Just received this release, and I thought our readers would be interested to know about this upcoming plant sale in Omaha.
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Mother’s Day Plant Sale
Hard-to-find plants will be on sale Mother’s Day weekend when Nebraska Statewide Arboretum joins Joslyn Castle Trust to offer Mother’s Day weekend activities, with a plant sale May 9 and a May 9-10 sneak peek at the Brandeis Mansion, 500 South 38th Street, before remodeling begins. The plant sale will include wildflowers like prairie smoke — with early spring blossoms, feathery pink seedheads and beautiful maroon fall foliage; nodding ladies’ tresses, a small orchid delicate in appearance but native to Nebraska’s prairies; and fremont’s clematis, a non-vining prairie native with purplish urn-shaped flowers. The arboretum’s Bob Henrickson said “One of my favorites is threadleaf amsonia, a long-lived perennial for dry shade with starry flowers in May-June and feathery yellow fall foliage.”
There also will be shade-loving woodland plants and shrub viburnums for year-round garden interest. The plant sale will run from 9 am to 2. “Some of these plants can be hard to find, and we want to give gardeners an opportunity to try them,” Henrickson said.
The plant sale is open to the public. A complete plant list is on the arboretum website at http://arboretum.unl.edu/plantsales or call 402/472-2971.
The Omaha Rose Society will have potted miniature roses for sale on Saturday and again on Sunday at a Mother’s Day weekend special price.
Tours of Brandeis Mansion
In partnership with the ASID-NE/IA Chapter, Joslyn Castle Trust is sponsoring the 2009 Designer Showhouse May 9-10, giving the public a preview look at the historic mansion in its current condition for $2 per person from 9am to 4pm.
“This is a not-to-be missed opportunity to see one of Omaha’s Gold Coast mansions before design work returns it to its former glory. We hope shoppers will tour it now and return in September to see it restored to its original splendor” said Nano Little, Executive Director of the Joslyn Castle Trust. “And what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than buying plants and touring a historic mansion?”
Proceeds from house tours benefit the ongoing restoration and preservation of the Joslyn Castle property. A portion of the proceeds from the plant sale will also go to support Joslyn Castle restoration. For more information, go to www.joslyncastle.com or call (402) 595-2199.
