Perennials & Grasses

Botanical Name	Common Name	Native To	Description
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Weed		This Oklahoma native has showy orange flowers in late spring and early summer and attracts butterflies. It reaches 2-3' and thrives in poor, dry soils. Sun. Zone 6.
Baptisia australis	Wild Indigo, False Indigo	OK	This Oklahoma native has blue pea-like flowers over grayish-green coarse foliage. 3-4' tall. Sun to part shade. Zone 6.
Callirhoe alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'	White Poppy Mallow	OK TX	Mounding habit 12-24". Covered in white cups in spring. Sun. Zone 4.
Callirhoe involucrata	Wine Cups	NM OK TX	Trailing stems with bright wine colored cupped flowers in spring. Sun. Zone 4.
Cooperia drummondii	Rain Lily	NM OK TX
Echinacea paradoxa	Yellow Cone Flower	OK
Echinacea purpurea	Purple Cone Flower	OK TX	2-5', Sun to part shade, purplish-pink flowers.
Eupatorium coelestinum 'Cori'	Mist Flower	OK TX	1', Sun to part shade, lavender-blue flowers
Eupatorium fistulosum	Joe-Pye Weed	OK TX	3-7', Sun to part shade, pink flowers
Eupatorium greggii		AZ NM TX	2', blue flowers in fall
Gaura lindheimeri	Apple Blossom Grass		Native to the southwest, has white flowers which age to pink 3' stems. Flowers all summer. Sun. Zone 5.
Helianthus maximiliani	Maximillian Sunflower	NM OK TX
Heuchera sanguinea	Coral Bells	AZ NM
Hymenoxis scaposa	Hymenoxis		Blooms yellow daisy-like flowers throughout the summer. Oklahoma native. Sun. Zone 6.
Lantana horrida	Orange Calico Bush	TX	3-4' bush with yellow and orange flowers all summer. Very hardy. More compact growth in poor soils. Great for hummingbirds. Sun. Zone 6.
Lantana horrida	Pink Calico Bush	TX	3-4' bush with yellow and pink flowers all summer. Very hardy. More compact growth in poor soils. Great for hummingbirds. Sun. Zone 6.
Liatris spicata	Gayfeather		2-4' plant with spike of long blooming pink flowers in summer. Good cut flower. Native to western Oklahoma. Sun to part shade. Zone 6.
Oenothera macrocarpa incana	Evening Primrose	OK TX
Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou Pink'	Pink Primrose	OK TX	18", spreading and long blooming with 2" soft pink flowers.
Physostegia virginica	Obedient Plant	OK TX
Ratibida columnifera	Mexican Hat	AZ NM OK TX
Rudbeckia fulgida	'Goldsturm'		Blooms daisy shaped yellow flowers with brown centers. Grows to 2'. Sun. Zone 3.
Rudbeckia missouriensis	Black-eyed Susan		12" mounding habit. Blooms bright yellow flowers with brown centers. Sun. Zone 5.
Salvia farinacea	Mealy Blue Sage	NM TX
Salvia greggii	'Pink Preference'	TX	A Sunshine Nursery introduction. Makes a rounded 2-3' woody bush with rose pink flowers all summer. Very hardy. Attracts hummingbirds. Sun. Zone 6. Available in other colors as well.
Scuttellaria resinosa	Blue Skullcap		Native to Oklahoma, this plant makes a 10" mound of blue-gray foliage with showy violet flowers in late spring. Sun. Zone 5.
Solidago canadensis	'Golden Baby' Goldenrod		Golden flowers on a compact 12" plant in September. Good cut flower. Sun. Zone 4.
Solidago speciosa	Goldenrod		Upright growth 3' with golden yellow "rods" of flowers in September. Good cut flower. Sun. Zone 4.
Stachys coccinea	Texas Betony	AZ NM TX	18" tall and 3' around with red orange tubular flowers all summer, attracts hummingbirds

Botanical Name	Common Name	Native To	Description
Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem	OK TX	3-8', Sun, fall color.
Andropogon glomeratus	Bushy Bluestem	OK TX	3', Sun, pink seed heads.
Chasmanthium latifolium	Inland Sea Oats	OK TX	2', Sun to part shade, fall color.
Hierochloe odorata	Sweet Grass	AZ NM	1-2', Sun.
Panicum virgatum	Switchgrass	AZ NM OK TX	4', Sun.
Schizachyrium scoparium	Little Bluestem	AZ NM OK TX	3', Sun, fall color.
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass	AZ NM OK TX	3-8', Sun, fall color.