HomeGrown 02/28/10 - Welcome Home Plantings & Roundstone Native Seed

How to grow native grasses – and creating the perfect “Welcome Home” effect for your front door – are the horticultural kindred spirits on HomeGrown this week. Randy Seymour of Roundstone Native Seeds in Upton, Kentucky, has the warm-season grass seeds and plugs to create a large or small prairie, and Seattle-based writer and landscaper Andrew Schulman has practical tips on plantings for your mailbox, gate, garage and porch to give your home a distinct and inviting appearance. Downloadable MP3Find out more:

• Andrew Schulman’s “Northwest Cottage Garden”
• Schulman article, “Pruning Climbing Roses”
• Roundstone Native Seed
• Going Native: Prairie Grass Research
• Native warm-season grasses of Kentucky
• Kentucky Native Plant Society