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I was potting up Butterfly Milkweed seedlings for garden kits today when I noticed the seedling I was about to transfer had a Monarch...

Look at the amazing roots on this Tall Sunflower. Native plants grow great roots.

New plants and new events at UP Native Plants

You can see our UP Native Plant products at a variety of gardens and markets

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.

Pictures of Monarch caterpillars on three kinds of milkweed and the inside scoop on which is their favorite. 🐛

Goldenrod is not the same as ragweed and doesn't cause allergies.

The spring growing rush is slowing down, to be replaced by all the spring order pickups! So far we have delivered hundreds of quart pots...

Hummingbirds are coming! Our native ruby-throated hummingbirds have been spotted in the southern UP. Hummingbird feeders are sweet (!)...

Have you ever been cleaning up the garden in the spring and plucked the stalk of a dead annual from the garden store, only to have a...