Dry
All species listed here grow well in dry soil conditions, and all are native to eastern Nebraska. This list is for siting reference; we do not grow all plants listed. Those noted* tolerate compacted soil. We strongly advise beginning with grasses and sedges when breaking in a new garden with compacted soil.
WIldflowers
| Common Name | Latin Name |
|---|---|
| *yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| giant yellow hyssop | Agastache nepetoides |
| snakeroot | Ageratina altissima |
| showy paririe garlic | Allium canadense var. lavendulare |
| leadplant | Amorpha canescens |
| thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica |
| tall anemone | Anemone virginiana |
| columbine | Aquilegia canadensis |
| prickly poppy | Argemone polyanthemos |
| wooly milkweed | Asclepias lanuginosa |
| *common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca |
| butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa |
| *whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata |
| green milkweed | Asclepias viridiflora |
| spider milkweed | Asclepias viridis |
| groundplum | Astragalus crassicarpus |
| bracted indigo | Baptisia bracteata v leucophaea |
| *purple poppy mallow | Callirhoe involucrata |
| american bellflower | Campanulastrum americanum |
| dwarf indian paintbrush | Castilleja sessiliflora |
| flodman thistle | Cirsium flodmanii |
| yellow-spine thistle | Cirsium ochrocentrum |
| wavy-leaf thistle | Cirsium undulatum |
| white prairie clover | Dalea candida |
| roundhead prairie clover | Dalea multiflora |
| silky prairie clover | Dalea villosa |
| prairie larkspur | Delphinium virescens |
| narrow-leaf coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia |
| *tall boneset | Eupatorium altissimum |
| downy gentian | Gentiana puberulenta |
| rose vervain | Glandularia canadensis |
| *curlycup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa |
| ashy sunflower | Helianthus mollis |
| *stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus |
| rabbitfoot | Lespedeza capitata |
| rough blazing star | Liatris aspera |
| dotted blazing star | Liatris punctata |
| scaly blazing star | Liatris squarrosa v. hirsuta |
| desert biscuit root, loveseed | Lomatium foeniculaceum |
| fringed loosestrife | Lysimachia ciliata |
| *beebalm | Monarda fistulosa |
| *common evening primrose | Oenothera biennis |
| bigfruit evening primrose | Oenothera macrocarpa |
| marbleseed | Onosmodium molle |
| eastern prickly pear | Opuntia humifusa |
| silver-leaf scurfpea | Pediomelum argophyllum |
| timpsila, prairie turnip | Pediomelum esculentum |
| showy penstemon | Penstemon cobaea |
| *tall penstemon | Penstemon digitalis |
| shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus |
| redwhisker clammyweed | Polanisia dodecandra |
| rabbit tobacco | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium |
| upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera |
| *black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
| prairie petunia | Ruellia humilis |
| pitcher sage | Salvia azurea v grandiflorus |
| *rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium |
| compass plant | Silphium laciniatum |
| prairie blue-eyed grass | Sisyrihchium campestre |
| missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis |
| velvet-leaf goldenrod | Solidago mollis |
| downy goldenrod | Solidago petiolaris |
| *stiff goldenrod | Solidago rigida v. rigida |
| showy-wand goldenrod | Solidago speciosa v rigidiuscula |
| drummond’s aster | Symphyotrichum drummondii |
| *heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides |
| aromatic aster | Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
| american germander | Teucrium canadense |
| bracted spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata |
| late horse gentian | Triosteum perfoliatum |
| hoary vervain | Verbena stricta |
| *balwin’s ironweed | Vernonia baldwinii |
| prairie violet | Viola pedatifida |
| soapweed | Yucca glauca |
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