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Highly Invasive Spring Scilla

April 21, 2016

Scilla (Scilla verna) spreads rapidly from seed. When you see the blue blossoms, you'll also seed slim lime-green spires all around indicating new plants growing from last year's seed.

Last week during the Larry Meiller Garden Talk (Wisconsin Public Radio) program, a woman called in to ask what she could do to get rid of Scilla aka Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica). This invasive non-native plant was taking over her lawn and was now moving into her woods. My ears perked up … [Read more...]

First Signs of Spring

April 17, 2017

Early last week I saw my first violet in our woodland, and of course, Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) which is the very first native plant we see greening up after the winter snow melts. Thank goodness for Virginia Waterleaf! But Saturday I also saw my first Blood Root (Sanguinaria … [Read more...]

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