OMAHA — Nearly 400,000 daffodils are beginning to put on a show at Lauritzen Gardens.
Kirk Troutman takes photos of the daffodils recently at Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha. The display of nearly 400,000 daffodils stretches the length of more than two football fields.
Peak viewing of the yellow, white and orange blooms is expected over the next few weeks at Lauritzen Gardens.
Corky Gibson stops to photograph the daffodils at Lauritzen Gardens on Friday morning. This was the second time she visited this week.
Corky Gibson strolls the daffodil walk at Lauritzen Gardens on Friday morning. The garden was closed last March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The garden has planted 152,000 bulbs over the past three years and hopes to plant another 50,000 bulbs this fall. Unlike tulip bulbs, daffodils continue to multiply.
Nearly 400,000 daffodils are ready to put on a show at Lauritzen Gardens.
Executive director John Newman can’t imagine a more wonderful way to usher in spring.
“You just say, ‘Wow, spring is here and it is here big-time,’’’ Newman said of the display, which stretches the length of 2.25 football fields and up to 75 feet wide.
Stands of the flowers, in yellow, white and orange, are blooming from the front gate to the Founders’ Garden. Peak viewing is expected over the next few weeks.
Staff at the garden have planted 152,000 bulbs over the past three years. Unlike tulip bulbs, which last only a few years, daffodils continue to multiply.
“It just gets increasingly exciting,’’ Newman said.
The daffodil walk is part of the Omaha botanical center’s goal to establish a million daffodil blooms in the garden each spring.
Contributions from the community made plantings happen in fall 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the garden is seeking contributions to continue the project’s growth and plant another 50,000 daffodil bulbs this fall.
A gift of $5 to the garden’s “A Million Daffodils” campaign underwrites one bulb. Contributions may be placed in the dedicated box in the garden’s lobby, mailed to the garden’s development department, or made online at lauritzengardens.org.