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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleDespite 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...
View ArticleNative 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...
View ArticleAnd 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...
View ArticleVisioning 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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