purple love grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Masses of reddish-purple panicle blooms are beautiful in large sweeps. NATIVE TO THE EASTERN HALF … Continued
browsing: native plants
Native plants have evolved over thousands of years alongside native wildlife and therefore offer the most useful habitat. Native plants feed bugs at every stage of life, and bugs are the very foundation for our entire food web.
Our prairie natives often require less water and are adapted to grow in our soil types and temperature extremes, so they do well without requiring extensive resources and chemicals. Native plants help in the management of rainwater runoff and maintain healthy soil with their deep root systems. We also grow a hefty collection of woodland natives including spring ephemerals.
Kansas Natives
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sandlove grass
Eragrostis trichodes
A warm-season bunchgrass native from Ohio to Nebraska and south to Louisiana and Texas. Purple … Continued
Leavenworth’s eryngo, false purple thistle
Eryngium leavenworthii
Plains native perennial that behaves more like an annual. Spiky leaves are gray-green and deeply … Continued
rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Beautiful native growing to 4′ tall with glaucus, yucca-like foliage topped with clusters of white, … 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 joe-pye weed
Eupatorium maculatum
An excellent back of the border native plant growing 6′ tall or more with deep … Continued
snow-on-the-mountain
Euphorbia marginata
Medium green spring foliage gradually develops showy clean white margins at the tips giving a … Continued
wild strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Ground-hugging foliage produces loose clusters of small, five-petaled flowers followed by tasty, wild strawberries. Found … Continued
Fringed loosestrife
Lysimachia cilata
Yellow flowers on long stalks open in spring. Native to much of the lower 48 … Continued
blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
Blanketflowers are one of the longest-blooming native perennials, well suited to hot sunny sites. Soft-yellow … Continued
Indian blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
Indian blanket is a bright native annual! It is easy to establish in dry to … Continued
longflower beeblossom
Gaura longiflora
Large-flowered gaura is a great plains prairie plant that establishes quickly to provide late-season bloom. … Continued