Crown Jewels Nursery

06/17/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS - I'm sorry for the radio silence since May. I needed to pause the nursery for the remainder of the season while I shift gears with my real job.

After working for the Archdiocese of Omaha for the past 8 years, I'm excited to begin full-time mission work with a group called More Mercy.

The goal is restoring Christian unity, and I'll be bridging relationships between Christian groups across the Omaha metro.

If this intrigues you, please message me! I'm currently building a team of mission partners who can financially support our mission. I'd like to share more and also hear your experience(s) of Christian disunity.

I'm not sure if/when I'll bring the nursery back online, but it's been a pleasure supporting all of you local gardeners!

Please check out Bumbling Bee Native Wildflowers (Omaha) and Midwest Natives Nursery (Lincoln) if you need native plants this season. They both do a fantastic job!

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION? “…the method to be followed towards full communion is the dialogue of truth, fostered and sustained by the dialogue of love.”-St. John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint 60 LEARN MORE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? – Forming friendships through dialogue and prayer – Facilitating...

05/04/2026

This variegated Yucca glauca was a chance seedling in a batch of standard green seedlings. A couple seasons old now and still with the vibrant yellow leaves.

05/02/2026

Thanks to all who came out today! That's 16 crates of native plants to support wildlife and bring beauty to our city!

05/02/2026

See you Saturday morning! 8:30a-12:00p at Village Square in Gretna!

$5 each or 10 for $40

Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
Amsonia illustris (Ozark Blue Star)
Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Artemisia ludoviciana (Prairie Sage)
Asclepias incarnata (Rose Milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)
Callirhoe involuctata (Purple Poppy Mallow)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-Leaf Tickseed)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Gaillardia aristata (Blanket Flower)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill)
Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury's Bee Balm)
Prunus besseyi (Western Sandcherry)
Salvia azurea (Azure Sage)
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Sky Blue Aster)
Yucca glauca (Great Plains Soapweed)

Plus some other odds and ends 😁

04/26/2026

🌿 Native Plant List for the May 2nd sale at Village Square in Gretna, 8:30a-12:00p:
Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
Amsonia illustris (Shining Blue Star)
Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Artemisia ludoviciana (Prairie Sage)
Asclepias incarnata (Rose Milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)
Callirhoe involuctata (Purple Poppy Mallow)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-Leaf Tickseed)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Gaillardia aristata (Blanket Flower)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill)
Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury's Bee Balm)
Prunus besseyi (Western Sandcherry)
Salvia azurea (Azure Sage)
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Sky Blue Aster)
Yucca glauca (Great Plains Soapweed)

Plus some other odds and ends 😁

More plants are in the hopper and will become available on a rolling basis throughout the Spring and Summer!

04/22/2026

🌎 BYE, PLASTIC - We're celebrating Earth Day with renewable wooden labels!

🪵 Each label is laser-engraved (no chemical inks!) and sealed with all-natural tung oil to slow its decomposition in the garden.

♻️ Combined with our EcoGrow fiber pots, you will take home 100% PLASTIC-FREE plants this spring for a fully natural (and compostable) planting experience!

🌎 “Never doubt that even a small act of care for the earth has value.” (Pope Francis)

04/19/2026

Wild Geranium is such a charmer among our Spring-blooming Nebraska natives. Pick up some $5 starter plugs at our May 2nd sale at Village Square in Gretna, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm.

04/16/2026

When the woodland phlox catches the morning sun... Lovely Nebraska native that wonderfully complements many Spring bulb plantings.

04/13/2026

🌿 Rooted divisions of the lovely Spotted Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum) in my cold frame. Need to get them potted up this week!

https://www.gardenia.net/plant/geranium-maculatum