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  • More wildflowers!

    Spring is here and my fancy has turned again to flowers. If for some reason the photo does not load and you really want to see the plant, you can look in my plant challenge folder. LeadplantPreviously known plantAmorph…

  • My seeds came!

    I was tooling around on the internet when I found a place that was selling wildflower seeds. Plants of the Southwest (that is a link, even though it doesn't look like it) I mean real, native to the USA flower seeds. I…

  • Five More Native Plants

    Needle-and-threadPreviously known plantStipa comataPerennial, grass family, found in drier sites across the Great Plains. Needle-and-thread is related to two other very similar species. This cool season grass (it mature…

  • A Step Back

    First, a note about my sources. I have my trusty out-of-print Wildflowers of Nebraska and the Great Plains by Farrar which is an unparalleled source for Nebraska flowers. I own three copies, the nicest one stays in the o…

  • National Wildflower Week June 2-10

    This is national wildflower week! Did you know that? To celebrate I attended a tour sponsored by the Prairie Plains Resource Institute www.prairieplains.org Tuesday. I plan to go on another tour Saturday. PPRI owns se…