Planting Guide
About this Guide
This guide lists all the species of plants and/or seeds that we sell at Kansas Native Plants. Use it as a guide for planning and planting your garden.
Planning
When planning a garden, you need to consider a plant's mature height & width, sun & water requirements, flower color, and season of bloom. To be successful the sun and water requirements of the species must match the site where they are to be planted.
Mature Size
Height: the mature height of the plant measured in feet
Width: the mature width of the plant measured in feet
Sun Needs
Full Sun: direct sun 8 or more hours of the day
Part Sun: direct sun 4 to 8 hours of the day; about half a day of sun
Shade: direct sun 0 to 4 hours of the day
Water Needs
Wet: Soil is soggy or marshy
Moist: Soil tends to stay moist and rarely dries out
Medium: Average soil moisture, little or now slope
Drained: Soil is well drained, never soggy; medium slope
Dry: Soil is dry, often typical of rocky soil; steep slope
Plant Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Common Family | Height (ft) | Width (ft) | Flower Color | Bloom Months | Sun Needs | Water Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achillea millefolium | Western Yarrow | Aster | 2.0 | 1.0 | White | May-June | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | Mint | 6.0 | 3.0 | Yellow, Cream | August-September | Part Sun, Full Sun | Wet to Moist |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Grass | 8.0 | 3.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Drained |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Plantain-leaf pussytoes | Aster | 1.0 | 0.5 | White | April-May | Full Sun, Part Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Red Columbine | Buttercup | 2.0 | 2.0 | Red, Pink | April-May | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sage | Aster | 3.0 | 1.0 | White | August-September | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Asarum canadense | Canada Wild Ginger | Birthwort | 0.5 | 0.5 | Violet, Brown | April-May | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | Milkweed | 5.0 | 3.0 | Red, Pink | July-August | Full Sun | Wet to Medium |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | Milkweed | 3.0 | 2.0 | Violet | May-June | Full Sun, Part Sun | Medium to Drained |
| Asclepias sullivantii | Smooth Milkweed | Milkweed | 3.0 | 2.0 | Red, Pink | June-July | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Milkweed | 4.0 | 2.0 | Lavender, Pink | June-July | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | Milkweed | 2.5 | 3.0 | Orange, Red | June-July | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Aster drummondii | Drummond's Aster | Aster | 4.0 | 3.0 | Lavender, Pink | August-September | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Drained |
| Aster laevis | Smooth blue aster | Aster | 4.0 | 3.0 | Blue, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun, Part Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster | Aster | 4.0 | 3.0 | Blue, Violet | September-October | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Aster oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster | Aster | 0.8 | 1.0 | Violet, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Aster oolentangiensis | Sky Blue Aster | Aster | 3.0 | 3.0 | Blue, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Aster sericeus | Silky Aster | Aster | 1.0 | 1.0 | Violet, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canada Milkvetch | Bean | 4.0 | 2.0 | Yellow, Cream | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Drained |
| Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo | Bean | 5.0 | 3.0 | White | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Bidens polylepis | Bur Marigold | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Side-Oats Grama | Grass | 3.0 | 2.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Campanula americana | American Bellflower | Bellflower | 6.0 | 2.0 | Blue | July-August | Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Cassia marilandica | Maryland Senna | Bean | 4.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Part Sun, Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | Bean | 3.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Drained |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Indian Woodoats | Grass | 3.0 | 0.1 | Green | July-August | Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | Purslane | 0.5 | 0.5 | White, Lavender | March-April | Part Sun, Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Clematis pitcheri | Leather Flower | Buttercup | 6.0 | 3.0 | Violet, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Medium to Drained |
| Dalea multiflora | Round Prairie Clover | Bean | 1.5 | 2.0 | White | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | Bean | 1.5 | 2.0 | Violet | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Delphinium virescens | Plains Larkspur | Buttercup | 3.0 | 0.5 | White, Lavender | May-June | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Diarrhena obovata | American Beakgrass | Grass | 1.5 | 1.0 | Green | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Dichanthelium clandestinum | Deertongue Panicgrass | Grass | 1.0 | 3.0 | Green | May-June | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Echinacea atrorubens | Topeka Coneflower | Aster | 3.0 | 1.0 | Red, Pink | June-July | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Coneflower | Aster | 3.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Pink | June-July | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wildrye | Grass | 3.0 | 1.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye | Grass | 1.5 | 1.0 | Green | June-July | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane | Aster | 2.0 | 1.0 | White | April-May | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | Parsley | 4.0 | 3.0 | White, Green | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Eupatorium altissimum | Tall Boneset | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | White | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Sweet Joe-Pye | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | Violet, Pink | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Eupatorium rugosum | White Snakeroot | Aster | 3.0 | 3.0 | White | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow on the Mountain | Spurge | 3.5 | 1.0 | White, Green | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Fragaria virginiana | Wild Strawberry | Rose | 0.5 | 0.5 | White | April-May | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Helianthus grosseserratus | Sawtooth Sunflower | Aster | 8.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower | Aster | 4.0 | 0.0 | Yellow | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Medium to Drained |
| Helianthus rigidus | Stiff Sunflower | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Dry |
| Helianthus salicifolius | Willow Leaf Sunflower | Aster | 7.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem artichoke | Aster | 8.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower | Aster | 4.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf | Waterleaf | 1.0 | 1.0 | Lavender, White | April-May | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed Bush Clover | Bean | 4.0 | 2.0 | White, Green | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Liatris aspera | Button Gayfeather | Aster | 3.0 | 1.0 | Violet, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun, Part Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Liatris mucronata | Narrow Leaf Gayfeather | Aster | 2.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Lavender | September-October | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Thickspike Gayfeather | Aster | 4.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Lilium michiganense | Michigan Lily | Lily | 3.0 | 2.0 | Orange, Red | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon | Borage | 0.8 | 1.0 | Yellow | April-May | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Monarda fistulosa | Mint-leaf Beebalm | Mint | 3.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Missouri evening primrose | Evening Primrose | 0.8 | 1.0 | Yellow | April-May | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Onosmodium molle | Western Marbleseed | Borage | 2.0 | 3.0 | Green, White | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Osmorhiza longistylis | Anise Root | Parsley | 3.0 | 3.0 | White | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | Grass | 4.0 | 2.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Penstemon cobaea | Showy Beardtongue | Figwort | 2.0 | 1.0 | White, Pink | May-June | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | Figwort | 2.0 | 1.0 | White | June-July | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Beardtongue | Figwort | 3.0 | 1.0 | Violet, Pink | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Phlox divaricata | Blue Phlox | Phlox | 2.0 | 1.0 | Blue, Lavender | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | Mint | 4.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Pink | August-September | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Clammy-weed | Caper | 3.0 | 3.0 | White, Pink | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Polygonum virginianum | Virginia Knotweed | Buckwheat | 3.0 | 2.0 | White | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Prenanthes aspera | Rough Rattlesnake Root | Aster | 4.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | September-October | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint | Mint | 2.0 | 1.0 | White | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Ratibida columnifera | Prairie Coneflower | Aster | 3.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Ratibida pinnata | Gray-headed Coneflower | Aster | 4.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black Eyed Susan | Aster | 2.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia | Acanthus | 0.8 | 1.0 | Violet, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Salvia azureus | Blue Sage | Mint | 4.0 | 2.0 | Blue | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | Grass | 3.0 | 2.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Senecio plattensis | Prairie Ragwort | Aster | 1.0 | 0.5 | Yellow | April-May | Full Sun | Drained to Dry |
| Silene stellata | Starry Campion | Pink | 3.0 | 2.0 | White | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Moist to Medium |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosin Weed | Aster | 5.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | Aster | 8.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Dry |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant | Aster | 8.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod | Aster | 2.5 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Solidago petiolaris | Downy Goldenrod | Aster | 3.0 | 0.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun, Part Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | Aster | 4.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod | Aster | 3.0 | 2.0 | Yellow | July-August | Part Sun, Shade | Medium to Dry |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass | Grass | 5.0 | 3.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort | Spiderwort | 3.0 | 1.0 | Blue, Violet | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Drained |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Gama Grass | Grass | 5.0 | 4.0 | Green | July-August | Full Sun | Moist to Medium |
| Verbena canadensis | Rose Verbena | Vervain | 0.5 | 2.0 | Violet, Lavender | April-June | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Verbena | Vervain | 5.0 | 2.0 | Blue, Violet | July-August | Full Sun | Wet to Moist |
| Verbena simplex | Narrowleaf Verbena | Vervain | 1.0 | 0.5 | White, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Verbena stricta | Woolly Verbena | Vervain | 3.0 | 2.0 | Violet, Lavender | July-August | Full Sun | Medium to Dry |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | Figwort | 4.0 | 3.0 | White | July-August | Full Sun | Wet to Medium |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | Parsley | 3.0 | 3.0 | Yellow | April-May | Full Sun, Part Sun | Moist to Drained |