Posterity Blooms

In the last couple days, I have seen so many monarchs hanging out on my blue sage. I take it as a sign of more good things to come.

It is time to shine for all my asters! The pollinators are so thankful for the late bloomers. And so am I! Just look at them!

CHRYSALIS TIME! 😍

We will NOT be at the Florence Mill Farmer's Marker today (08/25) due to the excessive heat warning. Everyone stay cool! Maybe this pic of Snow on the Mountain will help?

Woohoo! Don't miss your chance to register for this event and get your free native plant garden!

2024 Registration Form for "Milkweed and Cookies" Native Plant Garden Giveaway and Vendor Fair hosted by the Pollinator Alliance of the Heartland Did you know that Fall is a great time to add native plants to your garden? It's also an important time for the monarch butterfly as they make their migration all the way down to Mexico! Please join the Pollinator Alliance of the Heartland in celebrating native plants and our pollinators! This is a....

We will NOT be at the Florence Mill Farmers Market this week! We're a little exhausted, and we lost a really important part of our family this week. Mable would want us to rest. ❤️ She sure was good at it. Thanks for your understanding.

This is so awesome! I'm so glad Bumbling Bee Native Wildflowers is getting the exposure they deserve!

In the Garden: Omaha woman creates plant business to beautify environment and yards After a brush with a ceiling fan caused some serious head issues, Omaha's Amanda Stastny turned to gardening and now has a thriving business selling native plants.

Is there a more peaceful way to spend a morning? Come see me at the Florence Mill Farmer's Market from 10-3 today (08/11)!

Come see us today (08/04) at the Florence Mill Farmers Market! It's gonna be a hot one, but the Mill is part of Open Omaha, and you can cool off a little inside after checking out the vendors on the green!

Come on out and see us! We're at the Bellevue Public Library until 2. ❤️🫶

Truly feeling nature's overwhelming abundance as I take clippings this morning. ❤️

We'll be there! Will you? ❤️

Join us this Saturday, August 3rd from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Bellevue Native Plant Society’s 3rd Annual Pollinator Party taking place at the Bellevue Public Library! (1003 Lincoln Rd, Bellevue, NE 68005)

We’ll be offering a fantastic selection of some of our most popular wildflower and grass species, our “Got Milkweed?” T-shirts in 9 different colors, our “Gardening with Native Plants” educational yard signs, and get a FREE bumper or Midwest Natives logo sticker with any purchase!

In addition to shopping for plants, visit with the Bellevue Native Plant Society and other local organizations to learn more about how you can start (or continue) to best support pollinators in your own back yard and around town, plus enjoy fun for the whole family with craft activities, free kids’ pollinator face paintings, and more!

All of our plants will be $4 each and quantities are limited, so stop by early to beat the heat and grab some of these beauties if they’re still on your wish list!

Achillea millefolium - Western Yarrow
Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly Everlasting
Anemone cylindrica - Candle Anemone
Antennaria plantaginifolia - Pussytoes
Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata - Whorled Milkweed
Baptisia australis var. minor - Dwarf Blue Indigo
Bouteloua curtipendula - Side Oats Grama
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue Grama
Callirhoe involucrata - Purple Poppy Mallow
Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover
Echinacea angustifolia - Blacksamson Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master
Fragaria virginiana - Wild Strawberry
Gaillardia aristata - Blanketflower
Ipomopsis rubra - Standing Cypress
Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus - Large-Flower Beardtongue
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Slender Mountain Mint
Ratibida columnifera - Mexican Red Hat
Rudbeckia fulgida - Orange Rudbeckia
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Solidago caesia - Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis - Gray Goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed
Symphyotrichum drummondii - Drummond's Aster
Symphyotrichum oolontangiensis - Sky Blue Aster
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root
Viola pedatifida - Prairie Violet

Hope to see you there!

We will NOT be at the Florence Mill today-- the baby didn't do very well in the heat last time. Thanks so much for your understanding, and we hope to see you next week!

Obedient plant is just unbelievably beautiful. I'm excited to have these blooms for this weekend's arrangements!