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Natives We Often Have for Sale

These are native plants that we often have for sale. Availability does change every year, but we grow and buy a wide variety of natives because they are so successful in our gardens.

KEY: t = tree, s = shrub, v = vine, gr = grass, gc = ground cover, p = perennial,

b = biennial, a = annual

Abronia fragrans (Sand Verbena) (p)

Acer glabrum (Rocky Mt. Maple) (t)

Acer grandidentatum (Bigtooth Maple) (t)

Achillea lanulosa (Native White Yarrow) (p)

Agastache cana (Hummingbird Mint) (p)

Agave parryi (Hardy Century Plant) (s)[Read More]

Native Plants In Harlequin’s Gardens Display Gardens

Achillea lanulosa (Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa) (Yarrow)

Agave havardii (Havard’s Century Plant)

Agave parryi neomexicana (New Mexico Century Plant)

Amelanchier alnifolia (Serviceberry)

Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)

Amorpha fruticosa (False Indigo)

Amorpha nana (Dwarf Leadplant)

Amsonia jonesii (Jones’ Bluestar)

Andropogon gerardii ëPawnee’ (Pawnee Big Bluestem)

Andropogon saccharoides (Silver Beard Grass)

Aquilegia barnebyi (Barneby’s Columbine)

Aquilegia caerulea (Rocky Mt. Columbine)

Aquilegia chrysantha (Yellow Columbine)

Arenaria hookeri (Sandwort)

Argemone polyanthemos (Prickly Poppy)

Artemisia campestris (Wild Tarragon)

Artemisia filifolia (Sand Sage)

Artemisia frigida (Fringed Sage, Silver Sage )

Artemisia ludoviciana (Silver King Artemisia)

Artemisia nova (Black Sage)

Artemisia tridentata syn. Seriphidium tridentatum (Western Big Sage)

Artemisia tripartita(Cutleaf Big Sage)

Aster ericoides (Wreath Aster)

Aster fendleri ëMy Antonia’ (ëMy Antonia’ Rock Aster)

Aster obligifolius (Aromatic Aster)

Aster sericeus (Silky Aster)

Atriplex canescens (Four-wing Saltbrush)

Atriplex confertifolia (Spring Saltbrush)

Baptisia australis minor (Dwarf False Blue Indigo)

Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Pine Dropseed)

Bouteloua curtipendula (Side Oats Grama)

Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Gramma)

Callirhoe involucrata (Wine Cups)

Calylophus serrulatus (Sundrops)

Ceanothus fendleri (Buckbrush)

Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse Ear)

Ceratoides lanata (Winterfat)

Cercocarpus intricatus (Dwarf Mountain Mahogany)

Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany)

Cercocarpus montana (Mountain Mahogany)

Chamaebataria millefolium (Fernbush)

Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)

Chrysothamnus nauseosus nauseosus (Dwarf Rabbitbrush)

Clematis ligusticifolia (Western Virgin’s Bower)

Coryphantha missouriensis

Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)

Cupressus arizonica (Arizona Cypress)

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Cholla, Candelabra Cactus)

Cylindropuntia whipplei (Whipple’s Cholla)

Datura wrightii (D. meteloides) (Sacred Datura)

Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee Coneflower)

Echinocereus caespitosus

Echinocereus reichenbachii (Lace Cactus)

Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Claret Cup Cactus)

Echinocereus viridiflorus

Eragrostis trichodes (Sand Love Grass)

Erigeron flagellaris (Whiplash Daisy)

Eriogonum heracleifolium

Eriogonum jamesii flavescens

Eriogonum niveum niveum

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Flower)

Eriogonum umbellatum ëKannah Creek’

Eriogonum umbellatum subalpinum

Eriogonum wrightii wrightii (Wright’s Sulfur Flower)

Escobari vivapara

Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume)

Fendlera rupicola (Cliff Fendler Bush)

Forestiera neo-mexicana (New Mexican Privet)

Gaillardia aristata (Indian Blanket Flower)

Geranium fremontii (Fremont Geranium)

Geranium richardsonii (Richardson Geranium)

Gilia aggregata (Scarlet Gilia)

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Snake Weed)

Helianthus pumilus (Dwarf Sunflower)

Hesperaloe parviflora (Texas Red Yucca)

Humulus lupulus neomexicana (Wild Hop Vine)

Hymenoxys scaposa (Perky Sue)

Juniperus monosperma (Single-seed Juniper)

Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mt. Juniper)

Leucocrinum montanum (Sand Lily)

Liatris punctata (Gayfeather, Blazing Star)

Linum lewisii (Native Blue Flax)

Lithospermum multiflorum (Many-flowered Pucoon)

Lomatium orientale (Native Parsley)

Mahonia fremontii (Fremont’s Mahonia)

Mentzelia decapetala (Blazing Star)

Mirabilis multiflora (Desert Four-O’Clock)

Nolina microcarpa (Beargrass)

Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose)

Oenothera howardii (Howard’s Evening Primrose)

Oenothera mac. Incana ëSilver Blade’

Opuntia fragilis (Fragile Prickly Pear)

Opuntia polyacantha (Yellow Prickly Pear)

Oryzopsis hymenoides (Indian Rice Grass)

Oxytropis lambertii (Lambert’s Locoweed)

Panicum virgatum ëShenandoah’ (Red Switchgrass)

Pediocactus simpsonii (Mt. Ball Cactus)

Penstemon alamosensis

Penstemon ambiguous

Penstemon angustifolius

Penstemon arenicola

Penstemon barbatus ëCoccineus’

Penstemon buckleyi

Penstemon cardinalis

Penstemon clutei

Penstemon cyananthus

Penstemon davidsonii

Penstemon gormanii gormanii

Penstemon grandiflorus

Penstemon havardii

Penstemon linarioides coloradoensis

Penstemon mensarum

Penstemon palmeri

Penstemon procerus

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Penstemon rostriflorus (Bridges Penstemon)

Penstemon secundiflorus (Sidebells Penstemon)

Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt. Penstemon)

Penstemon teucroides

Penstemon virens

Penstemon virgatus ssp. asa grayii

Pinus edulis (Pinyon Pine)

Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine)

Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)

Prunus americanus (Wild Plum)

Prunus besseyi (Western Sand Cherry)

Prunus besseyi ëPawnee Buttes’ (Dwarf Sandcherry)

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)

Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash, Hop Tree)

Quercus gambelii (Gambel Oak)

Quercus undulata (Wavy Leaf Oak)

Rhus trilobata (Lemonade Bush, Skunkbrush)

Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)

Ribes cereum (Wax Currant)

Ribes odoratum ëCrandall’ (Crandall Clove Currant)

Rosa acicularis (Arctic Rose)

Rosa arkansana

Rosa woodsii (Woods Rose)

Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (Little Bluestem)

Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf Stonecrop)

Senecio spartioides (Grassleaf Senecio)

Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry)

Silene regia (Royal Catchfly)

Solidago nana (Dwarf Goldenrod)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)

Sphaeralcea coccinea (Cowboy’s Delight; Scarlet Globemallow)

Sphaeralcea incana (Globe Mallow)

Sporobolus airoides (Alkali sacaton)

Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)

Sporobolus wrightii (Wright’s Sacaton)

Tradescantia occidentalis (Western Spiderwort)

Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca)

Yucca glauca (Narrowleaf Soapweed)

Yucca harrimanii (Dollhouse Yucca)

Xeriscape Herb Garden

Usually when we talk about xeriscape gardening, we think of rock garden kinds of plants or natives, but there are a lot of herbs that survive and even thrive in low water conditions. I learned about this from my own herb garden which went from low water irrigation to next to no watering. It had been established for ten years and then three years ago, I had to cut back the watering to only a couple times a year.[Read More]

Hardy Geraniums

Hardy Geraniums are one of most versatile an adaptable perennials for our area. Available in many colors and habits, they can be useful in sun and shade, moist and dry, as a single specimen, as companion plants and as ground covers. These are not to be confused with the Pelargoniums which are the house plant, container and bedding plant “geraniums” which are not hardy outdoor plants in Colorado. The name “geranium” is derived from a Greek word meaning little crane, hens the common name “cranesbill” which refers to the appearance of the seed heads. The majority of the species of geraniums are native to the northern and mountain regions of Eurasia and North and South America although some are found in South Africa, India, Indonesia etc. Most grow in grasslands, meadows, roadsides and open woodlands. Therefore the natural habitat for most hardy geraniums seems to be sunny and moist or part-shade and moist or dry.[Read More]

Parsley for Cooks, Pollinators, and Heroes

Parsley is not merely a garnish. Besides its wide-ranging multicultural culinary uses, it has, like many culinary herbs, significant nutritional and medicinal values and important roles in the garden. And in Ancient Greece, parsley was used to crown heroes. Every part of the plant is useful.

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is an attractive, very cold-hardy biennial herb in the Apiaceae (bee-flower) family. It is available in flat-leaf and curled-leaf forms, both of which have rich, glossy green serrated leaves on slender stalks. In the first year, parsley continually produces a mass of foliage, which can be freely harvested as needed.[Read More]

Plants for Bees and other Pollinators

“You can join the fight to save the honeybees by planting a pollinator-supporting garden.” This is a recommendation made by a Penn. State Master Gardener program. Is this weird? Not at all. The European Parliament has approved creating bee “recovery zones” across the Continent. These recovery zones will provide bees with nectar and pollen in areas that are free from pesticides. Why is it a big deal that honeybee populations around the world are declining? One reason is that one third of the human diet comes from plants that are pollinated by honeybees. Another reason is that honeybees may be the “canary in the coal mine”; just the first to show that there is a problem that hasn’t yet surfaced in other pollinators and other beings.[Read More]