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Plants for Kansas

75 plants, from drought-tolerant lists and native lists held for Kansas.

Drought-tolerant means established, and in a normal year; native is a claim about a range, and ranges have edges.

Plants named by lists held for Kansas

  • American elm Ulmus americana

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • American plum Prunus americana

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Amur maple Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • bald cypress Taxodium distichum

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Big bluestem in a prairie planting: tall stems with branched turkey-foot seed heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    big bluestem Andropogon gerardii

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • blackhaw viburnum Viburnum prunifolium

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Blue false indigo in bloom: upright spikes of indigo pea flowers over blue-green leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blue false indigo Baptisia australis

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native Range: Eastern United States
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Blue grama grass: a low tuft with curved eyelash-shaped seed heads held out sideways
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blue grama Bouteloua gracilis

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Blue mist spirea in a foundation bed: grey-green leaves with clusters of bright blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blue mist spirea Caryopteris × clandonensis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • bridalwreath spirea Spiraea × vanhouttei

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A broad bur oak in an open lawn, with acorns in shaggy fringed caps on a near branch
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    bur oak Quercus macrocarpa

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 8

  • butterfly bush Buddleja davidii

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Butterfly weed in bloom: flat clusters of bright orange flowers over narrow leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native Range: Eastern and southern United States
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Catmint spilling over a garden path: grey-green leaves under spikes of lavender-blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    catmint Nepeta × faassenii

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • Chinese juniper Juniperus chinensis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 4 to 9

  • chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A chokecherry in spring bloom, hung with drooping spikes of small white flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    chokecherry Prunus virginiana

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 2 to 7

  • cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A hackberry in a park lawn, its grey trunk covered in corky warts and ridges
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    common hackberry Celtis occidentalis

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 2 to 9

  • A common lilac beside a house, covered in cone-shaped clusters of purple flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    common lilac Syringa vulgaris

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 7

  • coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • crapemyrtle Lagerstroemia indica

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • desert willow Chilopsis linearis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • An eastern redbud in early spring, its bare branches covered in magenta-pink flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    eastern redbud Cercis canadensis

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 4 to 8

  • An eastern redcedar at a field edge: a narrow evergreen with shredding red-brown bark and blue berries
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • European cranberrybush (snowball bush) Viburnum opulus

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • feather reed grass Calamagrostis × acutiflora

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • fountain grass Pennisetum alopecuroides

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Fragrant sumac in autumn: a low mound of three-part leaves turning orange and scarlet
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 9

  • goldenrain tree Koelreuteria paniculata

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • gray dogwood Cornus racemosa

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A honeylocust in a front yard in autumn, its fine pinnate leaves yellow and long brown pods hanging
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 8

  • Indian grass in a prairie planting: an upright blue-green clump under narrow golden plumes
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese tree lilac Syringa reticulata

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • A Kentucky coffeetree after leaf drop, hung with thick dark brown seed pods
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 8

  • Lamb's ear edging a bed: a mat of woolly silver leaves with purple-pink flower spikes
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    lamb's ear Stachys byzantina

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • leadplant Amorpha canescens

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • limber pine Pinus flexilis

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Little bluestem in autumn: an upright clump of copper-orange grass with silvery seed tufts
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native Range: Eastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Mexican hat Ratibida columnifera

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • Native Native: native to great plains or rocky mountain region (the page's own key for “– native”)
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • narrow-leaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia

    perennial

    • Native Native
    • Native Native: native to great plains or rocky mountain region (the page's own key for “– native”)
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A ninebark shrub in bloom: lobed leaves, round white flower clusters and peeling stems
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 2 to 8

  • northern red oak Quercus rubra

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 4 to 8

  • oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • Orange daylily along a roadside ditch: trumpet flowers on bare stems over arching strap leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    orange daylily Hemerocallis fulva

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Osage orange Maclura pomifera

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • pale purple coneflower Echinacea pallida

    perennial

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • panicle hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • peony Paeonia lactiflora

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A pinyon pine on a dry rocky slope: a small, bushy, rounded pine
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    pinyon pine Pinus edulis

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • pitcher sage Salvia azurea

    perennial

    • Native Native
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • A ponderosa pine on a dry slope, its tall trunk plated in orange-cinnamon bark
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 7

  • prairie coneflower Ratibida pinnata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Prairie dropseed: a fountain-like mound of fine green blades under airy seed heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native Range: North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • purple beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Purple coneflower in bloom: pink-purple drooping petals around spiky orange-brown cones
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native Range: Eastern and central North America
    • Native Native
    • Native narrowleaf coneflower entry: SDSU (2025): narrowleaf coneflower is the only coneflower native to South Dakota — purple coneflower is not

    Zones 3 to 8

  • purple poppy mallow Callirhoe involucrata

    perennial

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • Purple prairie clover: slender stems topped by thimble-shaped rose-purple flower heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea

    perennial

    • Native Native
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • roses (shrub roses) Rosa spp.

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • Russian sage in a gravel bed: silvery stems under a haze of lavender-blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 5 to 9

  • seven-son flower Heptacodium miconioides

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Shumard oak Quercus shumardii

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • snowberry Symphoricarpos albus

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • staghorn sumac Rhus typhina

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones not recorded

  • A sugar maple in autumn: a rounded crown blazing orange and gold over a front lawn
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    sugar maple Acer saccharum

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • swamp white oak Quercus bicolor

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Switchgrass in a border: an upright clump of blue-green blades under airy pink-tan seed heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    switch grass Panicum virgatum

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native Range: North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 5 to 9

  • Threadleaf coreopsis: a fine, thread-leaved mound covered in small yellow star flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant

    Zones 3 to 9

  • woodland sage Salvia nemorosa

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 4 to 8

  • Common yarrow: flat clusters of tiny white flowers over feathery, fern-like leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    yarrow Achillea millefolium

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Drought-tolerant Drought Tolerant
    • Native Native Range: Western Asia, North America, Europe
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

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Nurseries that carry this kind of stock

Listed in Kansas: Vinland Valley Nursery Baldwin City, Brady Nursery Wichita, Hillside Nursery Wichita, Tree Top Nursery & Landscape Wichita. Set your area and the nearest come first, by distance and never by price. What any of them has today is theirs to answer. Every yard, by state.