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Home Garden Design for Dry Sun
| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Flower |
Height |
| Achillea millefolium |
Yarrow |
White fls May-Nov |
3' |
| Allium stellatum |
Nodding Wild Onion |
Pink fls Jun-Aug |
1-2' |
| Asclepias hirtella |
Prairie Milkweed |
White fls May-Aug |
3' |
| Asclepias syriaca |
Common Milkweed |
Fragrant pink fls Jun-Aug |
3' |
| Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Milkweed |
Orange fls Jun-Aug |
2-3' |
| Aster novae-angliae |
New England Aster |
Purple fls Aug-Oct |
3-4' |
| Aster oblongifolius |
Aromatic Aster |
Lavender fls Sep-Oct |
2' |
| Aster oolentangiensis |
Sky blue Aster |
Blue fls Sep-Oct |
3' |
| Aster patens |
Purple Daisy |
Blue fls Aug-Oct |
2-3' |
| Baptisia alba |
White Wild Indigo |
White fls Jun-Aug |
4' |
| Baptisia australis |
Blue Wild Indigo |
Blue fls Apr-Jun |
2-3' |
| Baptisia bracteata |
Cream Wild Indigo |
Cream fls May-Jun |
1-2' |
| Baptisia sphaerocarpa |
Yellow Wild Indigo |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
2-3' |
| Blephilia ciliata |
Ohio Horsemint |
Lavender fls Apr-Jun |
2' |
| Callirhoe involucrata |
Purple Poppy Mallow |
Magenta fls May-Aug |
2-4' |
| Carex complanata |
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1-2' |
| Carex crinita |
Fringed Sedge |
Long pendulus seed heads |
2-3' |
| Carex shortiana |
Short's Sedge |
Dark seed heads Jun-Jul |
2' |
| Carex texensis |
Texas Sedge |
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1-2' |
| Coreopsis lanceolata |
Lance-leaved Coreopsis |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
1-2' |
| Coreopsis palmata |
Prairie Coreopsis |
Yellow fls Jun-Jul |
2' |
| Coreopsis tinctoria |
Plains Coreopsis |
Annual. Yellow & Red fls |
1-2' |
| Coreopsis tripteris |
Tall Coreopsis |
Yellow fls Jul-Sep |
3-6' |
| Dalea purpurea |
Purple Prairie Clover |
Purple fls Jul-Aug |
3' |
| Dodecatheon meadia |
Shootingstar |
Purple or White fls Apr-Jun |
1' |
| Echinacea pallida |
Pale Purple Coneflower |
Pale purple fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
| Echinacea paradoxa |
Yellow Coneflower |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
2-3' |
| Echinacea simulata |
Glade Coneflower |
Pink fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
| Eryngium yuccifolium |
Rattlesnake Master |
*White fls mid summer |
3' |
| Erysimum capitatum |
Western Wallflower |
Annual. Golden orange fls |
2-3' |
| Gentiana flavida |
Pale Gentian |
White fls Sept-Oct |
1-2' |
| Helianthus salicifolius |
Willow-leaf Sunflower |
Yellow fls Aug-Sep |
5-7' |
| Heliopsis helianthoides |
False Sunflower |
Yellow fls Aug-Oct |
3-4' |
| Heuchera richardsonii |
Prairie Alum Root |
White fls Apr-Jun |
1-2' |
| Juncus effusus |
Soft Rush |
Greenish seed heads Jun- |
2-4' |
| Lespedeza virginica |
Slender Bush Clover |
Pink fls Jun-Aug |
2-3' |
| Liatris aspera |
Rough Blazing Star |
Lavender fls Aug-Sep |
3' |
| Liatris pycnostachya |
Prairie Blazing Star |
Lavender fls Jul-Oct |
6' |
| Liatris scariosa |
Eastern Blazing Star |
Lavender fls Jul-Aug |
3-4' |
| Liatris spicata |
Marsh Blazing Star |
Lavender fls Jul-Aug |
2-3' |
| Monarda fistulosa |
Wild Bergamot |
Pink fls Jun-Aug |
3-4' |
| Monarda punctata |
Spotted Beebalm |
Yellow & Lavender fls |
3-4' |
| Oenothera macrocarpa |
Missouri Evening Primrose |
Lt yellow fls May-Jun |
1' |
| Opuntia humifusa |
Prickly Pear |
Orange-yellow fls Jul |
1' |
| Penstemon cobaea |
Showy Beard Tongue |
Purple fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
| Penstemon grandiflorus |
Large-flowering Beard |
*Pink fls in spring |
2' |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus |
Prairie Beard Tongue |
White fls Jun-Jul |
3' |
| Phlox paniculata |
Garden Phlox |
Purple fls Jul-Oct |
5' |
| Physostegia angustifolia |
False Dragonhead |
White fls Jun-Jul |
3-5' |
| Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient Plant |
Rose-pink fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
| Porteranthus stipulatus |
Indian Physic |
White fls Jun-Aug |
3' |
| Pycnanthemum |
Slender Mountain Mint |
White fls Jun-Sep |
2-3' |
| Pycnanthemum |
Hairy Mountain Mint |
White fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
| Ratibida pinnata |
Greyhead Coneflower |
Yellow fls May-Sep |
6' |
| Rosa caroliniana |
Pasture Rose |
Pink fls May-Jul |
2-4' |
| Rudbeckia hirta |
Black-eyed Susan |
Yellow fls Jun-Oct |
3' |
| Ruellia humilis |
Hairy Wild Petunia |
Lavender fls Jul-Sep |
1' |
| Salvia azurea |
Blue Salvia |
Purple fls Jul-Sep |
5' |
| Scirpus atrovirens |
Common Bullrush |
Seed heads Jul-Oct |
4' |
| Sedum pulchellum |
Widow's Cross |
Pink fls May-Jun |
1-2' |
| Senecio plattensis |
Prairie Ragwort |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
1' |
| Senna marilandica |
Wild Senna |
Yellow fls Jun-Aug |
3-4' |
| Silene caroliniana |
Rock Pink |
Rose pink fls Apr-May |
1-2' |
| Silene regia |
Royal Catchfly |
Red fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
| Silene virginica |
Fire Pink |
Red fls Apr-Jun |
1' |
| Silphium integrifolium |
Rosinweed |
Yellow fls Jul-Sep |
3-5' |
| Silphium laciniatum |
Compass Plant |
Yellow fls Jul-Sep |
4-6' |
| Silphium |
Prairie Dock |
Yellow fls Jul-Aug |
2-3' |
| Sisyrinchium campestre |
Prairie Blue-eyed Grass |
Blue fls May-Jun |
1' |
| Solidago drummondii |
Cliff Aster |
Yellow fls Sep-Dec |
1-3' |
| Solidago missouriensis |
Missouri Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Jul-Sep |
2-3' |
| Solidago nemoralis |
Old Field Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Jul-Sep |
2' |
| Solidago speciosa |
Showy Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Aug-Oct |
3' |
| Talinum calycinum |
Rock Pink |
Purple fls May-Sep |
1' |
| Thalictrum revolutum |
Meadow Rue |
White fls May-Jun |
3-6' |
| Tradescantia bracteata |
Long-bracted Spiderwort |
Blue fls May-Jul |
1-2' |
| Tradescantia ohiensis |
Ohio Spiderwort |
Purple fls May-Jul |
4-5' |
| Verbena canadensis |
Rose Verbena |
Purple fls Mar-May |
1' |
| Verbena stricta |
Hoary Vervain |
Purple fls Aug-Sep |
3-4' |
| Vernonia arkansana |
Arkansas Ironweed |
Purple fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
| Vernonia arkansana |
Arkansas Ironweed |
Purple fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
| Vernonia missurica |
Missouri Ironweed |
Purple fls Jul-Sep |
3-5' |
| Veronicastrum virginicum |
Culver's Root |
White to pink fls Jul-Aug |
3' |
| Zizia aurea |
Golden Alexander |
Yellow fls Apr-Jun |
2-3'
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