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The Indiana Native Plant Society offers the Indiana Native Plant Finder, which allows you to use various filters to get suggestions for native plants that may fit your sun, soil and other site conditions. (Screenshot of Indiana Native Plant Society website) April means warmer weather, Earth Day and Arbor Day. What better way to celebrate spring than by planting native trees and shrubs. Not only can they add interesting appeal to your home landscape. They also can clean the ai

Each spring and fall, many of us in Indiana are excited to hear the tell-tale “rattling bugle calls” in the skies.  One might even exclaim the Antigone canadensis  are back!   The sandhill crane’s distinctive call can be heard up to 2.5 miles away.  Then landing in their destination marsh, the community bonding dances are something to behold.  Greek myth described the crane ballets as a “love of joy and a celebration of life.” In migration resting grounds, loud choruses of cr

Lexi Schmidt, land manager for Little River Wetlands Project, says prescribed burns or physical removal of invasive species can encourage dormant native plant seeds to sprout and grow. (From Lexi Schmidt) Spring inspires hope. It’s not just the sunny yellow of daffodils, the colorful rainbow of crocuses, hyacinths and tulips, or the bright green grass. On our block, it’s seeing the pinkish-white blossoms of spring beauties, a wildflower usually found in wooded areas, sprinkle