Native, climate-resilient plants take the lead in this low-maintenance Midwestern garden.

Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest. Using native species and minimal human input, prairie gardens continue to ...

This article was published 12/05/2017 (3047 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Every year when spring arrives, I briefly entertain the idea of digging up my soon-to-be lush ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. -- A Kansas State University researcher and former park ranger is helping people take a new view of the prairie and see it as more than a seemingly empty landscape. Tyra Olstad, ...

Although fire can kill some plants, many plants need fires to survive and flower. Entire habitats like tallgrass prairie depend on fires, which historically burned across thousands of acres of ...

Are you looking to attract birds, butterflies and other pollinators to your yard? Try native prairie plants. They can add diversity to the urban landscape and can provide aesthetic features with a ...

A North American prairie landscape has been recreated on six acres of land in West Sussex. Horticulturists at Wakehurst, near Haywards Heath, collected 12 million seeds and hand-planted 50,000 ...