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Prairie Dogs Are the New Bison

I wrote about this on my blog, but it begs a wider audience, especially since so little of our prairie country is left. This week the Nebraska state senate is, most likely, passing a bill–LB473–that...

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A Simple Bouquet

For Mother’s Day….. Central Florida, May 12, 2012.  Twelve of the many native wildflowers that grace my property. I wish all the moms, daughters and sons of moms, a very happy Mother’s Day. May all...

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Despite drought, “unlawn” blooms

Sidebells penstemon (Penstemon secundiflorus) and claret cup cactus (Echinocereus trigolochidatus) blooming in my restored native “unlawn” with blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and other high-desert...

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Native Plant Design using a Bloom Rose

When we design a Green Roof with native plants one of our project objectives almost always includes ‘year round color interest”.  Hopeless naive I am when it comes to believing the solution to ADHD...

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And the Oscar for Best Supporting Wildflower Goes To…….Wild Quinine

You’ll likely be surprised to learn that my wildflower plant of choice isn’t boldly colored, like Blanket Flower, or a plant essential to Monarchs, the Milkweed. The wildflower nearest and dearest to...

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Visioning Wildflowers In My World

I am beginning a one year wildflower envisioning event.  For the next three hundred and sixty five days I am going to post to my twitter account, @KevinSonger, a photo or an illustration of a...

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