferation of invasive plants, disease and parasites. In the U.S. Nearly… Read more Nine Steps to Better Bird Habitat In coastal regions, arid lands, eastern forests, grassland and wetland habitat – bird populations are in steep decline in every… Read more 3 Viburnums for Unbeatable Wildlife Support Every yard needs at least one Viburnum species (if not more). Native Viburnums bloom in spring with a fantastic display of large white… Read more No Mow Planting Zones The cool-season grasses that comprise our No Mow Lawn Seed mix are recommended for planting in the United States and Canada… Read more Post navigation 1 2 3 Next → CATEGORIES All Articles Gardening & Landscaping Invasive Plants No Mow Lawn Pollinators Raingardens Seasonal Sedges & Grasses Seed Mixes Shrubs Site Conditions & Situations Wildlife Woodland & Shade SEARCH CONNECT WITH US Get Email Offers Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Pinterest SHOP NATIVE PLANTS Prairie Nursery Website Shop for Native Plants at PrairieNursery.com Copyright 2019 Prairie Nursery, Inc....