1 Gal. Herbaceous

This fragrant, wild member of the mint family tolerates drought better than most mints and supports a wide variety of bees, wasps, flies, moths, an...

The one and only! This native echinacea is widely beloved for its adaptability and beautiful, iconic blooms. A cornerstone of butterfly gardens, it...

A.k.a. Large-flowered beardtongue. A smaller, dry soil beardtongue that blooms with one stalk of large, foxglove-like flowers. Exceptionally droug...

A.k.a. turkeyfoot. A tall, adaptable prairie grass that hosts a wide variety of insects, including many skippers. Favored by a wide variety of graz...

A.k.a. orange coneflower*. A showy Rubdeckia that stays comparatively short and can tolerate some dry conditions. Bloom period lasts for roughly tw...

The cornerstone of dry shortgrass plantings itself! Stays short, but fills dry plantings well. Adapts to most soil textures, but will not tolerate ...

Closely related to the true sunflowers that it resembles. A short lived and adaptable perennial that attracts a wide variety of pollinators. Can be...

A.k.a. Marsh blazing star. A classic gayfeather in appearance with possibly the prettiest foliage of the native liatris. The tall bloom spikes are ...

A showy, wetland loving, comparatively short Joe-pye weed! Like other Joe-pye weeds, it is attractive to pollinators, including butterflies. Spread...

A.k.a. sand coreopsis. The signature bright yellow blooms of coreopsis in a hardy native package! A generally triennial plant that prefers poor soi...

A.k.a. sweet coneflower and fragrant coneflower. Well known from cultivars sold in traditional nurseries, this is the wild type of the hardy and lo...

The native wild species of the well known genus, with red flowers! Adaptable, readily forms colonies, and a favorite of hummingbirds- columbine mak...

A.k.a. smooth rose mallow. A lovely native hibiscus closely related to the better known swamp rose mallow. A wetland species, it can adapt to mesi...

A generally adaptable aster that blooms densely with quarter-sized purple flowers. Attractive to bees and butterflies, and a valuable source of fal...

A.k.a. grey headed coneflower and prairie coneflower. A tall but nonetheless delicate coneflower, it has a long bloom period and is broadly appeali...

A.k.a. bergamot or beebalm. A lovely, easily grown monarda that attracts equally flashy pollinators including skippers, butterflies, hummingbird mo...

A shorter grass that is often planted for it’s spikey seed heads, and generally does not form dense stands. Puts on growth earlier than most prairi...

A short, adaptable nitrogen-fixer with small but bright purple blooms. Hardy, easy to grow in poor soils, and drought tolerant. Reseeds in favorabl...

Not a denizen of mountains, despite the common name- mountain mint is an adaptable and pollinator friendly plant. Will happily populate bare soil, ...

As the common name implies, this goldenrod blooms in an impressive plume of golden flowers. Tolerant of dry, poor soil- it will grow taller in fert...

An adaptable, drought resistant grass with a generally small stature- the seed stalk makes up most of the height. Notable for the bright color of i...

A beautifully clumping short grass with fine, sprawling leaves. Very rarely reseeds even in garden beds, making it a prime grass for landscaping. F...

A hardy, drought resistant plant once established, though it may take multiple years to do so. With distinct, deeply lobed leaves and an infloresce...

A.k.a. Jerusalem Artichoke. An easily grown native food crop with excellent wildlife support, sunchokes are generally adaptable as long as they hav...