Native wildflower seeds can be planted directly in the garden or they can be started inside and transplanted outdoors later on. But if you want wildflowers to reward you with lots of blooms, you ...

Like native trees and shrubs, wildflowers offer tremendous benefits to insects, birds, and mammals in terms of food, forage, and shelter. As fall and winter arrive, ...

Sowing wildflower seeds requires a shift in the how-to mind-set centered around the late-winter-into-spring ritual of sowing vegetables and ... in Massachusetts, the headquarters of Native Plant ...

A study finds that about one quarter of native wildflower species have been lost in the last 150 years, often replaced by non-native species.

Studying native plants also gives scientists a clue to how the climate has changed over the years: Scientists in Massachusetts, for example, were able to draw conclusions about climate change by ...

Massachusetts garden is ‘safe box’ of New… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) ...

Dana says that native wildflower plantings have a mixture of forbs, which are wild flowering herbs, and flowering prairie grasses. Among the forbs that Dana recommends are gray-headed coneflower, bee ...