Rainbow Drive · Plover, Wisconsin
a native pollinator planting
In 2025, the Village of Plover and the Healthy Lakes & Rivers grant program turned this cul-de-sac into native prairie.
Village staff and neighbors prepped the ground and planted roughly 600 plugs of Wisconsin-native wildflowers and grasses — food and habitat for bees, butterflies, and birds.
A field guide to what’s growing here — so you know what you’re looking at.
Nodding red-and-yellow lanterns in late spring — a hummingbird magnet.
Dusty-pink starburst globes in summer — the monarch's nursery.
Pale sky-blue daisies with gold eyes — one of the last blooms of fall.
Upright indigo pea-spikes in late spring — worked hard by bumblebees.
Bright golden daisies with a brown eye — early-summer bee fuel.
Spiky silver-white golf-balls on stiff stems — a pollinator crowd-pleaser.
Tall mauve domes in late summer — a butterfly landing pad.
Nodding pink bells in spring that turn to wispy 'smoke' seed-plumes.
Blue-violet spires in late spring — the Karner blue butterfly's host plant.
Small creamy five-petal blooms scattered through summer.
Slender spikes of true-blue tubes in late summer — bee favorite.
Three rounded blue-purple petals with gold stamens — a morning bloomer.
A slender purple candelabra of tiny flowers all summer long.
Throughout 2026 we’ll be adding Milkweed, Butterfly Weed & Anise Hyssop seedlings.
Want to help it grow?
Add a plant, pull a weed, or just say hello.