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There are roughly 50 species of Liatris native to North America, but today I’m going to talk about one in particular. Liatris spicata,...

Wellfield’s native plant of the month for June is the tulip tree. The tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) can be found in its native...

Here at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we have multiple species of plants we started in the greenhouse from seed. These plants were started...

Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, of the Cornaceae family, is native from southeastern Canada through the eastern United States, and...

Spring 2023’s weather has certainly been a rollercoaster. The warmth has meant earlier blooms for most of our bulbs, and we’ve definitely...

Northern Spicebush, Lindera benzoin of the Lauraceae (laurel) family, is a deciduous shrub with glossy leaves that can reach 6-15’ in...

At Wellfield Botanic Gardens, spring has started to take over, with early spring bloomers peeking out in beds and ground cover throughout...

Wellfield Horticulture Staff took a moment, as we ramp up for the season, to reflect on what they like about working at Wellfield. In a...

Seed dormancy is the state in which the seed will not germinate even in ideal conditions, before protective barriers are broken down....

While working at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we often hear and see different varieties of native birds flying by, including cardinals,...

In the spring and summer when you look into your garden, you can see new buds and blooms on all sorts of plants. In the fall, the leaves...

Saturday, January 21st is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. There are days when the Wellfield Horticulture staff has trouble...

With winter in full swing and 2022 behind us, it is not too early to think and plan for spring 2023! A variety of plants need to be...

As the growing season comes to an end, the garden labor also slows down. We’ve been so lucky with the warmer, drier weather we’ve...

If you’ve been to Wellfield this summer, it’s likely you’ve seen Monarch butterflies dancing about the native prairie in the Children’s...

One of my favorite parts of working at Wellfield is getting to work with all the trees and shrubs. I find pruning to be fun, relaxing,...

The goal of a sensory garden is to excite the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. A sensory garden can be designed to affect...

Many common plants used in landscaping for a long time have turned out to be quite invasive. A lot of these species are still not...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Quilt Gardens in Elkhart County, presented by the Elkhart Convention and Visitors Bureau....

Most garden plants in our region start to struggle when temperatures rise above the mid-80’s. Here at Wellfield, we use the following...