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Sorghastrum nutans
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Common Name: Yellow Indiangrass
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 6'
Description:
Strong, upright plant.Seedheads are a fluffy, golden brown. One of the major grasses of the True Tallgrass Prairies. |
Penstemon ambiguus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Sand Penstemon
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: White with Pink
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 |
Oxytropis lambertii
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Lambert's Locoweed
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:
Particularly showy early spring bloom for this Panhandle native. Garden Notes: I have just a few of plants available this year.
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Melampodium leucanthum
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Blackfoot Daisy
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: White with Yellow
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 |
Ipomea leptophylla
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Bush Morning Glory
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:
Large,pink blooms-close by noon,long bloom season. Large mounding plant, Disappears in winter- comes back from large tuber (Mark Spot) Garden Notes: This is a good plant for those who enjoy their gardens in the morning. The large pink blooms open fresh daily for several weeks midsummer.
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Gaillardia pinnatifidia
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Redeye
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red/Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 10"
Description:
Panhandle native. Unbranched stem to 24". Red bloom with yellow rays. Puffy ball as seed head dries. Garden Notes: This is another tough panhandle native. It is not particularly showy at any time, but is nice addition to the drier areas of your yard. No additional water is needed once established. It will produce volunteers here and there. No maintenance is required. may want to shear to ground in spring.
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Engelmannia pinnatifidia
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Englemann Daisy
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Long blooming native- if it gets leggy cut it back for new growth and bloom,Good for wildlife Garden Notes: Blooms open daily and are showy in the morning, then they close in the heat of the day.
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Echinacea angustifolia
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Rose-pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:
Panhandle native, Large pink blooms. Interesting seedhead stays on plant all summer. Not real flashy, but nice |
Desmanthus illinoisis
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Common Name: Illinois Bundleflower
Bloom Color: White
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 villosa
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Common Name: Silky Prairie Clover
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Lavender
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 15"
Mature Width: 15"
Description:
Attractive perennial, hairy leaves and 3-5" flower spikes with lavender flowers. Grows on sand dunes. |