Photo of the Week – October 31, 2013

October 31, 2013Chris Helzer

Following the backyard prairie theme from earlier this week, here is a photo I took yesterday in my prairie garden. I had been looking through my files of recent images, and didn’t see anything I was excited about posting as a Photo of the Week. The light outside was pretty nice for closeup photography (bright overcast), so I grabbed my camera and went to have a look around the garden. About 5 minutes later, I had my image.

Sideoats grama seeds. Helzer Prairie Garden - Aurora, Nebraska. — Sideoats grama seeds. Helzer Prairie Garden – Aurora, Nebraska.

Don’t you love prairie gardens?

Cate Gross October 31, 2013 / 2:35 pm

Chris, How large is your back yard prairie garden?

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- Chris Helzer October 31, 2013 / 10:03 pm
  
  Cate – not very big. Maybe 15×20 feet or so. Then I have a couple smaller linear ones along the edge of the garage/vegetable garden
  
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Joanne October 31, 2013 / 3:07 pm

Yes, indeed I do love prairie gardens !

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James McGee October 31, 2013 / 4:53 pm

Hi Chris, If you are interested in suggestions you could post a photo of some prairie grasses in orange-yellow fall color?
Sincerely,
James

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- James McGee November 1, 2013 / 4:45 pm
  
  Some plants that have nice autumn color are Sporobolus heterolepis, Solidago speciosa, and Rosa carolina.
  Sincerely,
  James
  
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Becky November 1, 2013 / 12:03 pm

Big LIKE! In my prairie garden there is Sideoats, Switch, Indian, Big Muhly, and more. Love the fall and the color change of prairie grasses.

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Jacob November 2, 2013 / 3:09 pm

Quite a lot of plants grow in that region.

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