Think in layers. Maximize your planting by filling every level of the garden, from soil to canopy, including vertical trellises. Containers filled with annuals are the easiest entry point for ...

So by a quirk of geology, the Flint Hills region survived as a rare island of grass in a vast sea of corn and wheat. Today it covers some four million acres in eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

For years, Sue Reier would drive past Third and West Market streets — back then a vacant grass lot — and dream ... black-eyed and brown-eyed susans, northern sea oats and purple coneflowers ...

Perennial plants, which return each year, are another option for cut flower gardens. Native coneflowers, goldenrod and asters are good choices, as are some grasses for bouquet accent pieces, such as ...