Firewise Landscapes – Good Plants

Selections by Curtis Manning, owner of Meadow Pro and Curtis Manning Design

Favorite Native Flowering Perennials & Ground Covers: Rating

-Achillea lanulosa - Common Yarrow 9.5

-Allium cernuum – Nodding Onion 10

-Antennaria parvifolia – Pussytoes 8

-Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed 8

-Callirhoe involucrate – Poppy Mallow 8

-Coreopsis tinctora – Plains Coreopsis 8

-Echinacea purpurea - Coneflower

-Eriogonum umbellatum – Sulfur Flower

-Gaillardia aristata – Blanketflower 8

-Geum triflorum – Prairie Smoke

-Iris missouriensis – Missouri Iris

-Liatris punctata - Gayfeather

-Linum lewisii – Blue Flax 8

-Monarda fistulosa – Native Beebalm

-Oenothera speciosa – Evening Primrose 8

-Penstemon strictus – Rocky Mountain Penstemon 8

-Ratibida columnifera – Prairie Coneflower

-Solidago missouriensis – Smooth Goldenrod

-Symphyotrichum leave – Smooth Aster 8

Favorite Native Shrubs, Trees & Cacti: Rating

-Acer grandidentatum – Wasach Maple

-Alnus tenuifolia – Thinleaf Alder

-Amelanchier alnifolia – Saskatoon Serviceberry 7.5

-Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Kinnikinnick

-Holodiscus dumosus – Rock Spirea

-Jamesia americana – Wax Flower

-Opuntia ssp. – Prickly Pear Cactus 10

-Physocarpus monogynus – Mountain Ninebark

-Potentilla fruticose – Shrubby Cinquefoil

-Prunus besseyi – Western Sand Cherry

-Rhus trilobata ‘Autumn Amber’ – Autumn Amber Sumac 8

-Rosa woodsii – Native Wild Rose

-Rubus deliciosus – Boulder Raspberry

-Symphoricarpos albus – Snowberry 8

-Yucca glauca – Great Plains Yucca 8

-Coreopsis tinctora – Plains Coreopsis 8

Favorite Native Grasses (for turf): Rating

-Bouteloua dactyloides – Buffalo Grass 9

-Bouteloua gracilis – Blue Grama 9