One of the bright spots in what can seem like a long Ohio winter is deciding on new plants to grow here at DRL. We talk about what people are asking for and trends we’re seeing, and we ask Kara (the big boss!) if we can please grow the one plant we’ve been obsessing over (100% of requests approved so far; thanks, Kara!). We have some new plants this season that we are really excited about, so we’re going to tell you a bit more about them. Click through to the blog to read about the first plant we’re highlighting, Prairie Brome.

On the heels of invasive species week, we thought it might be a good time to define what an invasive species is – and what it isn’t! There are criteria that a plant has to meet in order to be considered an invasive species; the label isn’t something we can just attach to any weed we don’t like to see in our gardens.