In a matter of hours they would be gone. To see the blue flowers of the prairie spiderwort in full bloom at Henry Panowitsch’s 10-acre native prairie just north of Good Thunder, you have to get there ...

Sarah Surroz walked along a trail near Liberty Prairie in Grayslake in early July and saw wild bergamot with its soft purple petals next to the bold yellow hues of coreopsis. “It’s stunning right now, ...

The Kasota Prairie now has a whopping new cousin. Thousands of years old and preserved from mining by a group of area environmentalists in the 1980s, the Kasota Prairie is just southeast of Gustavus ...

Each morning I pull into my parking spot, which is right in front of our cottage garden. This time of the year it is the bluest blue greeting me thanks to our native spiderwort. These spiderworts are ...

Native wildflowers, prairie grasses and bare-root tree seedlings are for sale from the Scott County Soil and Water Conservation District, 8370 Hillandale Road, Davenport, with orders accepted through ...

Each morning, I pull into my parking spot, which is right in front of our cottage garden. This time of the year it is the bluest blue greeting me, thanks to our native spiderwort. Spiderworts are ...