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Missouri’s native fruits are starting to ripen, which means now is the perfect time for foragers to start keeping an eye out for pawpaws, elderberries, wild grapes, wild plums, and persimmons. These delicious treats can be found across the entire state.

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If you love gardening, you’ll love this plant sale, where five vendors will share all the reasons to prefer native plants, which are easier to care for and better for songbirds, pollinators, and the planet. Meet the native plant growers here.

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Pure Air Natives has been supplying Missouri and adjacent states with high-quality native seed and plant material for more than 25 years. The Pure Air Natives team has worked with farmers, recreational landowners, developers, architects, engineers, landscape architects, owners and enthusiasts on projects across the Midwest.

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By landscaping with native Missouri plants, gardeners with the palest of green thumbs can enjoy such views just like the pros, all while knowing they’ve done their part to nurture complex ecosystems.

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Part native fruit and part pioneer weather forecaster, the American persimmon ripens this month around the state.

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in April of 2017. We have updated information in the story to reflect recent changes to Missourians for Monarchs.  The monarch butterflies outside your window are in the middle of a long journey. Missouri is a stopping point in the annual monarch butterfly migration from Canada …

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