chives / garlic chives
Allium schoenoprasum/Allium tuberosum
Mild onion flavor. Can be used fresh in salads, or can be frozen or dried … Continued
browse plants
buffalo grass
Buchloe dactyloides
Drought tolerant, requires few mowings each summer to keep neat and trim. Can go dormant … Continued
tickseed/lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata/Coreopsis grandiflora 'Presto/ 'Early Sunrise'/Coreopsis verticillata 'Sylvester'
Coreopsis lanceolata (lanceleaf coreopsis) sports bright yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer over glossy green foliage. … Continued
cheddar pinks
Dianthus gratianopolitanus/Dianthus hybrids
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’ (cheddar pinks) grows a low growing, silvery-blue mat of foliage spreading … Continued
pincushion cactus
[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
macrocarpa (Missouri primrose) Large, deep yellow flowers cover this sprawling native over glossy green leaves … Continued
prickly pear cactus
Optunia polyacantha
Low mats of spiny pads which can colonize large beds over time. Showy flowers are … Continued
obedient plant, false dragonhead
Physostegia virginiana
Spikes of pink flowers cover this 2-3′ native in summer. Spreads moderately, filling in around … Continued
wild petunia
Ruellia humilis
Tubular, bell-shaped, petunia-like flowers up to 3″ long open from May to October on drought-loving … Continued
