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Milkweed for more than monarchs: 10 neat things

Milkweed isn’t just for monarch butterflies. Native milkweed (Asclepias) is one of the most fascinating and ecologically valuable plant groups you can grow. With dramatic

What to Plant to Attract Butterflies

If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom in fall to give the

10 neat things about wildflowers

About Native Wildflowers

1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few years ago), shares its common

Talk about Wildflowers

Talk About Wildflowers

Hosts Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie talk to Kelly Leask about the wonderful world of wildflowers. Wildflowers nourish bees and other pollinators Kelly Leask of Prairie

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Seed Heads

By Dorothy Dobbie It isn’t often that you grow a plant mainly for its seed heads, but some are so spectacular, you may want to

Wildflowers

Wildflowers have that special power to delight and surprise us, maybe as we are not responsible for putting them there. Perhaps it is because they,

Wildflowers for your Garden

Stumbling upon a wildflower growing in its natural habitat is something that will make almost anyone smile. We’ve all likely had the opportunity to experience

Milkweed for more than monarchs: 10 neat things

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