Native Wildflower Seeds and Wildflower Plants, Native Grass  Seeds and Native Grass Plants

HOME             CONTACT           ORDER INFO            BLOG            FAQ's   SAVE NOW at Ion Exchange, Inc.'s Plant Plug Sale - 35% OFF            Don't Miss Our Plant Plug Sale, 35% OFF for a limited time. Sale ends September 17th. Order online or call our 800-291-2143! To receive your discount use the code: 2010Fall35 when ordering online or mention this email when ordering by phone! Howard Bright, President Ion Exchange, Inc. IonXchange.com hbright@acegroup.cc 800-291-2143 "Helping you create your own natural beauty" www.ionxchange.com/shop/index.php ionxchange.com/earthy-talk/home.php    1878 Old Mission Drive Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146 Call today for info and details on our Water's Edge Beautification package. Great for Water Gardens, Ponds, Lakes, Creek beds, Streams, wetlands and any other water edge.     Water's Edge Beautification plants grow well in moist soils along wetland edges. The native wildflowers included in the mix attract birds, hummingbirds and butterflies while providing vibrant colors of purple, red, yellow throughout the growing seasons. Both the grasses and native wildflowers stabilize shorelines to help prevent erosion. Can be planted anytime throughout the summer. The plants will develop quickly. CALL NOW - 800-291-2143! You'll be glad you did! The package contains the following plugs: * Swamp Milkweed * New England Aster * Joe Pye Weed * Sneezeweed* Blue Flag Iris * Cardinal Flower * Great Blue Lobelia * Blue Vervain * Ironweed * Baltic Rush * Dark Green Bulrush * Fowl Manna Grass. A total of 84 Plant Plugs. The package covers approx. 100 sq. ft. "Helping you create your own natural beauty" Ionxchange.com/waters_edge_beautification_live.htm

Here are some of the most popular native wildflower and grass seed mixes.

• Grand Meadow Mesic Site Mix
• Dry Site Short Prairie Mix
• Wet Mesic Site Mix

 

You can Attract Butterflies, Hummingbirds and Songbirds to your native wildflower garden!

Specialty Native Wildflower Collections - Wildflower Kits, Urban Garden Kits

We have wildflower and native grass gardens that have been specially selected to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Imagine what a delight to the senses to look out your window and watch nature moving, or walk through your garden and have it full of life. Plus, on top of all the natural activity, this garden will provide you with beautiful color combinations all season long.

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Article - My Little Prairie by Earthyman

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Our Selection of
Native Wildflower and Grass Urban Gardens
are Easy to
Plant and Maintain

Our native wildflower seeds and plant plugs are of the highest quality. Much of our native wildflower seed is grown on our own land and harvested by hand.

At Ion Exchange Inc. we stock over 200 Native Prairie Species for your Wetland, Savanna or Prairie.

 Full Line Of Ready-To-Plant Native Seed Mixes

Whatever your native prairie seeds and plant needs are, you’re in the right place. Browse our website to your heart's content and feel confident and safe when you order your wildflower and grass seed or plugs through our secure, encrypted server.

Our employees are knowledgeable and eager to help!

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Did you know?

Wildflower gardens are considered a low cost alternative to high maintenance gardening?

Wildflowers have proven themselves to be hardy, self-producing and require little attention from the gardener?

Colorful wildflowers are cherished for the beautiful butterflies they attract?

Check out our new for 2010

 Bird & Butterfly Attractor Station - comes with 84 Plant Plugs, a Digital Book and Bird Feeder

• Custom Wildflower Seed Mixes
• Wildflower Seeds Catalog
• Custom Grass Seed Mixes

• Many different seed mixes for your CRP acres.

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Propagation is any process used to multiply the number of plants in a group. There are basically two methods for doing this. Sexual propagation involves increasing plant numbers by germinating seed & growing the seedlings to maturity. This is probably the most widely used method by the majority of growers, including many agricultural grain crops. There are many different ways to pre-treat seed for attempting germination in the artificial setting of a greenhouse. These are processes used in an effort to overcome seed dormancy & attain successful germination on a man made schedule. Mother Nature does a wonderful job of overcoming dormancy so seed will germinate at the safest time for the seedlings to emerge into a growth friendly environment. We try to imitate those processes to successfully grow plants indoors.

Asexual propagation encompasses a variety of processes including leaf, stem, & root cuttings. Those slips that your Mom put into a jar of water in the kitchen window & watched until roots formed so she could plant them into the garden are simply stem cuttings. We would probably not agree that the water bath is really the best medium because of the high risk of mold developing but it sure seemed to work well for Mom! Dividing clumps of plants, such as Hostas, when they get very large is another form of asexual propagation. Planting bits of a rhizome root will give rise to new plant growth & is another form of cutting. The practice of grafting which is often used with roses & fruit trees is a type of asexual propagation.  Another example is the layering used with raspberry canes where they are bent over to the ground & covered with soil where new roots will develop. All of these asexual methods develop plants that are essentially clones of the original specimens.

Julie Jenkins – Greenhouse Manager Ion Exchange