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Beat the Heat with Drought Tolerant Ornamental Natives
When the heat index hits 100 degrees, it's enough to make even the most veteran gardeners hang up their gloves. It seems no amount of water can revive our heat-stressed flower gardens and lawns. But native wildflowers and grasses are right at home in our Midwest...
It’s Not too Late! Fall is for Planting!
Many people think of spring as the best time to plant. They cite dependable spring rains and the long growing season that lies ahead. But, here in the Midwest, those spring rains can turn to flooding, or at the least, soggy planting sites. And as we experienced this...
Fall’s the Time to Get a Greener, Spring Lawn!
It's September! Time for back-to-school, football and enjoying some of the bounty of fall harvests. But, before you pick up that remote, be sure your lawn is ready to be put down for the year. Fall is, in fact, the best time of the year for lawn care. Midwest lawns,...
Meadows: The Low-Care Lawn
No matter how well you like your mower, no one wishes they could spend more time mowing lawn. Why not rethink your current landscape plan? Replace high-maintenance lawn and garden areas with easy-care native meadow patches. In sizes from 1,000 square feet to several...
Native Plants Make Any Yard a Hummingbird Haven!
Each year in late April or early March, hummers return to our area from their over wintering grounds in Central America. Spring teased us with sunny, mild days in March, but the chilly reality of late March reminded us of our planting zone. As usual, Silver Maples...
Gabions for Bank Stabilization
This is a residential stream restoration and erosion control project underway along a waterway bank in Leawood, Kansas. It utilized a variety of gabion configurations plus native trees and shrubs to stabilize an eroding stream bank and restore ecological health. The...
Who You Gonna Call?
Clay-busters!
Cardinal Flower, Blue Lobelia, Soft Rush, Purple Coneflower and hundreds more. These native plants aren't just pretty faces. Unlike non-native cultivars, their more tender, horticultural cousins, native plants have adapted to their environment's climate and are rugged...
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