Healthy prairie community with grey-headed coneflower and bee balm. (Photo by Liz Koziol) The North American prairie once covered 170 million acres, making it the largest ecosystem on the continent, ...

Count on queen of the prairie, also called meadowsweet, to pick up the floral show in your garden when spring-blooming perennials are spent. In midsummer, cloudlike clusters of pink or white blooms ...

In July and August, gardens, wild spaces and prairies have been replete with compass plants. I’ve seen dozens at the corner of Midlothian and Magnolia Road in Mundelein, and hundreds in a prairie at ...

If you are looking for a tall flowering plant to frame the back of your flower garden, prairie dock may just be the thing. Prairie dock is a hardy perennial plant native to Michigan and other nearby ...

To the untrained eye, the restored prairie lands of Illinois look exactly how you would imagine they looked hundreds of years ago. But many plant species are still missing, and recent efforts — ...

Iowa State University researchers have identified a causal relationship between pollinators and plant biodiversity — one that ...

In order to remember their homeland, many immigrants brought articles and possessions that they cherished and that harked back to their heritage. This often included plants such as lilacs, roses, ...

Collecting purple prairie clover (Dalea purpera) seeds at Branched Oak Lake State Recreation area for use in a Nebraska tallgrass prairie restoration project Credit: Mike Bullerman photo courtesy ...

Wisconsin's prairies are filled with beautiful plants that bloom from early spring through the fall. Here are some common plants to look for on your next stroll through a prairie. One of the first ...

A Texas state park located between Austin and San Antonio is nearly doubling in size, the state parks department has ...

MOORHEAD — Andrew Brownlow knelt on mowed grass beside a semicircle designed to bring back the prairie to urban areas. Gingerly, he slipped a swamp milkweed plug into a hole and packed the earth ...

Find locally grown flowers, shrubs and more at these garden club, nature center and community sales in southeastern Wisconsin ...