By: Alyssa Nyberg, The Nature Conservancy After a long gray Indiana winter, it’s a real joy to smell skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), one of Indiana’s native, fascinating flowers. The name says it all – it does not smell like roses! But seeing and smelling skunk cabbage is a sure-fire, sweet sign that spring weather isContinue reading “The Smell of Spring”
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Growing Fancy Plants
By: Alyssa Nyberg, The Nature Conservancy Trudging through the cold north winds on an early March morning, icy rains slashing my face, I make my way from the parking lot to the Kankakee Sands greenhouse. Clomp-clomp, clomp-clomp. I slide open the greenhouse door and am instantly transported to a state of bliss – the warmth,Continue reading “Growing Fancy Plants”
