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 May 10, 2009 photo shows phlox daisies which are among the many meadow flowers that can thrive in traditional landscapes -- even in city settings. Prairie garden combinations include flowers, ...

SPLASH OF COLOR: If you live in the Plains states, wildflowers such as black-eyed Susan add color and resilience to your ...

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 ...

There is a big difference between Willa Cather’s prairie and the backyard urban prairie -- and it’s more than acres versus square footage, size and scale or poetic prose. Deciding to add some prairie ...

The brooding, leaden sky that cool autumn morning in the late 1990s was raining not buckets of rain but bounties of blue-winged teal, gadwalls and the occasional spoonbill, the trinity of early-season ...

Bill Schneider writes, Let’s lose the hysteria and welcome American Prairie to our state because now, Montana has something ...

You don’t need to live on the prairie to have a prairie garden. Natural landscapes featuring mainly native plants are being sown in yards across North America as environmentally friendly alternatives ...