Black Cherry flowers smell so good, too! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #landscaping

They're difficult to find around KC, too. So cool though.

First Blooms of Woodland Spiderwort (Tradescantia ernestiana). #WhatYouPlantMatters #landscape #nativeplants

Red flowers and green foliage with a Native plants sign and home in the background

Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum). #wildflower #WhatYouPlantMatters #landscape

Vivid pink purple flowers and fuzzy leaves

Vivid pink purple flowers and fuzzy leaves

Dwarf Spiderwort (Tradescantia tharpii) now blooming. #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #landscape

Opened fortune cookie with a sliver of paper, which is thinner than usual and is missing any text

Guess I won't be playing the lottery today.

Close up of pink flower with green foliage.

Pink flowers with green foliage.

Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum). #wildflowers #nativeplants

Small perennial with 1 stem and 3 leaves and a small maroon flower

Small perennial with 1 stem and 3 leaves and a small maroon flower

Small perennial with 1 stem and 3 leaves and a small maroon flower

Trillium sessile, I think. Southwest Missouri. #wildflowers #nativeplants

MPF & Grow Native! will be tabling information at the April 11 Healthy Yards Expo, a free annual event in Shawnee Kansas. Find details in the flyer below, and at this link: https://ow.ly/N1NW50YFhEN

Blue and pink trumpet like flowers and bright green foliage, along a woodland garden path, in the morning light

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica). #wildflower #nativeplants

Light lavender flowers, close up, with green foliage in a home garden, in the morning light

Light lavender flowers in a greening garden, in the morning light

Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Close up of small yellow flower clusters and green foliage in a Native flower garden

Time for some Zzz's. Golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden

Small perennial with vibrant purple flowers. Stone edging and old wood chunks.

New species just dropped in our landscape. Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #killyourlawn #wildflower

Light blue and pink trumpet like flowers starting to open. Green foliage.

First blooms of Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica). #WhatYouPlantMatters #killyourlawn #wildflowergarden

Green heart shaped foliage groundcover, with water droplets clinging on

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants

Red and white blooms beneath fuzzy stems

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants

Profile of small tree with yellow/green flower clusters at the tips of stems. No leaves yet.

Close up of flower cluster with others, and stems, and the trunk in the background

Our Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) blooming. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants

Also annoying is they're easy to miss as the leaves open!
I really think if I gave these flowers googly eyes, they'd be a terrible Tremors monster.

Closeup of fuzzy white flowers,

Pussytoes (Antennaria but i forget which one). Have planted A. parlinii and A. neglecta. #WhatYouPlantMatters #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Closeup of yellow flower clusters at tip of stem

Profile of small tree with no leaves yet. Small yellow flower clusters on stem tips

Yellow flower clusters at end of stems

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) starting to flower!! #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #grownative

Closeup of golden flowers amid green natural garden

Profile view of leaves and golden flowers

Overview of golden flowers amid green natural garden

Roundleaf Ragwort (Packera obovata), aka Golden Groundsel. Excellent groundcover and living mulch. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #killyourlawn

Close up of light purple flowers and greening foliage

Close up of light purple flowers and greening foliage

Wild Sweet William (Phlox divaricata), aka Woodland Phlox. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants

Close up of white and bluish purple flower and small leaves in a natural garden

Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna). #WhatYouPlantMatters #grownative #pollinatorgarden

We will be delaying our spring opening day at the Nursery to May 1st. We will continue to participate in March & April off-site sales (see our website for details).
Why? I (Tracy) made some poor management decisions which resulted in losing most of our overwintered plants to last week's freeze.

Close up of burgundy fuzzy flower with heart shaped leaves

Close up of burgundy fuzzy flower partially filled with water

Wild Ginger emerging and blooming. #WhatYouPlantMatters #killyourlawn #nativeplants

Appreciate it! I could probably list another dozen species that bit the dust. And another for plants that only made it after better right plant/right place-ness.
It's a living learning lab!

Table and graph of native plant species count increasing from 76 in 2022 to 136 in 2026.

As of March 2026, our home landscape exceeds 130 species of native plants. There may be more, but hold back til they emerge or stick around beyond planting. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden killyourlawn

Small yucca-like green leaves emerge among other perennials and grasses in an early season prairie garden

Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) reemerging in the prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #killyourlawn

Close up of yellow and orange flowers on a small shrub, just laying out

Profile of small shrub, with many clusters of gold flowers in a natural garden

Profile of small shrub, with many clusters of gold flowers in a natural garden

Golden Currant (Ribes odoratum) smells amazing. Come take a whiff. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #killyourlawn