Drought Tolerant Flowers for the Kansas City Area

Drought-Tolerant Flowers for
the Kansas City Metro Area

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Don't let your garden go down in flames! Summers in Kansas City are hot, hot, hot. The following flowers are both drought-tolerant and likely to succeed in the greater Kansas City area.

Annuals
Burning Bush, Kochia	Madagascar Periwinkle, Catharanthus
Creeping Zinnia, Sanvitalia	Mexican Sunflower, Tithonia
Dusty Miller, Senecio	Rose Moss, Portulaca
Four o’Clock, Mirabilis	Salvia, Salvia farinacea
Gazania, Gazania	Snow-on-the-Mountain, Euphorbia
Jacob’s Coat, Amaranthus	Sweet Alyssum, Lobularia
Perennials
Basket-of-Gold, Aurinia	Sage, Salvia
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia	Sedum, Sedum
Blanket Flower, Gaillardia	Silver Mound, Artemisia
Butterfly Flower, Asclepias	Spanish Bayonet, Yucca
Daylily, Hemerocallis	Spurge, Euphorbia
False Indigo, Baptisia	Stonecrop, Sedum
Fleabane, Erigeron	Tickseed, Coreopsis
Gayfeather, Liatris	Torch Lily, Kniphofia
Goldenrod, Solidago	Yarrow, Achillea
Iris, Iris

List adapted from:
Flowering Annuals, Kansas State University, April 1992 by Gustaaf A. van der Hoeven, Kimberly Williams.
Flowering Perennials, Kansas State University, April 1992 by Gustaaf A. van der Hoeven, Kimberly Williams.