chives / garlic chives
Allium schoenoprasum/Allium tuberosum
Mild onion flavor. Can be used fresh in salads, or can be frozen or dried … Continued
browsing plants: green roof plants
buffalo grass
Buchloe dactyloides
This drought-tolerant grass requires few mowings each summer to keep neat and trim. Can go … Continued
lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coreopsis lanceolata (lanceleaf tickseed) sports bright yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer over glossy green foliage. … Continued
cheddar pinks
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'
Low growing, silvery-blue mat of foliage spreadst and cascades, creating an evergreen groundcover that produces … Continued
pincushion cactus, spinystar
[Coryphantha] Escobaria vivipara
2″ bright magenta open in May-June, followed by fleshy, greenish-purple fruits. As the evergreen, ball-shaped … Continued
spotted hawkweed
Hieracium maculatum ‘Leopard’
Striking mounds of blue-green foliage dappled in maroon purple. Tall stems of bright yellow daisies … Continued
Jewels of Opar
Talinum paniculatum ‘Kingwood Gold’
Related to portulaca with fleshy green leaves and topped in tall spires of delicate, wiry flower … Continued
Missouri primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
Large, deep yellow flowers cover this sprawling native over glossy green leaves from late spring … Continued
prickly pear cactus
Opuntia polyacantha
Low mats of spiny pads which can colonize large beds over time. Showy flowers are … Continued
wild petunia
Ruellia humilis
Tubular, bell-shaped, petunia-like flowers up to 3″ long open from May to October on drought-loving … Continued
soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
This groundcover will carpet the most difficult sites with bright pink flowers. A vigorous grower, … Continued
little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
True deep blue foliage and exceptional bronze-red fall color. Tolerates heat and humidity. It was … Continued