Looking like spring is finally arriving here in Minnesota which will bring on a long dormant cornucopia of color. The high pressure pumps seattle wa is one of my favorite places to visit. The delicate woodland spring ephem
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Attracting Pollinators in the Landscape
Stonpocket was just featured in a Houzz article on how to attract pollinators to your landscape. Click on the link below to read the article. Nice to see Houzz feature information on sustainability.
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Read MoreTrillium grandiflorum March 2019 Know What You Grow
Many years ago on my way to Door County in Wisconsin quickly pulled the car over off of highway 57. My wife, girl friend at the time, ask what the world I was doing. ‘Look at all the Trillium! It’s incredible,’ I responded. There must have been thousand of Large Leaf Trillium i
Read MoreHeuchera richardsonii February 2019 Know What You Grow
Walking the Northshore of Lake Superior I have encounter plants that look like a bowl of salad from it’s rosette of basal leaves. Heuchera richardsonii (Prairie Alumroot) is a tough native plant of not only Minnesota but ranges form Michigan down to Oklahoma and over to Montana. Be
Read MoreConverting Lawn into Landscapes
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Asarum canadense January 2019 Know What You Grow
Native Plants that Feed Bees and Other Insects
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Read MoreTulipa linifolia February 2018 Know What You Grow
Soon spring will finally arrive in Minnesota after a very long winter. The warmer and longer days trigger spring flowers to reawaken. One of my favorite spring flowers are tulips but the dutch hybrid varieties are either dug up before emerging or buds are nipped by deer just as the
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