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Great Native Plants for the Midwest

Growing native plants is the gardening equivalent of having your cake and eating it too.…

Hot Winter Color in the Midwest with Willows and Dogwoods

Winter in the Midwest doesn’t have to mean an absence of bright color. Of course…

Columnar Conifers for the Midwest

The different forms of otherwise well-known conifers offer gardeners the opportunity to experiment. These conifers…

4 Outstanding Spring Plants for the Midwest

We all have certain plants that immediately come to mind when thinking of a garden…

Regional Picks: Deer-Resistant Plants – Midwest

1. ‘Purple Smoke’ Baptisia Name: Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9 Size: 3 to 4…

Regional Picks: Foundation-Friendly Plants - Midwest

Find foundation-friendly plants for the Midwest below, and read the article by Nick McCullough for…

Regional Picks: Overlooked Plants - Midwest

Midwest Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8 Size: Up to…

Midwest Tips

Preventing Winter Damage in the Garden

Here in the Midwest, we all remember the winter of 2018 as being a pretty…
Gardening Book Recommendations for the Midwest

Although our gardens may be down for a long winter’s nap, that doesn’t mean gardeners…

Midwest Design Ideas

Unique North American Natives for the Midwest

As the weather turns colder in autumn, many Midwesterners are reflecting on the gardening season…

Anna's Wisconsin Paradise

Today we’re in Anna Tsai’s garden in Bayside, Wisconsin. We’ve visited her beautiful plantings before…

Midwest Plants

Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Meadow blazingstar
Liatris ligulistylis
Prairie smoke
Geum triflorum
Sullivant's milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii
'Golden Lights' Azalea
Azalea x ‘Golden Lights’

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