Penstemon for Pollinators!
Figure 1. Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue) When considering the bloom times of the plants in our gardens, there is often a gap between plants that flower in spring and those
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June Pruning
Figure 1. New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa), Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) supporting each other in a prairie. Gardening with natives often means less garden maintenance throughout
Woodland Plant Pairings -Inspirations
Figure 1. Wild Ginger (Asarum canadensis), Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepaticaacutiloba), and Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) When planning a new garden or looking for new additions to an existing one, I find
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Spring Ephemerals
It’s spring ephemeral season! You may have already seen them starting to pop up in your gardens or local woodland parks. Here are some of our favorites that put on
Spring Cleanup
With all the nice weather we’ve been having, it’s so tempting to get out into the gardens and tidy them up for spring! That said, there are some practices to
Fall is the time for planting trees & shrubs!
Fall is a great time for planting trees and shrubs. The desiccating heat of summer has passed. Winter’s frozen ground is still months off. Deciduous woody plants do much or
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Ohio – home of the Buckeyes
The Ohio State University adopted the nickname the Buckeyes in 1950. Our state made the Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) the official state tree in 1953. Yet it was during the
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Wonderful Wildflower
Geranium maculatum is a native Ohio wildflower that blooms in April and May in shades of pink or lilac, and occasionally white. It will take full sun to part shade
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Growing Bird Feeders
Doug Tallamy1 says to think of each plant in your yard as a bird feeder. From a bird’s perspective, “It either has food in it, or it doesn’t”. Tallamy, an
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