Native Plants of the Great Plains 
In order that these ‘‘Plains Plants’’ may adapt themselves 
to your locality, wherever you may be, certain fundamentals 
must be provided for them. 
For a thousand and more generations these plants gradually 
adapted themselves to the country where they now are na- 
tive, living and multiplying under conditions quite different 
than those in the Eastern and Southern States where copious 
rainfall is usual. In the Great Plains, periods of moisture are 
generally quite brief, and the plants that survived are those 
that best adapted themselves through being retentive of 
moisture. 
ACTINEA simplex. Wide daisies of brilliant gold, 4 to 8 
inches above the silvery rosettes of narrow leaves. 45c each. 
AGASTACHE anethiodora (Anise Hyssop). Delightfully 
fragrant, tall plant with spikes of blue-purple flowers pro- 
duced continuously from June on. Needs rich soil and 
shade. 60c each. 
ANEMONE caroliniana. Dainty, jewel-like flowers of 
blue or white. Blooms in spring. 3 for 60c. 
ANEMONE patens (American Pasqueflower). Large, six- 
pointed stars of satiny lavender in March and April. South 
Dakota’s state flower. 50c each. 
ANTENNARIA obovata (Pussy-toes). Valuable evergreen 
ground cover for rock gardens. Very low, spreading. Gray 
““‘toes.”” 45c each. 
ANTENNARIA rosea. “Toes” of rich deep rose. Strikingly 
lovely. 60c each. 
ARENARIA Hookeri. Masses of white flowers in June. 
Needle-leaved cushion of rich deep green. Tap-rooted; 
for scree with limestone. 60c each. 
ARTEMISIA frigida. Arching, silvery spikes with tiny 
yellowish bells in August. 45c each. 
ASTER Fendleri. Delightful and rare, 10 to 12-inch rock 
plant. Airy, inch-wide, cupped blooms of pearly blue in 
September. 60c each. 
ASTER ptarmicoides. A long-season beauty, beginning to 
bloom in July. White rayed; cream centered. Does best in 
poor soil. 10 to 15 in. tall. 50c each. 
ASTRAGALUS spatulatus. One of the gems of the rock 
garden. Blue-purple flowers in early June. 60c each. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata (Wine-cups). Trailing stems to 
25 inches long. Glossy cupped flowers of intense and pleas- 
ing wine-red over a long summer season. 45c each. 
CAMPANULA petiolata (Western Harebell). Blue, purple 
or lavender, flaring bells in profusion from June on. 8 to 
18 in. tall. 45c each. 
CHRYSOPSIS villosa (Golden Aster). A mass of richest 
gold in August and September. For best effect, shear back 
to 4 inches in June. 12 in. tall. 45c each. 
CLEMATIS Scotti (Leather-flower). Intriguing nodding, 
urn-shaped flowers of blue or purple in May and June. 
10 in. tall. 60c each. 
CLEMATIS tenuiloba. Surprisingly large, nodding, purple 
blooms of distinguished form and beauty. Blooms in June. 
10 in. tall. 70c each. 
DODECATHEON pulchellum. Up to fifteen darting rose 
and gold stars to the umbel. Adaptable and easy to grow. 
50c each. , 
DODECATHEON pulchellum album (White Comet). 
Shining white with a ringlet of gold. Otherwise like the 
above. 70c each. 
DRYMOCALLIS fissa. A Cinquefoil relative with five- 
petaled cups of butter-yellow in June. Rather good neat 
dark foliage. 10 to 12 in. tall. 55c each. 
In cultivation, excessive moisture must be avoided by some 
such method as mixing eight or nine parts gravel, old plaster, 
cinders or coarse sand to one or two parts rich soil, and by 
planting on elevated locations especially where the soil or 
scree is most porous, to provide aération soon after each rain. 
Old plaster chips are good for all Plains plants; or put some 
lime in the planting hole. Some of these plants require a 
richer soil and should have some leaf mold added locally. 
Any peat moss used should be neutral rather than acid. A 
good winter mulch is desirable. 
ECHINACEA angustifolia. Wide rosy rays around a 
glossy mahogany cone. Very beautiful in July. 10 to 15 
in, tall. 45c each. 
ERIGERON nematophyllus. Upstanding white and gold 
flowers crowded 4 inches above a green cushion. Blooms in 
May and June. Needs sunny scree. 60c each. 
ERIGONUM flavum. Beautiful all season. Mats of rich 
green felted leaves and large, fluffy umbels of soft yellow 
flowers in June. 4 to 12 in. tall. Needs scree. 50c each. 
EVOLVULUS Nuttallianus. Quaint half-inch, lavender 
morning-glories on a furry gray plant about 8 inches tall. 
Definitely not a pest. 45c each. 
GUTIERREZIA Sarothrz (Golden Dome). Until Septem- 
ber its countless fine stems and minute leaves are notable 
for their vivid green color. Then it glows with gold, be- 
side the blues, whites and pinks of asters and the deeper 
tones of goldenrods. Thrives in any poor or stony soil. 
50c each. 
HEDEOMA camporum (Perennial Pennyroyal). Trim, 
8-inch, rounded plant flushed with pink-lavender mint 
blooms from June on, 50c each. 
IRIS ARENARIA. A foreigner but a joy to every gardener. 
Tiny leaves and abundant yellow blooms. 4 in. tall. 50c 
each. 
IRIS missouriensis. Slender upright foliage. Graceful 
silvery blue flowers in June. To 18 in. tall. 50c each. 
LATHYRUS incanus (Sand Pea). Large flowers in clusters 
of two to seven; purple-rose with pink to white wings. 
Blooms in May. 50c each. 
LESQUERELLA spatulata (Bladder-pod). Brightest yel- 
low bipems in May and June. 4 in. tall; 10-in. spread. 50c 
each. 
LEUCOCRINUM montanum (Sand-lily). Stemless little 
lilies in profusion in April and May. Waxy white; fragrant. 
45c each. 
LITHOPHRAGMA parviflora (Woodland Star). Slashed 
stars of white in May and June. Needs rich soil. To 12 in. 
tall. 3 for 60c. 
LITHOSPERMUM iinearifolium (Fringed Puccoon). 
Soft glowing yellow, ruffled trumpets in May. To 12 in. 
tall. 50c each. 
MALVASTRUM coccineum (Flame Mallow). Arresting 
salmon-scarlet flowers in short dense spires. Blooms over 
along season. To 10 in. tall. 50c each. 
MERTENSIA lanceolata (Prairie Bluebell). Lavish blue 
ee clusters from April to June. To 10 in. tall. 
c each. 
OENOTHERA brachycarpa. Magnificent soft yellow 
Evening-primroses borne upon the ground in a patch of 
glossy lanceolate leaves. Open all day. Blooms from May 
to August. Recommended for scree. 45c each. 
OENOTHERA speciosa. “So altogether engaging that one 
is tolerant of its colonizing,” said Mrs. Wilder. Flowers 
white. 12 in. tall. 45c each. 
PAVEK NURSERY, White Lake, Wisconsin 
