Backyard Prairie Garden
Creating a prairie style garden is an excellent alternative to a traditional lawn or landscaping scheme.
Backyard prairie garden. The prairie returns in backyard gardens by tim post minnesota public radio july 27 2004 black eyed susans are spread across carol pike s backyard prairie in suburban st. Caring for prairie gardens is a low maintenance project where most simply self seed annually or arise anew from stolons or roots. Successful prairie establishment is not cheap and it s not easy.
First prairie gardens are much to small to be used by birds snakes or other vertebrates that rely on true prairie habitat. Designing and planting your prairie garden by neil diboll prairie nursery p o. First prairie gardens are much to small to be used by birds snakes or other vertebrates that rely on true prairie habitat.
It s an important native pollinator and relies on milkweed plants for its survival. You ll find natives that thrive in clay or sandy soils moist or dry areas. Prairie plants also create vital habitat for native birds butterflies insects and other species.
The same is largely true for invertebrates. The prairie style gardens that jensen designed for city parks and for private clients in the early decades of the 20th century were radically simple compared to the fussier european styles that victorian gardeners had been trying to replicate. They are also physically isolated from prairies so most of those animals couldn t get to prairie gardens even if they wanted to.
From my ring side seat on the back porch overlooking the prairie garden and pond the backyard is a jungle. Prairie nursery offers pollinator favorites grasses sedges shade plants and no mow grass. Plants for prairie gardens may be annuals or perennials and span flowering or grassy types.
As a bonus your prairie will attract all kinds of butterflies and birds to the backyard bottom photo. Blank park zoo s plant grow fly program offers tips for making your prairie especially pollinator friendly. They are also physically isolated from prairies so most of those animals couldn t get to prairie gardens even if they wanted to.
Backyard prairies add a natural touch to landscapes. The plants put on a dynamic display of colors and textures as they emerge bloom and fade. Posted on september 10 2019 10 comments shall i not rejoice also at the abundance of weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds henry david thoreau september is in full swing.
The rambunctious september prairie.
