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Published July 06, 2010, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Wildflowers


Kimberly Hess talks about how she likes using curly dock in flower arrangements. Most people consider it a weed, but she grows it in her backyard garden, shown here. (Photo by Sarah Kolberg)

  • Kimberly Hess talks about how she likes using curly dock in flower arrangements. Most people consider it a weed, but she grows it in her backyard garden, shown here. (Photo by Sarah Kolberg)
  • Kimberly Hess assembles a boutonniere made of a black-eyed Susan, purple and white prairie clovers and an unidentified grass, all from a ditch off County Road 18.
  • A prairie lily grows in a ditch off of U.S. Highway 75 near Halstad, Minn., one of the places Hess gathers native flora. (Herald photo by Sarah Kolberg)
  • Kimberly Hess is inspired by all kinds of shapes and textures. Who says an onion flower can't be in a flower arrangement? This one is in her backyard garden.
  • Kimberly Hess gathers wild grass and flowers in a ditch in rural Halstad, Minn. She plans to use mostly native flora at Prairie Petals, her new flower shop in downtown Fargo. (Photo by Sarah Kolberg)