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July’s Native Plant of the Month: Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)

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

Kyle Strain

Jul 1, 20232 min read

Each summer, we look forward to seeing Monarch butterflies dancing about the native prairie in the Children’s Garden, or perched atop the...

Kyle Strain

Jun 17, 20233 min read

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

Ariana Guerrero

Jun 3, 20232 min read

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

Ariana Guerrero

May 13, 20232 min read

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

Kyle Strain

May 1, 20232 min read