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 ...

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 ...

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 ...