Sun
All species listed here grow well in full sun conditions, and all are native to eastern Nebraska. This list is for siting reference; we do not grow all species listed.

Wildflowers
Common Name | Latin Name |
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yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
showy paririe garlic | Allium canadense var. lavendulare |
leadplant | Amorpha canescens |
false indigo | Amorpha fruticosa |
thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica |
prickly poppy | Argemone polyanthemos |
pale indian plantain | Arnoglossum atriplicifolium |
prairie indian plantain | Arnoglossum plantagineum |
wooly milkweed | Asclepias lanuginosa |
sullivant’s milkweed | Asclepias sullivantii |
common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca |
butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa |
whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata |
green milkweed | Asclepias viridiflora |
spider milkweed | Asclepias viridis |
canada milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis |
groundplum | Astragalus crassicarpus |
white indigo | Baptisia alba |
bracted indigo | Baptisia bracteata v leucophaea |
pink poppy mallow | Callirhoe alcaeoides |
purple poppy mallow | Callirhoe involucrata |
dwarf indian paintbrush | Castilleja sessiliflora |
tall thistle | Cirsium altissimum |
flodman thistle | Cirsium flodmanii |
yellow-spine thistle | Cirsium ochrocentrum |
wavy-leaf thistle | Cirsium undulatum |
white prairie clover | Dalea candida |
roundhead prairie clover | Dalea multiflora |
purple prairie clover | Dalea purpurea |
silky prairie clover | Dalea villosa |
prairie larkspur | Delphinium virescens |
narrow-leaf coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia |
rattlesnake master | Eryngium yuccifolium |
tall boneset | Eupatorium altissimum |
common boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum |
downy gentian | Gentiana puberulenta |
rose vervain | Glandularia canadensis |
curlycup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa |
maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani |
ashy sunflower | Helianthus mollis |
stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus |
sunchoke | Helianthus tuberosus |
rabbitfoot | Lespedeza capitata |
rough blazing star | Liatris aspera |
dotted blazing star | Liatris punctata |
prairie blazing star | Liatris pycnostachya |
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 |
timpsila, prairie turnip | Pediomelum esculentum |
scurfypea | Pediomelum tenuiflorum |
showy penstemon | Penstemon cobaea |
tall penstemon | Penstemon digitalis |
shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus |
trumpet penstemon | Penstemon tubaeflorus |
prairie phlox, eczema weed | Phlox pilosa |
redwhisker clammyweed | Polanisia dodecandra |
heal-all | Prunella vulgaris |
rabbit tobacco | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium |
virginia mountain mint | Pycnathemum virginianum |
upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera |
grey-headed coneflower | Ratibida pinnata |
black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
prairie petunia | Ruellia humilis |
pitcher sage | Salvia azurea v grandiflorus |
rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium |
compass plant | Silphium laciniatum |
cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum |
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 |
heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides |
aromatic aster | Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
american germander | Teucrium canadense |
bracted spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata |
late horse gentian | Triosteum perfoliatum |
blue vervain | Verbena hastata |
hoary virvain | Verbena stricta |
balwin’s ironweed | Vernonia baldwinii |
culver’s root | Veronicastrum virginicum |
prairie violet | Viola pedatifida |
soapweed | Yucca glauca |
golden alexander’s | Zizia aurea |
Grass and Sedge
Common Name | Latin Name |
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big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii |
sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula |
blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis |
hairy grama | Bouteloua hirsuta |
bicknell’s sedge | Carex bicknellii |
short-beak sedge | Carex brevior |
bush’s sedge | Carex bushii |
heavy sedge | Carex gravida |
bottle-brush sedge | Carex hystericina |
fox sedge | Carex vulpinodea |
purple lovegrass | Eragrostis spectabilis |
porcupine grass | Hesperostipa spartea |
junegrass | Koeleria macrantha |
switchgrass | Panicum virgatum |
little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium |
indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans |
prairie dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis |
Shrubs & Vines
Common Name | Latin Name |
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new jersey tea | Ceanothus americanus |
prairie redroot | Ceanothus herbaceus |
american bittersweet | Celastrus scandens |
buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
wild plum | Prunus americana |
chokecherry | Prunus virginiana |
fragrant sumac | Rhus aromatica |
smooth sumac | Rhus glabra |
prairie rose | Rosa arkansana |
elderberry | Sambucus canadensis |
coralberry | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
