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Yarrow 'Moonshine'
Achillea 'Moonshine'

This native hybrid has groups of small yellow flowers that attract pollinators through their long summer bloom time. Yarrow does well in drier, well-drained soils and full sun.

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Blooming from June to August, this native perennial is wonderful for pollinators. It prefers full sun to part shade and tolerates both clay and dry soils.

Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium

This prominent Nebraska native is wind pollinated like all grasses. It is very heat and drought tolerant and does well in most spots where it can get full sun.

Liatris ‘Kobald’
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'

This cultivar of an eastern US native is compact with an upright form. This species has large, long-lasting spikes of small flowers throughout the summer.

Prairie Drop Seed
Sporobolus heterolepis

Tolerating a range of soil types and thriving in full sun, this native grass is well suited for urban Midwest environments. Prairie drop seed has showy seed heads from August to October.

Switch Grass 'Cheyenne Sky'
Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky'

This cultivar of a Nebraska native is planted for its foliage, which turns deep red in the summer.

St. John’s Wort ‘Sunburst’
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst‘

This cultivar of the central and south US plant is planted for its more compact form and larger early summer flowers.

Switch Grass ‘Northwind’
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

Is a cultivar of a native species that gets 4 to 5 feet tall with showy seed heads. The leaves are an olive-green to blue-green and turn yellow in the fall.

Sawtooth Oak
Quercus acutissima

This East Asian tree is identifiable by its narrow, serrated leaves. Oaks are wind pollinated, meaning they do not have flowers that attract pollinators.

Prairie Drop Seed
Sporobolus heterolepis

Tolerating a range of soil types and thriving in full sun, this native grass is well suited for urban Midwest environments. Prairie drop seed has showy seed heads from August to October.

Tall Fescue

American Elm
Ulmus americana

This Nebraska native was one of the most planted trees in the country before the 1930s. Elms are wind pollinated, meaning they do not have flowers that attract pollinators.

Shantung Maple
Acer truncatum

Prairie Drop Seed
Sporobolus heterolepis

Tolerating a range of soil types and thriving in full sun, this native grass is well suited for urban Midwest environments. Prairie drop seed has showy seed heads from August to October.

Tall Fescue

Red Twig Dogwood ‘Artic Fire’
Cornus sericea 'Farrow' ARCTIC FIRE

This cultivar is notable for its compact form. Like the native strait species, this shrub attracts pollinators with its spring blooms, which continue sporadically throughout the summer.

Prairie Drop Seed
Sporobolus heterolepis

Tolerating a range of soil types and thriving in full sun, this native grass is well suited for urban Midwest environments. Prairie drop seed has showy seed heads from August to October.

Tall Fescue

Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii

Black Cherry
Prunus serotina

Black Oak
Quercus velutina

Amur Maackia
Maackia amurensis

Bottlebrush Buckeye ‘Rogers’
Aesculus parviflora var. serotina 'Rogers'

Bloom can be 30 inches long.

Golden Raintree
Koelreuteria paniculata

This East Asian tree attracts pollinators with large panicles of flowers in the early summer. Further planting of golden rain tree is discouraged, as it has been found to be invasive.

Crabapple 'Spring Snow'
Malus 'Spring Snow'

No fruit, blooms white

Siberian Elm
Ulmus pumila