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False Indigo: Beautiful Baptisias Reach for the Sky
Every spring I marvel at the changing landscape, especially prairies that have been burned. A seemingly lifeless and brown prairie is turned black by fire and reduced to ashes. This important process...
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Water Smart: Steps to Establishing Your New Plants
Now that you have purchased your plants at our FloraKansas plant sale and hopefully gotten them planted in your landscape, you’ll want to be intentional about watering methods. It’s true, native plants...
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Three Lessons I Have Learned About Native Plants
When I started at the arboretum 18 years ago, I thought I knew so much. I had book knowledge about horticulture, but I had not learned much about native plants. In fact, information about native...
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Buffalograss: Five Keys to a Successful Planting
Believe it or not, now is the time to plant buffalograss. It is one of the few native prairie grasses that can be used for low-maintenance lawns and other turf areas. It thrives in our clay soils...
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Five Ways Native Plants Enrich the Environment
One of the traits of being a horticulturist is a heightened awareness of plants. The good, the bad, the ugly, the sad, and the beautiful are all critiqued. My family is used to it, but they still...
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Water Smart: Steps to Establishing Your Native Plants
Originally published on April 29, 2015, here are some helpful hints from our Executive Director Scott Vogt on getting your native plants established using “waterwise” methods. Also, due to the rainy...
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The Resilient Prairie
An interesting thing happened in the Fall of 2012, after one of the hottest and driest summers on record – the prairie bloomed. The historic drought was harsh and many plants that were borderline...
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Native Grasses in the Garden
One of the more exciting trends in gardening today is the use of grasses, not for lawns, but as ornamental plants. Even though they do not have showy blooms, grasses can add graceful beauty to gardens...
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False Indigo: Beautiful Baptisias Reach for the Sky
Every spring I marvel at the changing landscape, especially prairies that have been burned. A seemingly lifeless and brown prairie is turned black by fire and reduced to ashes. This important process...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Water Smart: Steps to Establishing Your New Plants
Now that you have purchased your plants at our FloraKansas plant sale and hopefully gotten them planted in your landscape, you’ll want to be intentional about watering methods. It’s true, native plants...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Lessons I Have Learned About Native Plants
When I started at the arboretum 18 years ago, I thought I knew so much. I had book knowledge about horticulture, but I had not learned much about native plants. In fact, information about native...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Buffalograss: Five Keys to a Successful Planting
Believe it or not, now is the time to plant buffalograss. It is one of the few native prairie grasses that can be used for low-maintenance lawns and other turf areas. It thrives in our clay soils...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five Ways Native Plants Enrich the Environment
One of the traits of being a horticulturist is a heightened awareness of plants. The good, the bad, the ugly, the sad, and the beautiful are all critiqued. My family is used to it, but they still...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Water Smart: Steps to Establishing Your Native Plants
Originally published on April 29, 2015, here are some helpful hints from our Executive Director Scott Vogt on getting your native plants established using “waterwise” methods. Also, due to the rainy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Resilient Prairie
An interesting thing happened in the Fall of 2012, after one of the hottest and driest summers on record – the prairie bloomed. The historic drought was harsh and many plants that were borderline...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Native Grasses in the Garden
One of the more exciting trends in gardening today is the use of grasses, not for lawns, but as ornamental plants. Even though they do not have showy blooms, grasses can add graceful beauty to gardens...
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The first year: Getting native plants established
Originally published on May 27, 2020 The prairie communities we see are diverse and complex. Plants, intricately woven together, crowd out weeds and harmoniously coexist. When you look at a prairie,...
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Plant Profile: Pink Muhly Grass
Fall is the best time of year to admire the beautiful regalia of native grasses. During the spring and summer, these grasses blend into their surroundings. As autumn deepens, the wonderful fall color...
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