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How to choose the right Black-eyed Susans for your garden and a coupon for the sweetest one!
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Michelle
- May 14
- 5 min
Five Unexpected Plants For Hummingbirds
Learn the secrets of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, discover 5 plants hummingbirds need, and get a coupon for our Hummingbird Collection
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Michelle
- Apr 24
- 3 min
The Dirt-y Dozen
12 new native plants at our nursery and a coupon for a free plant with your spring order!
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Michelle
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Four Reasons to Order Native Plants Now
Plus nine new plants in the greenhouse and a spring coupon for our newest garden kit!
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Michelle
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Distract from Daylight Savings Time: Check Out What's New at the Greenhouse!
Nine new native plants for this Spring! Plus answers to FAQs and a spring coupon.
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Michelle
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Introducing Cutleaf Coneflower: A Native Plant to Impress
Three reasons to make room for Cutleaf Coneflower in your native plant garden this season.
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Michelle
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Lily of the Valley, is yours native?
Last week I wrote on Canada Mayflower, Maianthemun canadense, also know as Wild Lily of the Valley. I got several inquiries about how to...
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Michelle
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Canada Mayflower, Look Closer
A bit about Canada Mayflower, a tiny plant that can have a big role in your garden.
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Michelle
- Jan 14
- 5 min
Our First Year, In Review
The first year of our family native plant nursery in review and a request for feedback.
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Michelle
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Pictures of An Ecosystem
Pictures of the insects and wildlife from a season in the greenhouse.
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Michelle
- Aug 8, 2021
- 2 min
Still Going Strong
Late summer and early fall are perfect for planting perennials. Find out why you shouldn't fret the frost.
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Michelle
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
Still Monarching
Update on the Monarch hoard in our greenhouse, feasting on Michigan native milkweeds.
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Michelle
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
Monster Monarchs
We weren't planning on raising Monarch caterpillars in the greenhouse, but the Monarchs had other ideas!
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Michelle
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
Getting Ready for Fall Planting
Getting ready for fall planting of Michigan native perennial plants
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Michelle
- Jul 13, 2021
- 3 min
Free Monarch with Purchase of Milkweed
I was potting up Butterfly Milkweed seedlings for garden kits today when I noticed the seedling I was about to transfer had a Monarch...
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Michelle
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
What Native Plants Do
Look at the amazing roots on this Tall Sunflower. Native plants grow great roots.
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Michelle
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
What's New at UP Native Plants
New plants and new events at UP Native Plants
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Michelle
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
How to Find UP Native Plants
You can see our UP Native Plant products at a variety of gardens and markets
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Michelle
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
Native Plants Are Toad-Approved
A toad decided to bed down in our native bluestem grass. Normally a prairie species, it’s damp from all the rain and quite to his liking.
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Michelle
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Caterpillars Caterpillars Everywhere
Pictures of Monarch caterpillars on three kinds of milkweed and the inside scoop on which is their favorite. 🐛
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