Pollinator garden debuts during Nebraska Wildflower Week
Nebraska Wildflower Week is June 1-8.The week shines a spotlight on Nebraska’s unique and diverse native wildflower species.The week will also include the ribbon cutting of the freshly planted Scotts Bluff County Courthouse Pollinator Garden in Gering.The Master Gardeners and 4-H members invite the public to the ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 6.
Pale Purple Coneflowers and Purple Coneflowers have been planted together to give many weeks of coneflower blooms.The Pale Purple Coneflower, a Nebraska native, grows up to three feet tall and has very pale purple to pink flowers. It blooms in early summer when only a few of the sun-loving plants are in bloom and provides nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies, and the leaves provide food for the Ottoe-skipper butterfly larvae.
