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Plants for Nebraska

55 plants, from drought-tolerant lists and native lists held for Nebraska.

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 Nebraska

  • American elm Ulmus americana

    tree

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • American hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana

    tree

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • American linden Tilia americana

    tree

    • Native Native Range: Central and eastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 2 to 8

  • American plum Prunus americana

    tree

    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • blanket flower Gaillardia aristata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Blazing star in bloom: upright spikes of fluffy rosy-purple flowers over grassy leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blazing star Liatris spicata

    perennial

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

    Zones 3 to 8

  • 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 Water-Wise
    • 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

    • Native Native

    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 Water-Wise

    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

    • Native Native Range: Northern and central United States, southeastern Canada
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 8

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

    Zones 3 to 8

  • chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii

    tree

    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native Range: North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 2 to 7

  • 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

    • Native Native Range: Central and northeastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 2 to 9

  • dotted gayfeather Liatris punctata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • 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

  • 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

    • Native Native Range: Eastern North America
    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    tree

    • Native Native Range: North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • 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

    • Native Native Range: Central and eastern North America
    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native Range: Central and eastern United States to Ontario and Quebec, Canada
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 8

  • leadplant Amorpha canescens

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • Native Native
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native shrubs that we recommend for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • limber pine Pinus flexilis

    tree

    • Native Native

    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

    • Native Native Range: Eastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Mexican hat Ratibida columnifera

    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

  • nannyberry Viburnum lentago

    shrub

    • Native Native Range: Eastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 2 to 8

  • narrow-leaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • 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 England aster Aster novae-angliae

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus

    shrub

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

    Zones not recorded

  • northern red oak Quercus rubra

    tree

    • Native Native Range: Eastern North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 4 to 8

  • Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra

    tree

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • Orange coneflower: a dense mound covered in small golden-orange flowers with dark brown centres
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    orange coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • 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

    Zones 3 to 9

  • pale purple coneflower Echinacea pallida

    perennial

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

    Zones not recorded

  • peony Paeonia lactiflora

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • pitcher sage Salvia azurea

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • 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

    • Native Native Range: Western North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 7

  • prairie coneflower Ratibida pinnata

    perennial

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

    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

    • Native Native Range: North America
    • Native Native

    Zones 3 to 9

  • 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 Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • purple poppy mallow Callirhoe involucrata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • 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

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native
    • Native Native
    • Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)

    Zones not recorded

  • A grove of quaking aspen in autumn: chalky white trunks with black knots under golden leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    quaking aspen Populus tremuloides

    tree

    • Native Native Range: Canada to Mexico
    • Native Native

    Zones 1 to 6

  • Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum

    tree

    • Native Native

    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 Water-Wise

    Zones 5 to 9

  • silver maple Acer saccharinum

    tree

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • stiff goldenrod Solidago rigida

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native

    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

    • 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 Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • white oak Quercus alba

    tree

    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • Wild bergamot in a meadow bed: shaggy pale lavender-pink flower heads on upright stems
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise
    • Native Native

    Zones not recorded

  • 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
    • 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 Nebraska: Landmark Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. Eagle, Central Nebraska Sod and Landscape Grand Island, Lanoha Nurseries Omaha, Mulhall's Omaha, Yard Market Nursery Omaha. 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.