Recommended Plants

Plants grow best when the are planted and cared for within their region. Our experts have created this list to help guide your planting decisions.

Kansas Roots is a service directory that aims to help you make research based plant decisions. Our Research and Extension specialists in have tested many varieties for their hardiness and growth potential.

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Garden

Fruit (pdf)

Vegetables (pdf)

 

Trees

Conifer Trees for Kansas: A Guide to Landscape Evergreens (pdf)

Flowering Crabapples (pdf)

Shade and Ornamental Trees (pdf)

Trees: Northeast Kansas (pdf)

Trees: Northwest Kansas (pdf)

Trees: South Central Kansas (pdf)

Trees: Southwest Kansas (pdf)

 

Turf & Ornamentals

Tall Fescue Lawns

Buffalograss Lawns

Zoysia Lawns

Bermudagrass Lawns

Native and Adapted Plants (Dyck Arboretum)

Shrubs, Deciduous (pdf)

Shrubs, Evergreen (pdf)

Wildflowers of Kansas

 

Location Specific

Drought Tolerant Plants for NW Kansas (pdf)

Water-Wise Plants for South-Central KS (pdf)