Panhandle Native, Perennial, Full Sun, White


Penstemon ambiguus

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Common Name: Sand Penstemon
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: White with Pink
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Well-drained soil. Covered with white phlox-like blooms for a long season. Panhandle native. Great plant


Melampodium leucanthum

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Common Name: Blackfoot Daisy
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: White with Yellow
Water Needs: Almost No Water Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Nice Panhandle native. Long bloom season. Rock garden. Showy when in bloom. Reseeds nicely in gravel. To less extent in flower


Desmanthus illinoisis

Common Name: Illinois Bundleflower
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Panhandle native, important native legume. Good as dried flower. Nice winter interest in seedpods.


Dalea candida

Common Name: White Prarie Clover
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 12"

Aster ericoides

Common Name: Heath Aster
Bloom Season: Fall
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Inconspicuous plant until it covers itself with white blooms in fall.


Asclepias incarnata 'Soulmate'

Common Name: Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

RISE EVERY YEAR FROM ROOTS (MARK PLANTING SPOT). Has narrow, pointed leaves.


Argemone polyanthemos

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Common Name: White Prickly Poppy
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Panhandle Native. Large white blooms that handle our wind. All of plant prickly except 4" white flower. Produces lots of seed, but rarely have a volunteer plant.


Garden Notes: Blooms are very nice, but plant gets very ragged by end of bloom season and will need to be cut back in most beds.