blazing star newsletter
Blazing Star Fall 2009
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta
The Struggle Against Water Soldiers
Tender Towards Trees
About Oaks
A Peatland Plant Rescue
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2009
Honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos
Don’t Dig It on the Bruce!
Macphail Woods
TRCA’s Terrestrial Natural Heritage System Strategy
Designing with Nature in Mind
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2009
Virgins bower, Clematis virginiana
More than Honey: Understanding Bees and Bee Decline
Lake Superior’s North Shore
Native Medicinals in My Garden
Struggle to Save Ojibway Prairie
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2009
Wild columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Holes in Leaves
Remember Lianas
NANPS Numerous Firsts
Barring Bambi: How to browse-proof your plantings
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2008
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Jim French: First Encounter, by James Hodgins
Giving Native Plants a Head Start
Life of the Grove
Management at Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit: Restoration or a Distant Relative?
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2008
Alabama snow-wreath, Neviusia alabamensis
The Deliciously Lovely Waterleaf
Wildlife Waystations
Rhode Island’s Coastal Habitats
Ontario’s Historical Pine Forest
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2008
Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis
LEAF’S Toronto Tree Tours
Hummingbirds and Native Plants
Emerald Ash Borer Makes Inroads into Ontario
Invasion of the Abode Snatchers
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2008
Hairy beardtongue, Penstemon hirsutus
Sowing the Seed
Wildlife Waystations
The Laws of Nature: Naturescaping in an environment of rules and regulations
Creating a Healing Landscape
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2007
Fraser magnolia, Magnolia fraseri
Bain Co-op Gardens
PlantWatch Newfoundland and Labrador
Toronto City Staff Level Native Plant Garden
Report from the Germinating Trenches
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2007
Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Endangered Ecosystems in Our Midst
A Black Walnut Garden: The Juglone Zone
Mangrove Restoration in Baja California
Storm Sewers and Native Plants
“Seldom Seen” but Well Protected
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2007
White Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata
Sowing the Seed
To the Rescue: Tips for a Successful Plant Dig
The Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora of Nova Scotia
Designing a Cottage Garden in Steeltown
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2007
Indian paintbrush, Castilleja coccinea
Naturalizing with Trees
Truth or Consequences
Floral Emblems Update
Impacts of De-icing on Native Plants
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2006
Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium
Sowing the Seed
Sub-arctic Wildflowers – Yellowknife Style
Milkweeds
Weeds I Have Known
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2006
Pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata
Goldenrod and its Visitors
Meadowlily Butterfly Habitat Restoration
Unlikely Allies: Cacti in the Human Sphere
A Minnesota Neighborhood Goes Native
American Colombo in the Cartwright Nature Sanctuary
On the Propagation of Anemonella thalictroides
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2006
Fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus
Elm Recovery Project
Berrying the Pump Stations
The Unsung Heroes: Seaweeds in Human Culture and History
Native Orchid Culture
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2006
White Pine, Pinus strobus
Alderville Savanna & Prairie
Seed Collection: Reaping What You Sow
Quebec’s Boreal Forest
So You Wanna Start a Native Plant Landscaping Biz?
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2005
Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis
Sowing the Seed
Tallgrass Prairie Conference Highlights
Manitoulin’s Sand Dune Beaches
The Needs of Seeds: Sowing
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2005
Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum
Sowing the Seed
Great White Oak
The Wild Rose and its Pollinators
The Natural History of Nodding Pogonia
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2005
Butternut, Juglans cinerea
Doubles in the Wild
Liverworts
A Tale of Three Orchids
California’s Coastal Terrace Prairie
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2005
Blue Camas, Camassia quamash
More Favorites from Seed
Enhancing Pine Plantation Biodiversity
Springbank Meadows Park, From Garbage to Glory
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2004
Wild Yam, Dioscorea villosa
Kentucky’s Natural Bridge
Some Favourites from Seed
Bucking the Trend
Mosses
Understanding Seed Dormancy
Sandilands’ Orchids: Effects of Selective Logging
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2004
Rosebay rhododendron, Rhododendron maximum
Sowing the Seed
Georgia Acid Lovers
Shoreline Restoration in the Kawarthas
The Ethics of Plant Rescue
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2004
Walking Fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum
Bug Lovers Wanted
Lying Low on Hawke Hill
Aleutian Islands’ Flora
Wild Ones’ Philosophy
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2004
Fragrant Sumac, Rhus aromatica
Germinating Seeds
Shining Tree Woods
Asian Long-Horned Beetle
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2003
Indian Grass, Sorghastrum nutans
Sowing the Seed
Zinkan Island Cove
Berries for Birds
Tennessee Ecoroof
Medicine Wheel Garden
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2003
Black gum, Nyssa sylvatica
Sowing the Seed
Acadian Forest Restoration
Wood Poppy: Rare for a Reason
Going Native, Southern Style
Germinating Seeds
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2003
Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
Sowing the Seed
Pits and Mounds
In Defense of Native Plant Gardens
Pasque Flowers of all Denominations
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2003
Wild Savory, Calamintha arkansana
Sowing the Seed
Winter Interest
Drawing Spring Blossoms
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2002
Sweetspire, Itea virginica
The Sagebrush Steppes of Eastern Washington State
Native Herbs: Potential Crops for Commercialization in Manitoba
Wild Gardens of Acadia – A National Park in Miniature
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2002
Musclewood, Carpinus caroliniana
Boulevard Beauty: Native wildflowers turn a suburban drainage ditch into a verdant oasis
On the Road: Focus on Eastern Ontario
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2002
American Ginseng, Panax quinquefolia
On a Bog Garden
Guidelines for Rescuing Wilddflowers
The Last Meal
On the Road: Focus on Pennsylvania
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2002
Goldthread, Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica
Planting a Prairie in Barrie, Ontario
Building a Snake Hibernaculum
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2001
Woodland Sedges for Eastern North America
Going (Partly) Native
The Serpent in the Garden: Feared No More
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2001
Smaller Fringed Gentian, Gentianopsis procera
Growing Trillium from Seed
Cucumber Trees at Shining Tree Woods
Losing a Link? The Fight to Save the Red Hill Valley
Wild Collection: A Harmful Practice
Green Links
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2001
Sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata
An Oasis in the City
A Garden on the Move
A Dichotomous Key for Selecting Plant Material for Restoration Projects
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2001
Sassafras, Sassafras albidum
Patience and Promise: Orchid Conservation in Mexico
Working for Wildlife: The Fletcher Wildlife Garden in Ottawa, Ontario
Finding Native Plant Info on the Web
Expert Volunteers and Volunteer Experts: The Native Plant Stewardship Program
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer/Fall 2000
Running Strawberry Bush, Euonymus obovata
Harvesting and Storing Wildflower Seed
Bur Oak Savanna on the edge of the Canadian Shield
Planting for Toads
Native shrubs in urban gardens
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2021
Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa
Small’s Creek Ravine
A Fortress among the Flowers: the Goldenrod Gall Fly
Goats Keep Invasive Species in Check
Orchids: A Peek into Their World
Native Garden Designs from Wild Ones
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2021
Carolina Allspice, Calycanthus floridus
NANPS 2021 Native Plant Garden Video Contest
A Sedge For All Seasons
Moss-covered Rock Ecosystems
Restoring Biodiversity One Person at a Time
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2021
Showy Orchis, Galearis spectabilis
In Memoriam: Stephen Roy Johnson 1957-2021
Insights from NANPS Video Contest Finalists
City Bylaws: Still Plaguing Native Plant Gardeners
People and Nature
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2021
Crested Iris, Iris cristata
Project Swallowtail
Trees, Insects and Birds
Balcony Gardening with Native Plants
Discovery of a Rare Plant through Remnant Prairie Restoration
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2020
Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovata
Toronto Launches Campaign to Build Parkette Around Historic Red Oak
Wildlife Tales in a Habitat Garden
Landscape Masks
Yogurt’s Lessons on Nativars
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2020
Woodland Pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica
Lessons from Nature
River Croft Farm
Beaver Made: The Botany of a Keystone Species
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2020
Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera
Native Plants in Watercolour
Prince Edward County South Shore
Big Rock Park Under Siege
Nature Conservancy of Canada Celebrates New PEI Nature Reserve
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2020
Cranefly Orchid, Tipularia discolor
I Let Nature Take Over
To Tree or Not to Tree
The Schulman Grove
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2019
Dutchman’s Pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla
Butterflies and Botany
Foxfield Preserve
Seeding the Woodland Herbaceous Layer
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2019
Round-Headed Bush Clover, Lespedeza capitate
Educational Website Grows From Gardens North
Eat Your Native Plants: They’re Good for You!
Restoration and the New Ecology
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2019
Spanish Moss, Tillandsia usneoides
Backyard Bogs
Geological Influences on Plant Communities
The Grand River Plains
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2019
Great Solomon’s seal, Polygonatum biflorum
Ark Gardening
Dog-strangling Vine Strangles Native Habitats
Fern Propagation
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2018
Seedbox, Ludwigia alternifolia
A Graceful Flower Clings to Mountain Gorges in the Carolinas
Bee Attraction to Native Flowers in a Small Yard
Proactive weeding of our gardens of the future
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2018
Licorice Fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Eco printing with native plants
A Haven for Birds
Botanizing on the Bruce Peninsula
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2018
Green Dragon, Arisaema dracontium
Carry it on: Land and Reconciliation
Poaching Endangers Wild Populations
Native Plants: Promoting Engagement and Excitement
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2018
Groundnut, Apios americana
The Future of Ontario’s Tree Seed Plant is at Risk
Unwelcome Visitors
Propagating Trailing Arbutus
Lessons Learned in Saskatoon
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2017
Cylindrical Blazing Star, Liatris cylindracea
Roncyworks
Clark Fork River Delta Restoration Project
Adaptations to Fire in North American Plants
Native Conifers Dominate Our Winter Forests
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2017
Indian Tobacco, Lobelia inflata
Exploring and Mapping our Landscape
Plant Defenses
Pollinator Plants for Hot, Sunny, Dry Areas
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2017
Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia
Would you care to discuss that?
Protecting the Moraine
Chinook Zone Gardening
A Path to Restoration: Healing Gardens
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2017
Spotted Wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata
Don’t Just Smell the Roses
Native Edibles from Your Garden
Botanical Forays into Eastern Virginia
Strategies for Plant Profiling
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2016
Ostrich Fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris
Lake Erie Farms Ecological Restoration
Prickly Pears
A Necessary Meadow
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2016
Spotted Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
Purple, White, Blue & Gold: Gardening with Asters and Goldenrods
Late Goldenrod
Going with the Flow
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2016
Prairie Nymph, Herbertia lahue subsp. caerulea
Through the Seasons with American Ginseng and its Companions
Spring in my Colorado Garden
Tiny Insect vs. Mighty Tree: Confronting the Threat to Eastern Hemlock
Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2016
Rock Elm, Ulmus thomasii
Kenesserie Tallgrass Prairie
Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society Arboretum
Seeding Native Plants for Fun and Profit
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2015
Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum spp
Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Protects Natural Wonders
A Season in the Native Colorado Garden
Wildlife Oasis in Scarborough
Pinyon Pines
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2015
Black Cherry, Prunus serotina
Teaching in the Sonoran Desert
Redirecting Stormwater through Low Impact Development
That Friggin’ Phrag’
Time to Rethink Natural Landscaping: Rewilding Your Yard
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2015
Fox Grape, Vitis labrusca
Nature’s Refuge Amidst Urban Sprawl
Natural Diets for Songbirds
The Land is Rising! New Plant Habitats Are Forming
Fairy Candles, Butterflies and Ants
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2015
Snow Trillium, Trillium nivale
The Ancient Cliff-face Cedars of Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment
Heaven in a Wild Flower
The Maple Leaf Forever Tree Lives on in Art
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2014
Hooded Ladies’ Tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Sustainability in an Arid Climate
Growing Lilies from Seed
What is Local? Choosing Native Plants
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2014
Spicebush, Lindera benzoin
Starting with Seeds
Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration
Of Damsels and Dragons
Our Magical Mystery Tour in Jefferson County Park, Iowa
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2014
Red Huckleberry, Vaccinium parvifolium
A Native Plant Tipping Point
Garlic Mustard: Evil Invader or Benign Immigrant
A Guide to Hibernacula Design and Construction
Bioblitz Discoveries in the Kawarthas
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2014
Eastern Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida
Granitic Outcrops of the Piedmond
Lichens
Resilient Ranching with Tallgrass Prairie Plants
Milkweed Pod Fluffing Party
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2013
Coastal Plain Gentian, Gentiana catesbaei
Welcome to Shaw Woods
Discovering Native Plants
A New Beginning for an Old Idea
Wind Turbine Project Stopped at Ostrander Point… for now
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2013
Canada Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis
Naturalization of the Loretto Maryholme Spiritual Centre
Creating a Pollinator Paradise
Ferns in the Garden
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2013
Virginia Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica
My Shade Garden
Bats & Cacti in the Sonoran Desert
Erythronium revolutum
The Great Plains
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2013
Encrusted Saxifrage, Saxifraga paniculata
Lessons from NANPS Carolinian Woods Tour
Spring Management of a Native Garden
Disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora on Eastern Georgian Bay
The Trees Beneath Your Feet- A Tale of Graft and Corruption
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2012
Indian Pipes, Monotropa uniflora
Seed Bombing Native Plants
Landscape Ordinances: Video illustrates the Intricacies for
neighbours and bureaucrats
Hawthorns
A Kansas Tallgrass Prairie
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2012
Pawpaw, Asimina triloba
The Great Garlic Mustard Roundup
Surprises in a Native Plant Garden
Restoring the Moraine One Hero at a Time
Protecting Meduxnekeag Forests
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2012
Squirrel Corn, Dicentra canadensis
A River Runs Under It
Digging in for Reptile Recovery
Moving beyond Purple Coneflower
Wildflowers of California
Urban Paradise on Riverside Drive
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2012
Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana
Nature in the 905: Hope grows in Markham
Maskinonge Plant Salvage
Rain Gardening in New York
Inglis Falls Native Tree Nursery
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2011
Great Plains Paintbrush, Castilleja sessiliflora
Sowing the Seed
Designing my From Garden
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2011
Blue Giant Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum
Planned Subdivision Sparks a Wildlife Haven
Virginia Barrier Islands
Engelmann’s Quillwort
Acer platanoides– A Cautionalry Tale
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2011
Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
Phenology of White Trillium
A Gentle Push Towards Greater Diversity
Marion County’s Cliffs
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2011
Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera
Native Return: Teeming with Life
Bluff Ecosystems of Lake Huron
The Elusive Gentians
Read MoreBlazing Star Fall 2010
Great Plains Paintbrush, Castilleja sessiliflora
Sowing the Seed
Designing my Front Garden
Read MoreBlazing Star Summer 2010
Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis
Pella, Iowa’s Indian Trail
Heart’s Content
Read MoreBlazing Star Spring 2010 25th Anniversary
NANPS Ever Onward by NANPS Board of Directors
Wildflower Ways of Seeing
Toronto’s First Native Plant Garden: 34 Years Later
My Approach to Planting Native Trees
Good Walk Spoiled or Hike with a Purpose?
Old Man Creek Nursery Native Plant Garden
It’s Not Easy Being Green
WILDFLOWER 1985-2004:A Full and Worthy Life
Florida Blazing Stars
Artists Gallery
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Applying Ecological Restoration Guidelines to Naturalization
Ohio’s Invisible Prairies
A Small Native Pond Planting
Read MoreBlazing Star Winter 2010
Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
I Came, I Saw, I Ate Some Dirt: The Truth about Earthworms
Silver Plains Project, Manitoba
Native Woodies in an Ontario Garden
Transpiration
Read MoreFavourite Wildflowers and Shrubs
Recent Initiatives
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