Bumbling Bee Native Wildflowers

06/01/2026

Some pictures from around the garden today. Lots of flowers blooming. An American bumble bee on the calico beardtongue. Excited to see a new type of clearwing moth. I have a hunch we’ll see more of this type this summer.

05/31/2026

In addition to our usual native plants, we have some annual zinnias! Although these aren’t native to Nebraska, they’re an excellent option for quick blooms and they feed tons of bees and butterflies.

Because native wildflowers and grasses can be slower to establish, adding in pollinator friendly annuals can give a new garden a pop of color and serve as an indicator to other humans that the area is intended as a pollinator/flower garden.

$4 each/$119 for a tray of 32
Can be mixed and matched with natives in a tray.

We’re open today!

Sundays 10am-2pm
Wednesdays 4pm-7pm

4312 Franklin St.
Omaha, NE 68111

05/30/2026

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to Pacific Preserve for the P1T1 today! Also, a huge thank you to Elizabeth, Tara, and Trevor for making this event happen!

With so much of our land tied up in agriculture and cities, growing urban habitat is one way we can help support our local ecosystems. We’re grateful for every person who comes and helps!

Elizabeth and Tara meet here at Pacific Preserve on Wednesday evenings. Then several of us meet at Cottonwood Creek Preserve on Thursday evenings. We’d love to have you join us! (And bring a friend!)

05/30/2026

🐝With all the rain in the forecast this week, it’s a fantastic time to plant some natives! With 70 plant species available this week, we’re sure to have plants that fit your garden in site requirements and aesthetic.

🐝We’re open Sunday and Wednesday as usual and would love to see you!

🐝Backyard Plant Sales
4312 Franklin St.
Omaha, NE 68111

Sundays 10am - 2pm
Wednesdays 4pm - 7pm

🐝Plant Species List for 5/30/26
🐝Native Wildflowers & Grasses $4 each ($119 for a tray of 32 plants)

Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) NEW
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides) NEW
Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)
Lead Plant (Amorpha canadensis)
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) (Limit 1)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Few
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Spider Milkweed (Asclepias viridis)
Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
Dwarf Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis var. minor) 1 left
Small Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsute)
Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Restocked
Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrate)
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Few
Long-beaked Sedge (Carex sprengelii)
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Few
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Wavy-leaf Thistle (Cirsium undulatum)
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Leafy Prairie Clover (Dalea foliosa)
Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Restocked, Few
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Silky Wild Rye (Elymus villosus)
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Western Wallflower (Erysimum asperum)
Big-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) NEW (Limit 1)
Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum)
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Showy Sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) ($2)
Prairie Sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris)
Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) (Limit 2)
June Grass (Koeleria macroantha)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pynostachya)
Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata) Restocked
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Large-flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsuta)
Pale Beardtongue (Penstemon pallidus)
Tube Beardtongue (Penstemon tubaeflorus)
Prairie Phlox (Phlox pilosa) NEW (Limit 1)
Clustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) NEW
Long-headed Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Wild Golden Glow (Rudbeckia laciniata) NEW
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) Out. More next week
Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Missouri Goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Drummond’s Aster (Symphotrichum drummondii)
Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) NEW
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) NEW
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Golden Alexanders NEW (Limit 1)

Trees and Shrubs:

P***y Willow (Salix discolor) $20
Elderberry $10 (2 available)
Serviceberry $10 (1 available)
Chokecherry $10 (1 available)

Pawpaws (Asimina triloba)will be back again later this summer! $8 each or 3 for $20. They require two genetically distinct plants to cross-pollinate and produce fruit. Because our plants our grown from seed, they will be able to cross-pollinate each other. Most of our plants are from local ecotype seed. Host plant for the zebra swallowtail butterflies.

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

Brown-belted bumble bee on spider milkweed (Asclepias viridis) right before the rain started. I was apparently pretty shaky handed. 😅

05/29/2026

Some highlights from Grasslands Unlimited’s Cottonwood Creek Preserve tonight. We found a monarch egg on common milkweed and a few new species coming in including lance-leaf coreopsis, which definitely weren’t there last year and are blooming already!

Golden Alexander’s are blooming, which are a host plant for black swallowtail butterflies. Common eastern bumble bees were working the clover.

Calico beardtongue was in bloom as well as the Columbine and there was a purple Columbine! We added more blue sage to the prairie thanks to my neighbor having quite a few extra. And two new volunteers made it out tonight! I’d call that a success!

We go out every Thursday evening around 6pm if you ever want to join and help or learn about restoration efforts!

05/28/2026

They had a skink tonight at Pacific Preserve!! So cool! Elizabeth, Tara, and others have been putting the hard work in out there on Wednesdays and it shows. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Urban habitat is so important!!

We sell plants on Wednesday evenings but the crew is out at 168th and Pacific on Wednesdays if anyone wants to join.