We are in the last week of Pollinator Month. We still have a lot of good pollinator perennials and shrubs. Our pollinator garden is looking beautiful and many plants have labels. This garden was given a boost last spring by a grant from People and Pollinators Action Network, plus a lot of Harlequin’s plants. Last Saturday Mikl led a tour of the garden for the Garden Conservancy a national nonprofit working to share and celebrate America’s gardens.
Plants
Just in: Two Rare Native Shrubs
We just got in two plants we have had many requests for: come soon, supplies are limited.
Boulder Raspberry
Boulder Raspberry, Rubus deliciosus: This lovely local native shrub is adorned with large single white blossoms that look similar to wild roses, blooming in May and June. Pollinators that are attracted to Boulder Raspberry are: Bumblebees, native solitary bees like metallic green sweat bees, mason bees and mining bees, also honey bees, lady bugs, butterflies and beneficial syrphid flies. It grows 3-5’ high and wide with arching stems. Although it is named Rubus deliciosus, it is neither a thorny raspberry, nor are the fruits delicious. But it is a beautiful shrub for the home landscape. It grows best in partial shade with water once a week.
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens, Silver Leadplant – This Colorado native plant fits into small water-wise landscapes, growing only 2’-4’ tall and wide. In June/July it blooms with showy spikes of purple flowers which are rich in both nectar and pollen. Pollinators include Bumblebees, metallic green sweat bees, plasterer bees, leaf-cutter bees, butterflies, beneficial wasps and is a host plant for butterflies. The small compound leaves add a lovely texture, and the plant is nitrogen-fixing.
Perfect Time to Plant Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, and Annuals in Containers!
Tidy Treats tomato
Now that hot weather is here to stay for a while, we can plant outdoor containers for our balconies, porches and patios without having to worry about cold nights. We have plenty of great varieties to choose from, and superior potting soils like Ocean Forest and Coco Loco. At last count, we had just a few large decorative ceramic pots left.[Read More]
Now Featuring our Best Selection of Sustainable Roses!
Darlow’s Enigma
Though I’ve often talked to you about native and water-wise plants, I am still referred to as ‘the Rose Lady’ at
Harlequin’s. I still love roses, and still grow some choice favorites for their fragrance, beauty and ease. Some of them, Banshee and Desiree Parmentier, have been in my garden for 34 years – far longer than I have. [Read More]
Blue Blazes is here! Pollinators & Gardeners Rejoice!
Blue blazes
One of our favorite hardy Hummingbird Mint varieties, ‘Blue Blazes’, is ready now in 1-gallon pots, perfect for summer planting. For many years, the gorgeous specimen in Eve’s water-wise front yard elicited admiration, comments and questions from passing pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. Many asked ”What is that shrub with the glowing purple-magenta flower spikes?”
This vigorous, showy, large (40-50” tall x 24-30”w) native hybrid blooms non-stop from mid-June to fall, providing a tremendous pollen and nectar source for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. The fragrant foliage resists deer and rabbits. Plant in well-drained, low-fertility soil, in full sun. Hardy in Zones 5 to 9. ’Blue Blazes’ was bred by our friend and Colorado horticultural star, Kelly Grummons. Eve’s trees eventually shaded out her ‘Blue Blazes’.
Also available now in #1 pots: Agastache ‘Poquito Butter Yellow’, a newer dwarf, bushy hummingbird mint (10 – 13”h x 15”w) for smaller gardens, ‘hell-strip’ plantings, containers or mass plantings. Its fresh, buttery color is new to Agastache, and the large flowers keep coming
from mid-June to hard frost. Dead-head spent blooms in summer, but leave some spikes standing for the Goldfinches and other songbirds that love the seeds. Plant in full sun in low-fertility, well-drained soil (not heavy clay). ‘Poquito Butter Yellow’attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and native bees, and is resistant to deer and rabbits. Hardy in zones 5 to 10.
Plants for Shade – Hosta and more!
Dicentra
As much as we are looking forward to summer heat and sun, we will be equally grateful for a bit of cool, shady respite. Many of us living in older neighborhoods enjoy mature trees that provide quite a bit of shade. These present a challenge: what plants will thrive beneath them and in their shadow? Right now, Harlequin’s has our biggest selection of plants for dry shade, moist shade, and moderate shade.[Read More]
Explore New Dimensions with Vines
Lonicera x brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’
Vines are plants that grow stems so long that they either ‘crawl’ along the ground or use a method of climbing using twining, tendrils, leaf-stems that wrap, hold-fasts, aerial rootlets, or hooked thorns. Many a wall, fence or planting patch cries out for the fabulous color, texture, shading, ground-covering, screening, bird habitat and fragrance opportunities offered by vines.
Native Shrubs for the Garden and Landscape
Mikl with Desert willow
Desert willow in bloom
Harlequin’s Gardens is famous for our selection of Native Shrubs. Not only do we have them when few other nurseries do, but we know them and we have mature specimens planted in our display gardens. These woody plants that are so well adapted to Colorado conditions are often drought tolerant, low maintenance, bee and pollinator-supporting, wind-tolerant, cold-tolerant and good-looking. Like many shrubs, some benefit from a once-a-year pruning to remove dead flowers before they make seeds. This will make them more tolerant to drought and snow and wind, but seeds can be left for the birds and pruned late fall.
Native shrubs can be grown together for a very water-wise and low maintenance garden that is tied together visually with a fine woodchip mulch.
Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria millifolium) is a beautiful Plant Select® shrub that is usually 4’- 6’ tall and wide with fern-like leaves that come out in mid January or February. It is very tolerant of dry conditions, heat and bright sun. In summer, clusters of small white flowers cover the bush densely and often bloom a little more in fall. These flowers are extremely attractive to beneficial insects, especially native, non-aggressive wasps which help keep down populations of pests and are intent on pollen, not people. This shrub is tough enough for the back 40 and attractive enough for the front yard. It can be sheared (or pruned) lightly after blooming for a tidier appearance and to encourage rebloom. Fernbush is native to Idaho, Utah and northern Arizona.
Fernbush
Chilopsis linearis is called Desert Willow because it has narrow, willow-like leaves and is very drought-tolerant. It is a small tree 6’-15’ with an open structure and does not leaf out until May, even late May. It is related to Catalpa tree and Trumpet Vine. The orchid-like flowers are so surprising and breath-taking; ruffled, trumpet-shaped, pink to red-purple, striped purple inside. Chilopsis prefers dry, loose soils, but clay is OK if it is seldom watered. At night it is visited by hawkmoths and is scented of violets according to Bob Nold. He also says it “…is the toughest shrub that can be grown in our garden…I have never watered my plants.” The flowers bloom for a long time and are followed by narrow pods that are not messy. Chilopsis is native to New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. Books often say it is hardy to zone 7, but we have specimens over 10 years old at Harlequin’s and Denver Botanic Gardens has many older trees. Often, the flowering tips die and look better pruned off.
Dwarf blue rabbitbrush
Dwarf Rabbitbrush (Ericameria or Chrysothamnus) has been called The Gem of the Tribe. It is a compact shrub 1’-2’ high and 2’-3’ wide with short and narrow bluish leaves and clouds of golden yellow flowers in throughout autumn. The flowers are very attractive to pollinators; it is a crucial late-season food source, supplying nectar and pollen for native bees, honeybees, Monarch and other butterflies, moths and even hummingbirds. Once established, this shrub thrives with little or no watering. It also provides a welcome display of color in the late season and if it is sheared after flowering, will stay compact and attractive enough for the front yard. It is native near Harlequin’s in the open and dry high desert and steppe, and in much of Colorado.
Prune Now to Keep Woody Plants Smaller
Do you have a tree or shrub that you’d like to restrain from getting much larger? For the next 3-4 weeks, pruning will be the most effect in reducing the size of woody plants. As we near the Summer Solstice, this year on June 21, we are approaching the midpoint in the growth cycle. This is the time when the days are longest and sunlight is strongest in the northern hemisphere. Woody plants start growing rapidly in early spring using energy that was stored in the roots and branches last fall. By mid-summer, the tree’s resources are being stored in the foliage to support photosynthesis.
So, when we prune at this time, we are removing these resources for growth. This is why summer pruning slows growth. By late summer and fall the nutrients are again being stored in the roots and branches, so pruning removes fewer growth-inducing resources. This is also the reason that fertilizing in late summer and fall is the best time to strengthen a tree or shrub, and support development of the buds that will become next year’s flowers and fruits. Note that solstice pruning of trees and shrubs that bloom in mid to late summer will remove the current year’s bloom and fruiting potential (Bluemist Spirea, Russian Sage, Golden Raintree, Rose of Sharon, Seven Son Flower, etc.)
Incidentally, If you would like to keep certain tall fall-blooming perennials more compact and stocky and less floppy or top-heavy, you can shear them back by a third to a half in late June/early July. This works well for tall asters and goldenrods, Blue Sage (Salvia azurea), Agastache.
More plants coming! Others selling out fast!
Hostas
First of all, we have MANY plants just becoming ready, MANY we had held back for lack of time and space. So just because we had a huge influx of perennials a couple of weeks ago doesn’t mean we’d brought them all out for sale. But here they come now! Also, we’re now bringing out flats and flats of perennials now that they’re fully rooted into their pots. And these all look glorious!
Many are specialty items, including great Native and Pollinator Favorites! At the same time, if you’re looking for Peonies, Hosta, Ferns, Bleeding Hearts, Lungworts (Pulmonaria), Variegated False Forget-me-not (Brunnera), Hellebores, Golden Wood Poppies (Stylophorum diphylum) and some other classic long-lived spring perennials, these sell out quickly and will not be re-stocked until next year, so come for them now!
A note of advice about plants in small pots or 6-packs: These may have come recently from greenhouse conditions, so be sure to water them frequently until you get them planted in the ground or in larger pots.
Penstemon palmeri – Palmer’s Beardtongue
Palmer’s Beardstongue
2-5’ tall x 1-2’wide, Full Sun
Hardy to 6500’
Deer-resistant
Stop the car! What’s that mass of pink soaring above the roadside slopes? The largest of the hardy Penstemons, both in plant size and flower size, Palmer’s is a magnificent plant with a commanding presence. Above the substantial and attractive serrated, fleshy gray, evergreen leaves, towering flower spikes from 2 to 5’ tall display large, wide-mouthed light pink flowers marked with darker veins, and exuding a sweet fragrance.
These are specifically adapted to accommodate larger pollinators, particularly bumblebees, carpenter bees and hummingbirds. Butterflies and moths also visit them. Native to dry washes, sandy plains, and canyon slopes of the Intermountain West and Southwest, including Colorado and Wyoming, Palmer’s Penstemon colonizes open, well-drained soils from desert foothills to about 6,500 feet elevation. Adaptation
to poor, gravelly soils and periodic drought makes it a perfect choice for xeriscape and low-water gardens. Widely adapted and requiring minimal care, it will thrive and naturalize from seed, and can form impressive colonies.
Rocky Mountain Native Plant Primer
The Rocky Mountain Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
by Lauren Springer and Bryan Fischer
The great Colorado gardening book we’ve been waiting years for is HERE AT LAST! Over the years, Colorado’s best and brightest garden writers, including Lauren Springer, have produced excellent books to help gardeners understand and work with the weather, soils, plants, pests and peculiarities of gardening here in the Rocky Mountain region. But before long, they were all out of print! With so many new gardeners, ‘new-to-Colorado’ gardeners and ‘new-to-natives’ gardeners needing expert advice for gardening HERE, in our various situations, from the urban-suburban metro area, to the plains, foothills, steppe and mountains, the lack of good resources in print was a big problem.
Fortunately, Lauren Springer returns, partnering with colleague Bryan Fischer, with an essential resource for gardening successfully and beautifully with native plants to attract and support pollinators and beneficial wildlife, and reduce maintenance at the same time! The wonderful photographs, the organization and presentation of accurate, practical growing information, and the solid decades of experience behind this book make it a treasured resource you will refer to for a lifetime. And remember – Harlequin’s Gardens members get 25% off books all year long!
New Perennials, Vines, and Annuals!
This Weekend! New Perennials, Vines, and Annuals
Here’s a glimpse of some of the influx of plants we expect to have ready for you by this weekend! Some are rare finds in limited quantities, so try not to miss out! .
Agastache cana – Double Bubble Hummingbird Mint
Artemisia frigida – Fringed Sage
Asclepias incarnata – Rose Milkweed
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Engelmannia peristenia – Engelmann’s Daisy
Iris missouriensis – Native Wild Iris
Liatris pychnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star
Nepeta x faassenii -‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint
Tradescantia occidentalis – Western Spiderwort
Dahlia – Bishop’s Children
Dahlia – Short Mix
Nasturtium – Alaska Mix
Nasturtium – Jewel
Nasturtium – Ladybird
Nasturtium – Peach Melba
Nasturtium – Tall Mix
Nasturtium – Tiptop
Pansy – Velvet Mix
Poppy – Lauren’s Grape
Poppy – Mission Bells
Poppy – California Orange
AND MORE!
Cool-Season Vegetable Starts expected 3/26/26
Cold-Season Vegetable Starts – March
We’re very excited this week to debut spring vegetable starts that MASA has grown for us! These bioregionally-adapted varieties are so robust and full of vitality, and so irresistible! They are also selected for resilience in our wide weather swings. If you can water your garden, these plants will give you a bountiful head-start on home-grown, delicious, nutritious, greens! We’ll be bringing in more each week.
Arugula Astro
Broccoli Nutribud
Broccoli Umpqua
Cabbage, red Amarant
Cabbage, green Tendersweet
Cabbage, green Tiara
Chard Bali Red
Chard Bright Lights
Chard Fordhook
Collards, Flash
Kale, curly purple Redbor
Kale, lacinato Black Magic
Kale, curly DarkiborCo
Lettuce, butter Adriana
Lettuce, Romaine Forellenschluss
Lettuce, dwf Rom. Spretnak
Lettuce, red leaf Hyper Red Rumpled
Lettuce, green leaf Winter Density
Shrubs and Grasses this Weekend!
Tufted hairgrass
Trees:
Amelanchier alnifolia (native)
Shrubs:
Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ (native)
Peraphyllum microphyllum (native)
Prunus besseyi ‘Pawnee Buttes’ (native)
Prunus besseyi ‘Flatiron’ (native)
Syringa vulgaris – Common Lilac
Viburnum x ‘Sarcoxie’
Cotinus coggygria ‘Winecraft Black’ – Purple Smokebush
Raspberries:
Heritage and Polana red raspberries
Grasses:
Deschampsia caespitosa – Tufted Hairgrass (native)
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ – Red Switchgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ – (native)
Perennials:
Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’
groundcover – Ephedra minima
First Tomatoes and Peppers!
There is nothing like a homegrown tomato! Here they come, Harlequin’s’ fabulous and enormous selection of tomato starts, and some of the first peppers, too! We cover all the bases, including varieties of many uses, sizes, colors, flavors, days to maturity, origins and special qualities, but they are time-proven and resilient in
Colorado.
Tomatoes:
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May To-Do List
TREES & SHRUBS: To avoid breakage from heavy snow, periodically put on your boots, heavy coat, and a hat with a brim, and gently shake snow off trees and shrubs that are already in leaf.
ROSES: If you have not already pruned them, now is the time to remove canes that are dead,
damaged, crossing and rubbing, or growing out of bounds. Make clean cuts with a good, sharp
pair of clippers. Avoid cutting back roses that only bloom in spring until after they’ve bloomed.[Read More]
Tomatoes Worth Waiting for!
Tomatoes: We’ve always started bringing out our outstanding selection of tomato varieties in the second week of April, but a little glitch with our new grower has caused a slight delay…we expect them to arrive starting the week of April 21st. So please hang in there with us – our exceptional, locally adapted varieties are truly worth waiting for!
Anasazi
Aurora det.
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More vegetables for your Summer Garden!
Planting a vegetable garden provides access to fresher, more nutritious, and organic produce while also cutting down on grocery bills. It acts as a therapeutic, stress-relieving activity that offers exercise and sunshine, alongside positive environmental impacts like lowering your carbon footprint and supporting local pollinators.
The list of magnificently MASA started veggies is updated to incude:
Arugula – Astro
Arugula – Surrey
Broccoli – Happy Rich
Broccoli – Nutribud
Broccoli – Spring Raab
Broccoli – Umpqua
Cabbage (Green) – Tendersweet
Cabbage (Green) – Tiara
Cabbage (Red) – Amarant
Chard – Bali Red
Chard – Bright Lights
Chard – Fordhook
Collard Greens – Cash Crop
Collard Greens – Flash
Kale (Curly) – Rainbow
Kale (Curly) – Redbor
Kale (Lacinato) – Black Magic
Kale (Lacinato) – Darkibor
Kale (Lacinato) – Mamba
Lettuce (Butterhead) – Australe
Lettuce (Butterhead) – Nancy
Lettuce (Green Leaf) – Green Pack
Lettuce (Little Gem) – Spretnak
Lettuce (Oak Leaf) – Oscarde
Lettuce (Red Butter) – Alkindus
Lettuce (Red Leaf) – Hyper Red
Lettuce (Red Leaf) – Ruby Sky
Lettuce (Red Romain) – CalShot
Lettuce (Romain) – Solid Green
Onion (Cippolini) – Gold Coin
Onion (Grilling) – Red Bottle
Onion (Keeper) – Front Range Globe
Onion (Keeper) – Rosa Milano
Onion (Keeper) – Valencia
Pac Choi – Little Shanghai
Pac Choi – Mei Quing
Pac Choi – Tatsoi
Pac Choi – Win Win Choi
Radicchio – Indigo
Spinach – Hammerhead
Spinach – Kolibri
Spinach – Rangitoto
Dill – Bouquet
Cilantro – Calypso
Fruit Trees!
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” This famous quote, often attributed to Martin Luther, symbolizes hope, faith, and the importance of stewardship. It highlights that planting a tree is a proactive, hopeful act for the future, regardless of current circumstances.
If you are wondering what the best fruit trees are to plant in your yard, join Mikl Brawner’s class this coming Saturday, Best Fruit Trees for Colorado REGISTER HERE
Serviceberry
Indigenous scientist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer tells us that the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of interconnectedness and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth of berries to meet the needs of its natural community, and this ensures its own survival.
This is the ethic of reciprocity that that lies at the heart of the gift economy, in which wealth and security come from the quality of our relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.
New Perennials, Fruit trees and Berry buses are Just in – and Ready to be Planted!
Aquilegia chrysantha
Blossoms are blooming, fruit trees are full of promise, perennial flowers (both natives and non-natives) and vines are emerging from their seasonal slumber. Some new perennial arrivals that are available include:
Natives:
Aquilegia chrysantha, Yellow Columbine
Aquilegia barnebyi, Barneby’s Columbine
Native and Waterwise Shrubs in Full Bloom -Ready to Plant
Ribes aureum, Golden Currant
You have likely been seeing delightfully spectacular shows of blooms around the Front Range these past couple of weeks. There are currently many gorgeous spring blooming shrubs to choose from at Harlequin’s -your trusted source for native and waterwise shrubs. In stock and ready to plant are:
Amelanchier alnifolia, Saskatoon serviceberry
Amelanchier regent, ‘Regent’ serviceberry
Artemesia ludoviciana, White sagebrush
Water-wise Shrubs Available Now
Our healthy, overwintered and water-wise shrubs are waking up! Choose from hardy Manzanita, Banana Yucca, Creeping Mahonia and Western Sagebrush.
- Arcostaphylos x coloradensis, Mock Bearberry Manzanita (pictured here) is an outstanding selection of a native broadleaf evergreen shrub. Needs good drainage, and prefers afternoon shade. 10-18″ high x 26-60″ wide. Deer resistant, provides winter interest, supports pollinators. Up to 8125′. From Plant Select.
- Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Chieftain’ adda a beautiful structural element to landscapes and introduce a more natural look to our man-made urban environments. Plant them around large pine trees, over retaining walls and as foundation plantings around homes and businesses. The green, rounded leaves last all year, including through the winter! These shrubs grow to a mature height of around two feet tall.
Perfect Houseplants for Valentine’s Day!
Who doesn’t love houseplants? Here a few that make perfect gifts.
Ceropegia woodii ‘Variegata’ (Variegated String of Hearts). The heart shaped leaves boast greens, creams, and blushy pinks. While this plant may look delicate, it’s hardy, needing bright indirect light, and little water. Let it dry out completely between waterings. This variegated version of the “String of Hearts” vine displays beautifully cascading in a hanging basket. Its petite heart-shaped leaves boast greens, creams, and blush pinks, along with small mauve pipe-shaped flowers. While this wonderful Valentine’s day gift looks delicate, the care is quite easy. It requires bright indirect light and because String of Hearts is a succulent, let it dry out completely between waterings, generally about 2-3 weeks during the growing season and every 4 weeks during the dormant season. Make sure the pot has plenty of drainage so the roots don’t rot.
Stromanthe ‘Triostar’ (Triostar Stromanthe). This striking tropical plant’s long leaves are green and cream, with magenta undersides. The leaves change position throughout the day. They prefer to have more consistent water, generally water thoroughly when the top inch or two of soil is dry. An occasional misting benefits this plant as it helps mimics its natural jungle-like habitat.
Ficus ‘Ruby’ (Ruby Rubber Tree). This pink-tinged variety of the standard Rubber Tree adds an interesting splash of color to any space. They typically grow with multiple stems each with multi-colored leathery leaves, with the newest growth showing the most intense red/pink coloring. The Ruby Rubber Tree prefers bright indirect light with moderate moisture. Generally, they prefer a thorough watering when the top 2 inches of soil is dry.Roses that Thrive!
Roses primarily symbolize love, passion, admiration, and beauty, with specific meanings varying by color and culture. At Harlequin’s we take pride in our excellent selection as well as the confidence that you will take home a healthy and robust rose for your garden. We currently have a spectacular selection in a rainbow of colors. Listed by Name, Height, Color, and Fragrance.
AC Navy Lady– 2-3′, Dark red, Light
Autumn Sunblaze– 1-2′, Orange blend, None
Awakening– 10’+, Light Pink, Moderate
Whiskbroom Parsley
Whiskbroom Parsley
In spite of the drought, rambles in local open space parks reveal the early signs of spring. Now showing at a park near you, a conspicuous star is Whiskbroom Parsley (Harbouria trachypleura), a genus with just a single species. Native to Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, we’ve encountered it from the lower foothills to subalpine locations, on dry, sunny, rocky slopes, but it is even more at home in moist meadows, grasslands and under trees.
Many ‘wild parsley’ species are highly toxic, but this one is edible and was commonly used in culinary and medicinal ways by native Americans. The very fine, bright green dill-like foliage is surprising for a dryland plant, and the umbels (heads) of tiny, bright yellow flowers are an important nectar source for many native pollinators and beneficial insects. This plant is not in commerce, as it spends years developing its deep soil-stabilizing taproot before producing much top-growth, let alone flowering. Enjoy it in the wild!
Dahlias for Color and Beauty!
Hapet Daydream Dahlia
Colorado gardens provide just the right amount of heat and sun that our locally-sourced dahlias need for spectacular summer shows. Our selection of tubers is especially strong this year!
Choose from: Bracken Palomino, Brookside Snowball, Hapet Daydream (pictured above), Kara Sangria, Mondriaan, MM Buttercream, Mikayla Miranda, PG Woodhouse, Robann Creamsicle, Tanita, Orange Symphony.
Descriptions:
Bracken Palamino -Large 6-8″ Orange Sherbet blooms. 5′ tall.
Brookside Snowball – 4″ pure White blooms, 4′ tall.
Hapet Daydream – 3-4″ wide ball form, blend of Pink, Yellow and White.
Kara Sangria – Brilliant combination of Salmon, Pink and vibrant Yellow in a cactus form, 4′ tall.
Houseplants for Winter Health!
Snake Plant, Sansevieria spp.
When the world outside turns dormant, houseplants become essential indoor companions Bringing greenery into your home during the winter offers several science-backed benefits:
- Natural Humidifiers: Central heating systems can drop indoor humidity to as low as 10%. Plants like ferns release moisture through transpiration, which helps combat dry skin, sore throats, and respiratory irritation.
- Mental Health Support: The presence of greenery is a powerful antidote to “winter blues”. Tending to plants serves as a mindful ritual that reduces cortisol levels.
- Improved Air Quality: Since windows stay shut in the winter, indoor air pollutants can accumulate. Hardier winter-friendly plants like Snake Plant (pictured here) and ZZ Plant help filter out common toxins while replenishing oxygen levels.
- Enhanced Focus: Studies suggest that being around indoor plants can boost concentration and memory retention by up to 20%!
This week we have a wonderful selection. Here are a few of our favorites:
Rising Grocery Costs Got you Down? Plant These Veggies for Storage, and Savings
Grocery prices are projected to rise even more this summer. You can save, by planting your own veggies for storage. These delicious, hardy varieties are some of the longest-storing, and can be enjoyed for most of the winter, and even into spring.
Potatoes: While all the potatoes we offer (usually available in March) are delicious and hardy, these are the best ‘keepers’: HARVEST MOON -85-100 days. Round tuber with purple skin and deep yellow flesh. Firm texture after cooking, with a nutty taste. Good for roasting, baking, soups, and chips; NICOLA – 85 – 105 days. Early. Thin skinned, yellow inside and out. Good for winter storage; SANGRE – 80-90 days. Midseason. Beautiful red skinned variety with shallow eyes and medium-sized oblong tubers. Originally released by Colorado State University in 1982, Sangre ranks high in taste tests with creamy white flesh that is especially delicious boiled or baked.
Curing Winter Squash for Storage
Butternut Squash
We’ve tried a number of ways to store squash, and we’ve been informed over the years by our friends at Seed Savers. If you’ve been canning, chopping and freezing, and cooking things down into sauce this harvest season, you’ll love the ease of storing winter squash whole.
First, be sure the squash are ripe. Each variety differs regarding color and sheen as indicators of ripeness, but as a rule we harvest when the thick stem connecting the fruit to the vine has dried. Cut the stem, leaving at least 1″ and up to 3″ of the stem attached. Be sure to harvest before the first hard frost – if you can’t harvest until after a frost, don’t try to cure and store the squash. Rather, either dice and freeze for later, or bake or make soup and freeze that for later.
Curing is a process that sets up the squash for several months’ of storage by allowing the skin, or shell, to harden. After harvest, elevate the squash off the ground, keeping room between fruits for air to circulate, and leave in a bright, sunny space that isn’t warm or hot for approximately two weeks. You’ll know when they are cured when they pass the ‘fingernail test’ – press your fingernail gently into the shell, and if the skin bruises or breaks, it’s not cured yet! A fully cured squash won’t even dent.
Storage instructions do sound a bit like the porridge in the Goldilocks story – the place you store the squash can’t be too hot or too cold. It needs to be just right! That means not colder than 50 degrees and not warmer than about 65 degrees. The warmer the temperature, the sooner you’ll need to use the squash. Find a cool spot in a closet, the back of a cupboard, a basement, or a garage (if it is temperature controlled). Wrap each squash in paper or straw and place in a box or on a shelf, leaving room for airflow. The paper or straw protects the squash and absorbs any moisture. If the squash does freeze, keep it frozen until you’re ready to use it. Inspect once a week, and use any damaged squash first. Here’s advice from Seed Savers:
- “Any damaged squash should be used as soon as possible.
- Delicatas, Acorns, and Buttercups should be used within a month or two.
- Hubbards, Pie squash, and pumpkins can last up to four months.
- Butternuts last the longest in storage and can take you right into spring.”
And if you don’t have the appropriate space, you can always preserve your squash by dicing and freezing the flesh.
Seed Saving – Seeds last up to a year in your squash – so whenever you use your squash you can scrape out the seeds, rinse and dry, and plant in the spring. Just be aware that squash is a notorious cross-pollinator, and if you grew several kinds you will not necessarily grow a fruit exactly like the one you harvested!
And yes, pumpkins ARE winter squashes. Save them using these same instructions.
Chocolate Flower and other Long Bloomers
Berlandiera lyrata is an amazing blooming champion. Native to south-eastern Colorado as well as the SW region, Berlandiera really does emit a strong aroma of chocolate or carob all morning.
I love the succession of ephemeral flowers in my garden: the spring-blooming bulbs that begin the wake-up call to the garden and pollinators, the delicate pasque flowers (Pulsatilla, primroses (Primula), Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium), bluebells (Mertensia), voluptuous peonies and many more.
2026 Bulbs for Fall 2025 Planting
We’re excited that bulbs have arrived! We’re unpacking boxes and putting these out for you as soon as as they come in – thanks in advance for your patience.
| GENUS | SPECIES/VARIETY |
| ALLIUM | BUBBLE BLEND – in store now! |
| ALLIUM | aflatunense PURPLE SENSATION |
| ALLIUM | caeruleum (azureum) |
| ALLIUM | amplectens GRACEFUL BEAUTY |
| ALLIUM | MOUNTAIN BELLS MIXTURE |
| ALLIUM | (Nectaroscordum) siculum |
| ALLIUM | rosenbachianum – in store now |
| ANEMONE | blanda BLUE SHADES WINDFLOWER – in store now! |
| BLEND | Allium, Tritelia BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR |
| COLCHICUM | DOUBLE WATERLILY (autumn flowering) |
| CORYDALIS | solida BETH EVANS (pink) |
| CROCUS | sieberi FIREFLY |
| CROCUS | fuscotinctus – in store now! |
| CROCUS | sativa SAFFRON CROCUS (autumn flowering) |
| CROCUS | speciosus AUTUMN CROCUS (autumn flowering) |
| CROCUS | tommasinianus RUBY GIANT – in store now! |
| CROCUS | specie MIXED – in store now! |
| CROCUS | vernus AQUA – in store now! |
| CROCUS | vernus GOLDEN YELLOW |
| CROCUS | vernus MIXED – in store now! |
| CHIONODOXA | forbesii GLORY of the SNOW – in store now! |
| FRITILLARIA | IMPERIALIS RUBRA MAXIMA – in store now! |
| FRITILLARIA | PERSICA |
| GALANTHUS | nivalis SNOWDROPS |
| HYACINTH | DELFT BLUE |
| HYACINTH | PETER STUYVESANT |
| HYACINTH | DELFT BLUE |
| IRIS, DWARF | ALIDA – in store now! |
| IRIS, DWARF | HARMONY – in store now! |
| IRIS, DWARF | PURPLE HILL – in store now! |
| IXIOLIRION | tataricum pallasii MOUNTAIN LILY |
| MUSCARI | azureum AZURE GRAPE HYACINTH |
| NARCISSUS | blend MINIATURE MIX |
| NARCISSUS | blend MOTHER & DAUGHTER |
| NARCISSUS | blend NATURALIZING MIX |
| NARCISSUS | DUTCH MASTER trumpet daffodil – in store now! |
| NARCISSUS | DOUBLE POET’S (Albo Pleno Odorata) |
| NARCISSUS | ALTRUIST small-cup |
| NARCISSUS | BARRET BROWNING small-cup |
| NARCISSUS | JAMESTOWN small-cup |
| NARCISSUS | PHEASANT’s EYE |
| NARCISSUS | DELIBES large-cup |
| NARCISSUS | FERRIS WHEEL large-cup |
| NARCISSUS | JETFIRE miniature |
| NARCISSUS | GOLDEN ECHO miniature |
| NARCISSUS | YAZZ jonquilla |
| NARCISSUS | TETE-A-TETE miniature |
| NARCISSUS | CORNISH KING trumpet |
| NARCISSUS | MOUNT HOOD trumpet |
| NARCISSUS, PAPERWHITE | ZIVA |
| SCILLA | sibirica SIBERIAN SQUILL |
| TULIP | blend BRILLIANT BLUES – in store now! |
| TULIP | blend TRIUMPH MIX |
| TULIP | ANGELIQUE double late |
| TULIP | DANCELINE double late – in store now! |
| TULIP | PEPTALK double late – in store! |
| TULIP | BLUSHING APPLEDOORN Darwin Hybrid – in store now! |
| TULIP | DAYDREAM Darwin Hybrid – in store now! |
| TULIP | LIGHT & DREAMY Darwin Hybrid – in store now! |
| TULIP | RED IMPRESSION Darwin Hybrid – in store now! |
| TULIP | AVIGNON Parrot tulip |
| TULIP | ORANGE EMPEROR fosteriana – in store now! |
| TULIP | FLAMING EMPEROR fosteriana |
| TULIP | BALLERINA lily-flowering – in store now! |
| TULIP | KARATE Triumph – in store now! |
| TULIP | LASTING LOVE Triumph |
| TULIP | PAUL SCHERER Triumph |
| TULIP | SHOCKING Triumph |
| TULIP | BLUEBERRY RIPPLE Rembrandt – in store now! |
| TULIP | HAPPY FEET Rembrandt – in store now! |
| TULIP | viridiflora ARTIST – in store now! |
| TULIP, specie | humilis LITTLE BEAUTY |
| TULIP, specie | humilis PERSIAN PEARL |
| TULIP, specie | greigii RED RIDING HOOD – in store now! |
| TULIP, specie | praestans TUBERGEN’S VARIETY |
Plant Feature: Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
Looking for a really different native Goldenrod? Solidago ptarmicoides (aka Oligoneuron album) is distinctive within the Solidago genus in having white to cream-colored daisy-like flowers, in heads arranged in a flat-topped cluster rather than in an elongated raceme. Known as Prairie Goldenrod or White Upland Aster, one plant can sometimes produce as many as 50 small heads, blooming from August to October. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows in clumps 12 to 24” high and wide, native to dry, sandy, usually calcareous soils, cracks in rocks, limestone pavements, rocky outcrops, grassy slopes and prairies from Quebec to Saskatchewan south to Arkansas, and west to Colorado. It’s cold-hardy to USDA zone 3.
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Natives We Often Have for Sale
Native Plants We Often Have for Sale 2024 – 2025
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
Acer glabrum (Rocky Mt. Maple) (t)
Acer grandidentatum (Bigtooth Maple) (t)
Achillea lanulosa (Native White Yarrow) (p)
Agastache aurantiaca Coronado
Agastache cana (Hummingbird Mint) (p)
Agastache rupestris (Sunset Hyssop)
Agastache urticifolia
Agave parryi (Hardy Century Plant) (s)
Agave parryi ssp neomexicana (s)
Agave sp. Big Blue
Agave utahensis x parryi v couesii
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion) (p)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon Serviceberry) (s/t)
Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ (Regent Serviceberry) (s)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant) (s)
Amorpha fruticosa (False Indigo) (s)
Amorpha nana (Dwarf Leadplant) (s)
Amsonia jonesii (Jones’ Bluestar) (p)
Andropogon g. ‘Pawnee’ (Pawnee Big Blustem) (g)
Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) (g)
Anemone (Pulsatilla) patens (Pasque Flower) (p)
Anemone multifida v. globosa (p)
Antennaria dioica (Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria dioica ‘Rubra’ (Red Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria parvifolia (Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria parvifolia ‘McClintock’ (gc)
Antennaria rosea (Pink Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria rubra (gc) (Pink Pussytoes) (gc)
Aquilegia barnebyi (p)
Aquilegia canadensis (p)
Aquilegia chrysantha (Southwest Yellow Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’ (p)
Aquilegia coerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia desertorum (Arizona Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia elegantula (Rocky Mt. Red Columbine) (p)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry, Kinnikinnick) (gc)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Chieftain’ (gc/s)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Mock Bearberry’ (gc)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Panchito’ (s)Argemone hispida (Rough Prickly Poppy) (p)
Argemone polyanthemos (Prickly Poppy) (p)
Artemisia cana (Silver Sage) (s)
Artemisia filifolia (Sand Sage) (s)
Artemisia frigida (Fringed Sage) (gc)
Artemisia ludoviciana (Prairie Sage) (p,gc)
Artemisia tridentata ssp nova (Black Sage) (s)
Artemisia tridentata (Western Big Sage) (s)
Asclepias arenaria (Western Sand Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias asperula (Antelope Horn Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias hirtella (Tall Green Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) (p)
Asclepias viridis (Green Antelope Horn)
Aster coloradoensis (see Xanthisma coloradoense) (Colorado Aster) (p)
Aster ericoides (See Symphyotrichum ericoides) (Wreath Aster) (p)
Aster laevis (see Symphyotrichum leave) (Smooth Aster) (p)
Aster oblongifolius (see Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) (Aromatic Aster) (p)
Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’ (see Sympyotrichum ob. ‘October Skies’ (p)
Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ (see Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ (p)
Aster porteri (Symphyotrichum porteri) (Porter’s Aster) (p)
Atriplex canescens (Four-wing Saltbush) (s)
Atriplex confertifolia (Shadscale) (s)
Baileya multiradiata (Desert Marigold) (a)
Balsamorrhiza sagittate (Arrowleaf Balsamroot) (p)
Baptisia australis (False Indigo) (p)
Baptisia australis v minor (Dwf. False Indigo) (p)
Baptisia lactea (White False Indigo) (p)
Berlandiera lyrata (Chocolate Flower) (p)
Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Pine Dropseed) (gr)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side Oats Grama) (gr)
Bouteloua curtipendula ‘Trailway’ (gr)
Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) (gr)
Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ (gr)
Callirhoe involucrata (Poppy Mallow, Wine Cups) (p,gc)
Calylophus hartw. lavandulifolius (see Oenothera lavandulifolia) (Lavender-leaf Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus (see Oenothera) hartwegii v fendleri (Fendler’s Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus serrulatus (Dwarf Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus serrulatus “Prairie Lode” (Dwarf Sundrops) (p)
Campanula rotundifolia (Mountain Harebell) (p)
Castilleja integra (Indian Paintbrush) (p)
Ceanothus ovatus (Prairie Redroot) (s)
Celtis occidentalis (Western Hackberry) (t)
Celtis reticulata (Netleaf Hackberry) (t)
Ceratoides (see Krascheninnikovia, Erotia) lanata (Winterfat) (s)
Cercocarpus intricatus (Little-leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s)
Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl-leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s/t)
Cercocarpus montanus (True Leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s)
Chamaebateria millefolium (Fernbush) (s)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow) (t)
Cholla Cactus, hardy species (See Cylindropuntia) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) nauseosus albicaulis (Tall Blue Rabbitbrush) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) nauseosus nauseosus (Dwf. Blue Rabbitbrush) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) viscidiflorus (Tall Green Rabbitbrush) (s)
Clematis hirsutissima (Sugar Bowls) (p)
Clematis ligusticifolia (Western Virgins Bower) (v)
Clematis scottii (Scott’s Sugarbowls) (p)
Cornus sericea (Red-twig Dogwood) (s)
Coryphantha missouriensis (Nipple Cactus)
Coryphantha vivipara (Ball Cactus)
Crataegus erythropoda (Red-stemmed Hawthorn) (s)
Cupressus arizonica (see Hesperocyparis arizonica) (Arizona Cypress) (t)
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Silver Cholla) (s)
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Hardy Cholla Cactus) (s)
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) (p)
Dalea Purpurea ‘Stephanie’ (Purple Prairies Clover) (p)
Datura wrightii (meteloides, inoxia) (Angel’s Trumpet, Sacred Datura) (a,p)
Deschampsia caespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass) (gr)
Draba oligosperma (Few-Seeded Draba) (p)
Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaf Coneflower) (p)
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) (p)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) (p)
Echinocereus coccineus (Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus fendleri (Sitting Cactus) (p)
Echunocereus x lloyii (Lloyd’s Hedgehog cactus) (p)
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Purple Candle Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus trigloch. inermis (Spineless Claret Cup Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus viridiflorus (Green Pitaya Cactus)
Ephedra viridis (Mormon Tea) (s)
Eragrostis trichodes (Sand Love Grass) (gr)
Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love Grass) (gr)
Erigeron caespitosa (Tufted Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron compositus (Cutleaf Daisy) (p)
Erigeron formosissimus (Beautiful Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron linearis (Yellow Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron pumilus (Shaggy Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron speciosus (Aspen or Showy Fleabane) (p)
Eriogonum flavum flavum (p)
Eriogonum jamesii (Antelope Sage) (p)
Eriogonum niveum (White Buckwheat) (p)
Eriogonum ovalifolium (Cushion Buckwheat) (p)
Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Flower) (p)
Eriogonum umbellatum v aureum ‘Kannah Creek’ (Kannah Creek Sulphur Flower) (p,gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v aureum (Sulphur Buckwheat) (p, gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v majus (Subalpine Buckwheat) (p, gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v porteri
Eriogonum wrightii v wrightii (Snow Mesa Buckwheat)
Krascheninnikovia lanata (Winterfat) (s)
Erysimum capitatum (Western Wallflower) (bi)
Erysimum wheeleri (Wheeler’s Wallflower) (bi)
Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume) (s)
Fendlera rupicola (Cliff Fendlerbush) (s)
Forestiera neomexicana (New Mexico Privet) (s)
Fragaria vesca v americana (Wild Strawberry) (p, gc)
Gaillardia aristata (Indian Blanket, Firewheel) (p)
Gaillardia aristata BldrCo (Golden Blanketflower) (p)
Gentiana bigelovii (Bigelow’s Gentian) (p)
Geranium caespitosum (p)
Geranium fremontii (p)
Geranium richardsonii (Richardson’s Geranium) (p)
Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Cranesbill) (p)
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) (p)
Grindellia squarrosa (Rosinweed, Gumweed) (p)
Ipomopsis aggregata (Skyrocket, Scarlet Trumpet) (bi)
Ipomopsis rubra (Scarlet Gilia, Standing Cypress) (bi)
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Snakeweed) (p)
Helianthus maximilliani (Maximillian Sunflower)
Helianthus pumilus (Dwarf Sunflower) (p)
Helianthus salicifolius (Willow-leaf Sunflower) (p)
Hesperaloe parviflora (Red Yucca) (s)
Heterotheca jonesii (p) (Jones’ Goldenaster) (p)
Heterotheca pumila (Alpine Goldenaster) (p)
Holodiscus discolor (Creambush) (s)
Holodiscus dumosus (Rock Spirea, Ocean-spray) (s)
Humulus lupulus ‘Aureus’ (Golden Hops) (v)
Humulus lupulus v neomexicanus (New Mexico Hops) (v)
Hymenopappus filifolius (Threadleaf Sunflower) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) acaulis (Sundancer Daisy) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) argentea (Bitterweed) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) grandiflora (Old Man of the Mountain, Alpine Sunflower) (p)
Hymenoxys (Helenium) hoopesii (Owl’s Claw) p
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) scaposa ‘Prairie Sunshine’ (Perky Sue) (p)
Ipomoea leptophylla (Bush Morning Glory) (p)
Iris missouriensis (Native Wild Iris) (p)
Jamesia americana (Wax Flower) (s)
Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) (s, gc)
Juniperus monosperma (One-Seed Juniper) (t)
Liatris aspera (Rough Gayfeather) (p)
Liatris ligulistylis (Rocky Mountain Gayfeather) (p)
Liatris punctata (Spotted Gayfeather, Blazing Star) (p)
Lilium philadelphicum (Wood Lily) (p)
Linum lewisii (Native Blue Flax) (p)
Lithospermum multiflorum (Many-flowered Puccoon) (p)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) (p)
Machaeranthera bigelovii (Bigelow’s Tansyaster) (bi)
Machaeranthera pattersonii (syn. M. bigelovii) (bi)
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Tahoka Daisy) (bi)
Mahonia fremontii (Fremont’s Desert Holly) (s)
Mahonia haematocarpa (Desert Holly) (s)
Mahonia repens (Creeping Mahonia) (gc)
Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot Daisy) (p)
Mentzelia decapetala (Blazing Star) (b/p)
Mentzelia nuda (Bractless Blazing Star) (p)
Mirabilis multiflora (Desert Four O’Clock) (p)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot, Bee-balm) (p)
Monarda fistulosa v. menthifolia (Wild Bergamot, Native Bee-balm) (p)
Monardella macrantha ‘Marion Sampson’ (Scarlet Coyote Mint) (p)
Muhlenbergia rigens (Deergrass) (gr)
Nolina microcarpa (Beargrass) (s)
Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily) (p)
Oenothera howardii (Boulder Native Evening Primrose) (p)
Oenothera macrocarpa incana “Comanche Campfire’ (Comanche Campfire Evening Primrose) (p)
Oenothera macrocarpa incana “Silver Blade” (Silver Blade Evening Primrose) (p)
Opuntia fragilis (Brittle Prickly Pear cactus) (p)
Opuntia basilaris (Beavertail Cactus) (p)
Opuntia polyacantha ‘Peter Pan’ (Peter Pan Dwf. Prickly Pear Cactus) (p,gc)
Opuntia hybrids (Hybrid Prickly Pear cacti) (p)
Oryzopsis (Acnatherum) hymenoides (Indian Rice Grass) (gr)
Oxytropis besseyi (Bessey’s Locoweed) (p)
Oxytropis lambertii (Lambert’s Loco Weed) (p)
Oxytropis multiceps (p)
Oxytropis sericea (Silky Locoweed) (p)
Oxytropis splendens (Showy Locoweed) (p)
Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) (gr)
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ (Blue Prairie Switchgrass) (gr)
Panicum v. ‘Shenandoah’ (gr)
Paxistima canbyi (Mountain-lover) (s,gc)
Pediocactus simpsonii (Mountain Ball Cactus)
Penstemon alamosensis (p)
Penstemon alpinus (p)
Penstemon ambiguus (Sand Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon angustifolius (Pagoda Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon arenicola (Sand Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon barbatus (Scarlet Bugler) (p)
Penstemon brandegeei (Brandege’s Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon caespitosus (Bluemat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon cardinalis (Cardinal Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon clutei (Sunset Crater Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon crandallii (Crandall’s Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon cyananthus (Wasatch Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon glaber (Smooth Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon grandiflorus (Shell-leaf Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon grandiflorus ‘Prairie Jewel’ (p)
Penstemon hallii (p)
Penstemon jamesii (James’ Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon lin. ssp coloradoensis ‘Silverton’ (Silverton Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon lin. ssp sileri (Siler’s Mat Penstemon (p)
Penstemon linarioides (Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon mensarum (Grand Mesa Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon palmeri (Fragrant Beardtongue) (p)
Penstemon pin. ‘Mersea’s Yellow’ (Yellow Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pin. v. ‘Compactum’ (dwf. Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pinifolius (Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Sunset Glow’ (Sunset Glow Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon procerus (Smallflowered Penstemon)
Penstemon pseudospectabilis (Desert Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon rostriflorus (Bridges’ Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon rydbergii (Rydberg’s Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon secundiflorus (Sidebells Penstemon, Orchid Beardtongue,) (p)
Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt. Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon strictus ‘Bandera’ (p)
Penstemon superbus (Coral Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon teucroides (Pine-mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virens (Blue Mist/Foothills Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virgatus (Wandbloom Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virgatus ssp.asa-grayi (Wandbloom Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon whippleanus (Dusky Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon xylus (Tushar Mt. Penstemon) (p)
Petalostemon (Dalea) purpureum (Purple Prairie Clover) (p)
Philadelphus lewisii “Cheyenne” (Cheyenne Mockorange) (s)
Philadelphus microphyllus (Littleleaf Mockorange) (s)
Physaria bellii (Bell’s Twinpod) (p)
Physocarpus monogynus (Mountain Ninebark) (s)
Physocarpus monogynus ‘Grey Rock’ (Grey Rock Mountain Ninebark) (s)
Picea pungens (Blue Spruce) (t)
Pinus aristata (Bristlecone Pine) (t)
Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Pinyon Pine) (t)
Pinus cembroides var. edulis, dwf. (Dwarf Pinyon Pine) (s)
Pinus flexilis, dwarf (Limber Pine (s)
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine) (t)
Polemonium foliosissimum (Towering Jacob’s Ladder) (p)
Polemonium reptans (Creeping Jacob’s Ladder) (p)
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen) (t)
Prunus americana (Wild Plum) (s/t)
Prunus besseyi (Western Sand Cherry) (s)
Prunus besseyi ‘Boulder Weeping’ (Weeping Western Sandcherry) (s, gc)
Prunus besseyi “Pawnee Buttes” (Dwf. Western Sandcherry) (s)
Prunus virginiana (Western Sandcherry) (s/t)
Psilostrophe tagetina (Paperflower) (monocarpic)
Pulsatilla patens (Pasqueflower) (p)
Purshia stansburyana (syn. Cowania Mexicana) (Cliffrose) (s)
Purshia tridentata (Antelope Bitterbrush) (s)
Quercus gambelii (Gambel Oak) (t)
Quercus gambelii ‘Gila Monster’ (t)
Quercus turbinella (Shrub Live Oak) (t)
Quercus undulata (Wavyleaf Oak) (t)
Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat Coneflower)(p)
Ratibida columnifera var. pulcherrima (Red Mexican Hat) (p)
Rhus glabra cismontana (Rocky Mt. Sumac) (s)
Rhus glabra laciniata (Cutleaf Rocky Mt. Sumac) (s)
Rhus trilobata (Three-leaf Sumac, Skunkbush) (s)
Rhus trilobata ‘Autumn Amber’ (Autumn Amber Creeping Three-leaf Sumac) (s, gc)
Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) (s)
Ribes aureum ‘Gwen’s Buffalo’ (Gwen’s Buffalo Currant) (s)
Ribes cereum (Wax Currant) (s)
Ribes odoratum “Crandall” (Crandall Clove Currant) (s)
Robinia neomexicana (New Mexico Locust) (s)
Rosa arkansana (Prairie Rose) (s)
Rosa woodsii (Woods’ Rose) (s)
Rubus deliciosus (Boulder Raspberry) (s)
Rudbeckia hirta (Blackeyed Susan) (p)
Rudbeckia laciniata (p)
Rudbeckia missouriensis (p)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Coneflower) (p)
Rudbeckia tomentosa (short-lived perenn.)
Salix irrorata (Bluestem Willow) (s)
Salvia azurea ssp grandiflora (p)
Salvia dorrii (Purple Sage) (p)
Salvia pitcheri (Pitcher Sage) (p)
Salvia reptans (Sand Sage) (p)
Sambucus racemosa (syn. S. pubens) (Red Elderberry) (s)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blaze’ (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (gr)
Scutellaria resinosa (Prairie Skullcap) (p)
Scutellaria resinosa ‘Smoky Hills’ (Smoky Hills Prairie Skullcap)
Sedum lanceolatum (Stonecrop) (p,gc)
Senecio fendleri (p)
Senecio plattenensis (p)
Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry) (s)
Shepherdia argentea ‘Silver Totem’ (Silver Totem Buffaloberry) (s)
Shepherdia argentea x rotundifolia (s)
Silene laciniata ((Fringed Indian Pink) p)
Silene regia (Royal Catchfly) (p)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Sisyrinchium campestre (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Solidago nana (Dwarf Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago ptarmicoides (Upland White Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago speciosa ‘Wichita Mountains’ (p)
Solidago petiolaris (Downy Goldenrod) (p)
Sorbus scopulina (Native Mountain Ash) (t)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass) (gr)
Sorghastrum nutans ‘Pawnee’ (‘Pawnee’ Indian Grass) (gr)
Sphaeralcea fendleri (fender’s Globemallow) (p)
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Cowboy’s Delight) (p)
Sphaeralcea munroana (Orange Globe Mallow) (p)
Sporobolis airoides (Alkali Sacaton) (gr)
Sporobolis wrightii (Giant, Wright’s Sacaton) (gr)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed) (gr)
Stanleya pinnata (Prince’s Plume) (p)
Symphoricarpus oreophyllus (Mountain Snowberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus occidentalis (Wolfberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus albus (Western Snowberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus rotundifolius) (see S. oreophyllus) (s)
Talinum calycinum (Rock Rose) (a/p)
Thermopsis divaricarpa (Native Golden Banner) (p)
Thermopsis montana (Mountain Golden Banner) (p)
Townsendia grandiflora (showy Townsendia) ()
Townsendia eximia (Rocky Mt.Townsend Daisy) (bi)
Townsendia hookeri (Hooker’s Townsend Daisy) (p)
Tradescantia occidentalis (Western Spiderwort) (p)
Verbena (Glandularia) bipinnatifida (Prairie Verbena) (p)
Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain) (p)
Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain) (p)
Verbena (Glandularia) wrightii (Davis Mts. Mock Vervain) (p)
Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape) (v)
Wyethia (Scabrethia) scabra (Badlands Mule Ears) (p)
Wyethia helianthoides (White Mule Ears) (p)
Yucca baccata (Broadleaf Yucca, Banana Yucca) (s)
Yucca elata (Soap Tree Yucca) (s)
Yucca nana (Dwarf Yucca) (s)
Yucca glauca (Soapweed Yucca) (s)
Yucca harrimaniae (Dollhouse Yucca) (s)
Zinnia grandiflora (Prairie Zinnia) (p)
Zizia aptera (Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (p)
We’re Expecting These New Plants!
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Tomato
These are the plants we’re expecting this weekend. They may not all arrive when we expect them – but there are so many great plants to choose from that we’re sure you’ll be satisfied with the selection in store!
TOMATO
Extreme Bush
Carmello
Gold Medal
Magic Bullet
Orange King
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
PEPPER
Capriglio Rossa
Gatherer’s Gold
King of the North – Sweet
Marconi Red
Poblano
Beaver Dam
Anaheim
Pueblo/Mosco
NuMex 6-4
Sweet Banana
Surmeli
TOMATILLOS
Grande Rio Verde
Purple Blush
Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
We now have a Big Influx of native plants, including many Penstemon species!
PERENNIALS, etc.
Achillea mil. ‘Paprika’
Agastache cana
Agastache ‘Firebird’
Agastache foeniculum, Anise Hyssop (native)
Agastache rupestris
Agastache ‘Sinning’
Akebia quinata – Chocolate vine
Alcea rugosa
Alchemilla mollis
Allium cernuum
Allium Millenium
Anemone ‘Cinderella’, ‘Honorine Jobert’, multifida ‘Rubra’, ‘September Charm’
Antennaria dioica ‘Rubra’
Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’
Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’
Aster ‘Alert’, ‘Lady in Black’, oblongifolius (native), obl. ‘Raydon’s Favorite’
Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’
Baptisia minor
Begonia grandis v. Evansiana
Berlandiera lyrata – Chocolate Flower(native)
Callirhoe involucrata – Poppy Mallow (native)
Campanula rotundifolia
Centaurea montana, Mountain Cornflower
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Plumbago
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
Corydalis ochroleuca
Creeping Thyme, Red, Wooly, White
Delosperma nubigenum dwarf, ‘Granita Orange’, ‘Gold Nugget’, ‘Granita Raspberry’, ‘Red Mountain’
Delphinium ‘Millenium Dwarf Stars’, ‘Summer Blues’
Dicentra eximia (dwarf), ‘King of Hearts’, ‘Luxuriant’, spectabilis ‘Alba’
Dictamnus a. ‘Purpureus’ – Gas Plant
Digitalis grandiflora, x mertonensis – Foxglove varieties
Draba aizoides
Echinacea pallida, Pale Coneflower, purpurea, angustifolia (native), ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
Engelmannia peristenia (native)
Epimedium v. ‘Sulphureum’
Eriogonum ‘Kannah Creek’
Gaillardia ‘Kobold’
Gallium odoratum, Sweet Woodruff, shade
Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’ – sun
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Geum coccineum ‘Koi’, triflorum
‘Goldie’ Golden Creeping Jenny
Helleborus x ‘Orientalis’
Herniaria glabra – Rupturewort
Heuchera ‘Caramel’, ‘Forever Red’, ‘Melting Fire’, ‘Palace Purple’, ‘Ruby Bells’, ‘Silver Scroll’
Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’, ‘Blue Angel’, ‘Blue Mouse Ears’, ‘Dream Queen’, ‘Earth Angel’, ‘First Frost’, ‘Patriot’, ‘Francee’, ‘Guacamole’, ‘Praying Hands’, ‘Rainforest Sunrise’, ‘Regal Splendor’, ‘Royal Standard’
Iberis ‘Autumn Beauty’
Ipomopsis aggregata
Iris pallida ‘Aurea Variegata’
Jovibarba hirta s. arenaria
Lamium ‘Purple Dragon’ – shade
Liatris aspera, ligulistylis
Linum perenne ‘Lewisii’
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Goldie’
Nepeta ‘Jr. Walker’ – catmint
Oenothera ‘Silver Blade’
Origanum ‘Amethyst Falls’, ‘Herrenhausen’, ‘Kent’s Beauty’ – ornamental oregano
Orostachys iwarenge, spinosus
Othonna capensis
Paeonia ‘Duchess De Nemours’, ‘Flame’, ‘Karl Rosenfield’, ‘Red Charm’, ‘Red Sarah Bernhardt’ – Peony, perennial
Papaver ‘Patty’s Plum’, ‘Allegro’, ‘Royal Wedding’, ‘Beauty of Livermore’, Pizzicato – Oriental poppies
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Steppe Suns’
Phlox div, ‘Louisiana Blue’, ‘Pink’, ‘White’
Phlox paniculata ‘Super Ka-Pow Coral’
Polygonatum m. ‘Variegatum’- shade
Pulmonaria ‘Coral Springs’, ‘E.B. Anderson’ – Lungwort – shade
Thymus – Red Creeping, Wooly
Veronica Waterperry Blue
Rosularia chrysantha, serpentinica
Rudbeckia ‘Blackjack Gold’, fulgida v speciaosa, missouriensis, subtomentosa
Salvia azurea ‘Grandiflora’, greggii ‘Furman’s Red’, pachyphylla
Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama’
Scutellaria ‘Smoky Hills’
Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’, glanduliferum, spurium ‘John Creech’, ‘Matrona’, spectabile ‘Neon’, spurium ‘Tricolor’, tetractinum, f. ‘Weihen. Gold’
Sempervivum ‘Classic’, arach. ‘Cobweb’, cal. ‘Mrs. Giuseppi’, mixed, ‘Red Heart’, c. mon. ‘Red Tips’, ‘Twilight Blues’
Silphium laciniatum, perfoliatum (native)
Solidago ‘Crown of Rays’, speciosa’Wichita Mtn’ (native) – goldenrod
Thalictrum aquilegifolium, rochebrunianum
Trifolium r. ‘Pentaphyllum’
Verbena canadensis
Vernonia lettermannii
Veronica ‘Crystal River’, oletnsis, ‘Purpleicious’, ‘Snowmass’, ‘Tidal Pool, ‘Illumination’
Vinca minor ‘Bowles Variety’, ‘Ralph Shugert’
Viola corsica – corsican violet
Viola wickroti ‘Ultima Morpho’
Zauschneria – ‘Orange Carpet’
Zizia Aptera
AND EVEN MORE!
This Weekend’s New Plants!
Nasturtium
New Plants!
ANNUAL
Calendula: ‘Indian Prince’, ‘Lemon Cream’, ‘Pink Surprise’; Cleome ‘Rose Queen’, ‘Violet Queen’, Coleus ‘Black Dragon’, ‘Rainbow Mix’, ‘Sunset’; ‘Purple Globe’ Amaranth; ‘Dakota Gold’ Helenium (Native); Nasturtium: ‘Alaska Mix’, ‘Black Velvet’, ‘Cherry Rose’, ‘Gleam Mix’, ‘Jewel Mix’, ‘King Theo’, ‘Ladybird’, ‘Moonlight’, ‘Peach Melba’, ‘Salmon Baby’, ‘Tom Thumb’; Nicotiana alata ’Crimson’, ‘Lime’; Nigella ‘Miss Jekyll’ Love in a Mist; Desert Bluebells, Phacelia (Native); ’ Sweet Alyssum ‘Carpet of Snow’; Tanacetum ‘Tetra Wonder’ Double-flowered Feverfew
BIENNIAL
Asphodeline damascena, Ithuriel’s Spear; Digitalis purpureus ’Apricot Beauty’ Foxglove; Eryngium creticum; Erysimum capitatum, Western Wallflower (Native); Thelesperma filifolium, Greenthread, Navajo Tea (Native); Townsendia eximia, Rocky Mt. Townsend Daisy (Native)
PERENNIAL
Achillea ‘Golden Fleece’; Alcea rosea ‘Jet Black’ Hollyhock; Dianthus nardiformis; Draba rigida, Whitlow Grass; Erigeron compositus ‘Lavender’ (Native); ’Pink’ (Native), Erigeron lineaeris, Yellow Fleabane (Native); Erigeron pumilum, Alpine Fleabane (Native); Erigonum jamesii v jamesii (Native); Geum ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’; Hedysarum boreale, Northern Sweetvetch (Native); Heliomeris multiflora, Showy Goldeneye (Native); Leucanthemum x supubum ‘Becky’, ‘Snowcap’, Compact Shasta Daisy; Lupinus perennis; Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Chatelaine’ (pink/white); ‘My Castle’ (red/white), ‘The Governor’ (Blue/white), Monarda didyma ‘Balmy Purple’, ‘Jacob Cline’ Tall Scarlet Bee balm; Oenothera berlandieri ‘Siskyou Pink’; Oenothera caespitosa, Tufted Evening Primrose (Native); Phlox paniculata ‘Bright Eyes’, ‘Laura’, ‘Nicky’, ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘Starfire’; Physaria bellii, Bell’s Twinpod (Native); Physostygia ‘Summer Snow, White Obedient Plant; Polemonium viscosum ‘Blue Whirl’; Sagina sublata, Iris Moss; Salvia ‘Blue Hill’; Salvia ‘East Friesland’; Salvia hypargeia; Salvia nemorosa ‘Cardonna’, ‘Rose Marvel’, Scabiosa ‘Flutter Blue’, ‘Flutter White’, ‘Pink Mist’; Solidago ptarmicoides (Native); Sphaeromeria capitata, Rock Tansy (Native); Stachys lanata ‘Helene von Stein’; Symphyotrichum laeve, Smooth Aster BoCo (Native); Thums praecox ‘Coccineus’, Red Creeping Thyme; Thymus pseudolanuginosus, Wooly Thyme; Veronica tauricola, Turkish Rock Speedwell; Verinica ‘Waterperry Blue
New Plants – This Weekend!
Penstemon ‘Silverton’
New Plants!
PERENNIALS
| Achillea | mill. ‘Paprika | ||
| Agastache | aurantiaca ‘Coronado’ *Plant Select | ||
| Allium | ‘Millennium’ | ||
| Aquilegia | barnebeyi | ||
| Aquilegia | chrysantha | ||
| Aquilegia | coerulea | ||
| Aster | alpinus ‘Goliath’ | ||
| Aubrieta | deltoidea ‘Purple Gem’ | ||
| Aurinia | saxatilis ‘Gold Ball’ | ||
| Callirhoe | involucrata | ||
| Campanula | cochleariifolia | ||
| Campanula | poscharskyana | ||
| Centranthus | ruber | ||
| Cerastium | tomentosum | ||
| Coreopsis | verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ | ||
| Delosperma | ‘Firespinner’ *Plant Select | ||
| Delosperma | ‘Mesa Verde’ *Plant Select | ||
| Delosperma | nubigenum | ||
| Delosperma | ‘Red Mt. Flame’ *Plant Select | ||
| Delosperma | ‘Table Mountain’ *Plant Select | ||
| Dianthus | grat. ‘Firewitch’ | ||
| Epilobium | canum garrettii ‘Orange Carpet’
*Plant Select |
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| Erigeron | formosissimum ‘Rambler’ *Plant Select | ||
| Eriogonum | umbellatum | ||
| Eriogonum | umbellatum v aureum ‘Kannah Creek’ *Plant Select | ||
| Erodium | chrysanthum *Plant Select | ||
| Fragaria | vesca americana – Wild Strawberry | ||
| Gaillardia | aristata | ||
| Galium | odoratum, Sweet Woodruff | ||
| Gaura | lindheimeri ‘Summer Breeze’ | ||
| Geranium | macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’ | ||
| Geranium | viscosissimum | ||
| Geum | triflorum | ||
| Gypsophila | repens ‘Rosea’ | ||
| Helianthemum | ‘Wisley Pink’ | ||
| Heuchera | sanguinea ‘Splendens’ | ||
| Heuchera | micrantha ‘Palace Purple’ | ||
| Iberis | sempervirens | ||
| Liatris | ligulistylus | ||
| Liatris | punctata | ||
| Lupinus | polyphyllus ‘The Governor’ | ||
| Mirabilis | multiflora | ||
| Monarda | fistulosa v menthifolia | ||
| Monarda | ‘Gardenview Scarlet’ | ||
| Nepeta | x faassenii | ||
| Nepeta | x faassenii ‘Six Hills Giant’ | ||
| Nepeta | x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’ | ||
| Oenothera | fremontii ‘Shimmer’ *Plant Select | ||
| Oenothera | macrocarpa | ||
| Origanum | levigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ | ||
| Paxistima | canbyi, Mountain Lover | ||
| Penstemon | linifolia coloradoensis ‘Silverton’
*Plant Select |
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| Penstemon | mensarum | ||
| Penstemon | rostriflorus | ||
| Penstemon | xylus, Tushar Penstemon | ||
| Potentilla | neumanniana ‘Nana’ | ||
| Prunella | laciniata | ||
| Pulsatilla | vulgaris | ||
| Pulsatilla | vulgaris ‘Red Clock’ | ||
| Rudbeckia | fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ | ||
| Salvia | azurea grandiflora, Pitcher Sage | ||
| Salvia | daghestanica, Platinum Sage
*Plant Select |
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| Salvia | x lemmonii ‘Windwalker Desert Rose’
*Plant Select |
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| Salvia | reptans ‘Autumn Sapphire’
*Plant Select |
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| Salvia | ‘Windwalker Royal Red’ | ||
| Santolina | chamaecyparrissus, Lavender Cotton | ||
| Saponaria | ocymoides, Rock Soapwort | ||
| Scrophularia | macarantha, Red Birds in a Tree | ||
| Sedum | acre, Evergreen Stonecrop ‘Goldmoss’ | ||
| Sedum | hybridum, Oakleaf Stonecrop | ||
| Sedum | rupestre ‘Angelina’ | ||
| Sedum | spurium ‘Red Carpet’ | ||
| Sedum | spurium ‘Voodoo’ | ||
| Sisyrichium | montanum, Mountain Blue-Eyed Grass | ||
| Solidago | canadensis ‘Golden Baby’ | ||
| Solidago | rugosa ‘Fireworks’ | ||
| Sphaeralcea | coccinea, Cowboy’s Delight | ||
| Sphaeralcea | munroana, Orange Globe Mallow | ||
| Staychs | lavandulifolia, Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear | ||
| Teucrium | chamaedrys, Wall Germander | ||
| Thermopsis | divaricarpa, Golden Banner | ||
| Thermopsis | lupinoides ‘Golden Candles’ | ||
| Thymus | praecox ‘Albiflorus’, White Creeping Thyme | ||
| Thymus | praecox ‘Coccineus’, Red Creeping Thyme | ||
| Thymus | praecox ‘Minus’, Dwarf Creeping Thyme | ||
| Thymus | praecox pseudolanuginosus, Wooly Thyme | ||
| Tradescantia | occidentalis, Western Spiderwort | ||
| Veronica | x ‘Crystal River’ *Plant Select | ||
| Veronica | liwanensis, Turkish Speedwell | ||
| Veronica | pectinata, Wooly Speedwell | ||
| Veronica | prostrata, Prostrate Speedwell | ||
| Veronica | x ‘Snowmass’ Speedwell *Plant Select | ||
| Veronica | specata incana, Silver Speedwell | ||
| Veronica | ‘Sunny Border Blue’ | ||
| Vinca | major, Big-leaf Periwinkle | ||
| Vinca | minor ‘Bowles Variety’ | ||
| Viola | corsica, Corsican Viola | ||
| Waldesteinia | ternata, Barren Strawberry | ||
New In Store – This Weekend!
Pansy Ullswater
New Plants!
PANSY, VIOLA
Pansy – ‘Alpenglow’, ‘Beaconsfield’, ‘Claret’, ‘Silver Bride’, ‘Ullswater’ (pictured)
Viola – ‘Bambini’, Johnny Jump-Up, ‘White Perfection’
PERENNIALS
Achillea – ‘Little Moonshine’, ‘Paprika’
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’
Ajuga – reptans ‘Black Scallop’, ‘Bronze Beauty’, ‘Burgundy Glow’, ‘Catlin’s Giant’; A. tenorii ‘Chocolate Chip’
Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’
Delosperma (Iceplant) – ‘Firespinner’, ‘Garnet Jewel of the Desert’, Yellow Hardy Iceplant, ‘Ruby Jewel of the Desert’
Ibiris ‘Purity’
Lamium ‘Orchid Frost’
Oenothera ‘Siskyou Pink’
Phlox – ‘Crimson’s Beauty’, ‘Drummond’s Pink’, ‘Purple Beauty’, ‘White’, ‘Rose Marvel’
Sedum – ‘Angelina’, ‘Dragon’s Blood’
Stachys ‘Helen von Stein’
Thyme – ‘Pink Chintz’, Red Creeping Thyme, Elfin, Wooly Thyme, albiflorus
HERBS
Lavender – ‘Hidcote’, ‘Munstead’, vera, ‘Grosso’
Mint – Peppermint, Spearmint, ‘Kentucky Colonel’
Oregano – Greek Oregano
Sage – Green and Purple Culinary sage
Thyme – Lemon thyme, German Winter thyme
FRUIT
Strawberry – Fragaria vesca ‘Alexandria’, ‘Yellow Wonder’
2026 – Native Plants We Often Have For Sale
These are native plants that we often have for sale during the growing season. 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
Acer glabrum (Rocky Mt. Maple) (t)
Acer grandidentatum (Bigtooth Maple) (t)
Achillea lanulosa (Native White Yarrow) (p)
Agastache aurantiaca Coronado
Agastache cana (Hummingbird Mint) (p)
Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
Agastache rupestris (Sunset Hyssop)
Agastache urticifolia
Agave parryi (Hardy Century Plant) (s)
Agave parryi ssp neomexicana (s)
Agave sp. Big Blue
Agave utahensis x parryi v couesii
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion) (p)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon Serviceberry) (s/t)
Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ (Regent Serviceberry) (s)
Amelanchier utahensis (Utah Serviceberry) (s/t)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant) (s)
Amorpha fruticosa (False Indigo) (s)
Amorpha nana (Dwarf Leadplant) (s)
Amsonia jonesii (Jones’ Bluestar) (p)
Achnatherum (Oryzopsis) hymenoides (Indian Rice grass)
Achnatherum Calamagrostis (Silver Spike Grass)
Achnatherum robustum (Sleepy Grass)
Andropogon g. ‘Pawnee’ (Pawnee Big Blustem) (g)
Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) (g)
Anemone (Pulsatilla) patens (Pasque Flower) (p)
Anemone multifida v. globosa (p)
Antennaria dioica (Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria dioica ‘Rubra’ (Red Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria parvifolia (Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria parvifolia ‘McClintock’ (gc)
Antennaria rosea (Pink Pussytoes) (gc)
Antennaria rubra (gc) (Pink Pussytoes) (gc)
Aquilegia barnebyi (p)
Aquilegia canadensis (p)
Aquilegia chrysantha (Southwest Yellow Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’ (p)
Aquilegia coerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia desertorum (Arizona Columbine) (p)
Aquilegia elegantula (Rocky Mt. Red Columbine) (p)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry, Kinnikinnick) (gc)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Chieftain’ (gc/s)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Mock Bearberry’ (gc)
Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Panchito’ (s)Argemone hispida (Rough Prickly Poppy) (p)
Argemone polyanthemos (Prickly Poppy) (p)
Argemone hispida (Rough Prickly Poppy)
Artemisia cana (Silver Sage) (s)
Artemisia filifolia (Sand Sage) (s)
Artemisia frigida (Fringed Sage) (gc)
Artemisia ludoviciana (Prairie Sage) (p,gc)
Artemisia tridentata ssp nova (Black Sage) (s)
Artemisia tridentata (Western Big Sage) (s)
Asclepias arenaria (Western Sand Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias asperula (Antelope Horn Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias hirtella (Tall Green Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed) (p)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) (p)
Asclepias viridis (Green Antelope Horn)
Aster coloradoensis (see Xanthisma coloradoense) (Colorado Aster) (p)
Aster ericoides (See Symphyotrichum ericoides) (Wreath Aster) (p)
Aster laevis (see Symphyotrichum leave) (Smooth Aster) (p)
Aster oblongifolius (see Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) (Aromatic Aster) (p)
Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’ (see Sympyotrichum ob. ‘October Skies’ (p)
Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ (see Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ (p)
Aster porteri (Symphyotrichum porteri) (Porter’s Aster) (p)
Atriplex canescens (Four-wing Saltbush) (s)
Atriplex confertifolia (Shadscale) (s)
Baileya multiradiata (Desert Marigold) (a)
Balsamorrhiza sagittate (Arrowleaf Balsamroot) (p)
Baptisia australis (False Indigo) (p)
Baptisia australis v minor (Dwf. False Indigo) (p)
Baptisia lactea (White False Indigo) (p)
Berlandiera lyrata (Chocolate Flower) (p)
Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Pine Dropseed) (gr)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side Oats Grama) (gr)
Bouteloua curtipendula ‘Trailway’ (gr)
Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) (gr)
Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ (gr)
Callirhoe involucrata (Poppy Mallow, Wine Cups) (p,gc)
Calylophus hartw. lavandulifolius (see Oenothera lavandulifolia) (Lavender-leaf Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus (see Oenothera) hartwegii v fendleri (Fendler’s Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus serrulatus (Dwarf Sundrops) (p)
Calylophus serrulatus “Prairie Lode” (Dwarf Sundrops) (p)
Campanula rotundifolia (Mountain Harebell) (p)
Castilleja integra (Indian Paintbrush) (p)
Ceanothus ovatus (Prairie Redroot) (s)
Celtis occidentalis (Western Hackberry) (t)
Celtis reticulata (Netleaf Hackberry) (t)
Ceratoides (see Krascheninnikovia, Erotia) lanata (Winterfat) (s)
Cercocarpus intricatus (Little-leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s)
Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl-leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s/t)
Cercocarpus montanus (True Leaf Mt. Mahogany) (s)
Chamaebateria millefolium (Fernbush) (s)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow) (t)
Cholla Cactus, hardy species (See Cylindropuntia) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) nauseosus albicaulis (Tall Blue Rabbitbrush) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) nauseosus nauseosus (Dwf. Blue Rabbitbrush) (s)
Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) viscidiflorus (Tall Green Rabbitbrush) (s)
Clematis hirsutissima (Sugar Bowls) (p)
Clematis ligusticifolia (Western Virgins Bower) (v)
Clematis scottii (Scott’s Sugarbowls) (p)
Cornus sericea (Red-twig Dogwood) (s)
Coryphantha missouriensis (Nipple Cactus)
Coryphantha vivipara (Ball Cactus)
Crataegus erythropoda (Red-stemmed Hawthorn) (s)
Cupressus arizonica (see Hesperocyparis arizonica) (Arizona Cypress) (t)
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Silver Cholla) (s)
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Hardy Cholla Cactus) (s)
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) (p)
Dalea Purpurea ‘Stephanie’ (Purple Prairies Clover) (p)
Datura wrightii (meteloides, inoxia) (Angel’s Trumpet, Sacred Datura) (a,p)
Deschampsia caespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass) (gr)
Draba oligosperma (Few-Seeded Draba) (p)
Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaf Coneflower) (p)
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) (p)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) (p)
Echinocereus coccineus (Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus fendleri (Sitting Cactus) (p)
Echunocereus x lloyii (Lloyd’s Hedgehog cactus) (p)
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Purple Candle Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus trigloch. inermis (Spineless Claret Cup Cactus) (p)
Echinocereus viridiflorus (Green Pitaya Cactus)
Ephedra viridis (Mormon Tea) (s)
Eragrostis trichodes (Sand Love Grass) (gr)
Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love Grass) (gr)
Erigeron caespitosa (Tufted Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron compositus (Cutleaf Daisy) (p)
Erigeron formosissimus (Beautiful Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron linearis (Yellow Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron pumilus (Shaggy Fleabane) (p)
Erigeron speciosus (Aspen or Showy Fleabane) (p)
Eriogonum flavum flavum (p)
Eriogonum jamesii (Antelope Sage) (p)
Eriogonum niveum (White Buckwheat) (p)
Eriogonum ovalifolium (Cushion Buckwheat) (p)
Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Flower) (p)
Eriogonum umbellatum v aureum ‘Kannah Creek’ (Kannah Creek Sulphur Flower) (p,gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v aureum (Sulphur Buckwheat) (p, gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v majus (Subalpine Buckwheat) (p, gc)
Eriogonum umbellatum v porteri
Eriogonum wrightii v wrightii (Snow Mesa Buckwheat)
Krascheninnikovia lanata (Winterfat) (s)
Erysimum capitatum (Western Wallflower) (bi)
Erysimum wheeleri (Wheeler’s Wallflower) (bi)
Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume) (s)
Fendlera rupicola (Cliff Fendlerbush) (s)
Forestiera neomexicana (New Mexico Privet) (s)
Fragaria vesca v americana (Wild Strawberry) (p, gc)
Gaillardia aristata (Indian Blanket, Firewheel) (p)
Gaillardia aristata BldrCo (Golden Blanketflower) (p)
Gentiana bigelovii (Bigelow’s Gentian) (p)
Geranium caespitosum (p)
Geranium fremontii (p)
Geranium richardsonii (Richardson’s Geranium) (p)
Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Cranesbill) (p)
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) (p)
Grindellia squarrosa (Rosinweed, Gumweed) (p)
Ipomopsis aggregata (Skyrocket, Scarlet Trumpet) (bi)
Ipomopsis rubra (Scarlet Gilia, Standing Cypress) (bi)
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Snakeweed) (p)
Helianthus maximilliani (Maximillian Sunflower)
Helianthus pumilus (Dwarf Sunflower) (p)
Helianthus salicifolius (Willow-leaf Sunflower) (p)
Hesperaloe parviflora (Red Yucca) (s)
Heterotheca jonesii (p) (Jones’ Goldenaster) (p)
Heterotheca pumila (Alpine Goldenaster) (p)
Holodiscus discolor (Creambush) (s)
Holodiscus dumosus (Rock Spirea, Ocean-spray) (s)
Humulus lupulus ‘Aureus’ (Golden Hops) (v)
Humulus lupulus v neomexicanus (New Mexico Hops) (v)
Hymenopappus filifolius (Threadleaf Sunflower) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) acaulis (Sundancer Daisy) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) argentea (Bitterweed) (p)
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) grandiflora (Old Man of the Mountain, Alpine Sunflower) (p)
Hymenoxys (Helenium) hoopesii (Owl’s Claw) p
Hymenoxys (Tetraneuris) scaposa ‘Prairie Sunshine’ (Perky Sue) (p)
Ipomoea leptophylla (Bush Morning Glory) (p)
Iris missouriensis (Native Wild Iris) (p)
Jamesia americana (Wax Flower) (s)
Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) (s, gc)
Juniperus monosperma (One-Seed Juniper) (t)
Liatris aspera (Rough Gayfeather) (p)
Liatris ligulistylis (Rocky Mountain Gayfeather) (p)
Liatris punctata (Spotted Gayfeather, Blazing Star) (p)
Lilium philadelphicum (Wood Lily) (p)
Linum lewisii (Native Blue Flax) (p)
Lithospermum multiflorum (Many-flowered Puccoon) (p)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) (p)
Machaeranthera bigelovii (Bigelow’s Tansyaster) (bi)
Machaeranthera pattersonii (syn. M. bigelovii) (bi)
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Tahoka Daisy) (bi)
Mahonia fremontii (Fremont’s Desert Holly) (s)
Mahonia haematocarpa (Desert Holly) (s)
Mahonia repens (Creeping Mahonia) (gc)
Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot Daisy) (p)
Menodora scabra (Rough Menodora) (subshrub)
Mentzelia decapetala (Blazing Star) (b/p)
Mentzelia nuda (Bractless Blazing Star) (p)
Mirabilis multiflora (Desert Four O’Clock) (p)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot, Bee-balm) (p)
Monarda fistulosa v. menthifolia (Wild Bergamot, Native Bee-balm) (p)
Monardella macrantha ‘Marion Sampson’ (Scarlet Coyote Mint) (p)
Muhlenbergia rigens (Deergrass) (gr)
Nolina microcarpa (Beargrass) (s)
Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily) (p)
Oenothera howardii (Boulder Native Evening Primrose) (p)
Oenothera macrocarpa (missouriensis) (Missouri Evening Primrose)
Oenothera macrocarpa incana “Comanche Campfire’ (Comanche Campfire Evening Primrose) (p)
Oenothera macrocarpa incana “Silver Blade” (Silver Blade Evening Primrose) (p)
Opuntia fragilis (Brittle Prickly Pear cactus) (p)
Opuntia fragilis var. denudata ‘Potato’ (Potato cactus)
Opuntia basilaris (Beavertail Cactus) (p)
Opuntia polyacantha ‘Peter Pan’ (Peter Pan Dwf. Prickly Pear Cactus) (p,gc)
Opuntia hybrids (Hybrid Prickly Pear cacti) (p)
Oryzopsis (Acnatherum) hymenoides (Indian Rice Grass) (gr)
Oxytropis besseyi (Bessey’s Locoweed) (p)
Oxytropis lambertii (Lambert’s Loco Weed) (p)
Oxytropis multiceps (p)
Oxytropis sericea (Silky Locoweed) (p)
Oxytropis splendens (Showy Locoweed) (p)
Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) (gr)
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ (Blue Prairie Switchgrass) (gr)
Panicum v. ‘Shenandoah’ (gr)
Paxistima canbyi (Mountain-lover) (s,gc)
Pediocactus simpsonii (Mountain Ball Cactus)
Penstemon alamosensis (p)
Penstemon alpinus (p)
Penstemon ambiguus (Sand Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon angustifolius (Pagoda Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon arenicola (Sand Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon barbatus (Scarlet Bugler) (p)
Penstemon brandegeei (Brandege’s Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon caespitosus (Bluemat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon cardinalis (Cardinal Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon clutei (Sunset Crater Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon crandallii (Crandall’s Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon cyananthus (Wasatch Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon glaber (Smooth Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon grandiflorus (Shell-leaf Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon grandiflorus ‘Prairie Jewel’ (p)
Penstemon hallii (p)
Penstemon jamesii (James’ Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon lin. ssp coloradoensis ‘Silverton’ (Silverton Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon lin. ssp sileri (Siler’s Mat Penstemon (p)
Penstemon linarioides (Mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon mensarum (Grand Mesa Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon palmeri (Fragrant Beardtongue) (p)
Penstemon pin. ‘Mersea’s Yellow’ (Yellow Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pin. v. ‘Compactum’ (dwf. Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pinifolius (Pineleaf Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Sunset Glow’ (Sunset Glow Penstemon) (p,gc)
Penstemon procerus (Smallflowered Penstemon)
Penstemon pseudospectabilis (Desert Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon rostriflorus (Bridges’ Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon rydbergii (Rydberg’s Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon secundiflorus (Sidebells Penstemon, Orchid Beardtongue,) (p)
Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt. Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon strictus ‘Bandera’ (p)
Penstemon superbus (Coral Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon teucroides (Pine-mat Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virens (Blue Mist/Foothills Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virgatus (Wandbloom Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon virgatus ssp.asa-grayi (Wandbloom Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon whippleanus (Dusky Penstemon) (p)
Penstemon xylus (Tushar Mt. Penstemon) (p)
Petalostemon (Dalea) purpureum (Purple Prairie Clover) (p)
Philadelphus lewisii “Cheyenne” (Cheyenne Mockorange) (s)
Philadelphus microphyllus (Littleleaf Mockorange) (s)
Physaria bellii (Bell’s Twinpod) (p)
Physocarpus monogynus (Mountain Ninebark) (s)
Physocarpus monogynus ‘Grey Rock’ (Grey Rock Mountain Ninebark) (s)
Picea pungens (Blue Spruce) (t)
Pinus aristata (Bristlecone Pine) (t)
Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Pinyon Pine) (t)
Pinus cembroides var. edulis, dwf. (Dwarf Pinyon Pine) (s)
Pinus flexilis, dwarf (Limber Pine (s)
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine) (t)
Polemonium foliosissimum (Towering Jacob’s Ladder) (p)
Polemonium reptans (Creeping Jacob’s Ladder) (p)
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen) (t)
Prunus americana (Wild Plum) (s/t)
Prunus besseyi (Western Sand Cherry) (s)
Prunus besseyi ‘Boulder Weeping’ (Weeping Western Sandcherry) (s, gc)
Prunus besseyi “Pawnee Buttes” (Dwf. Western Sandcherry) (s)
Prunus virginiana (Western Sandcherry) (s/t)
Psilostrophe tagetina (Paperflower) (monocarpic)
Pulsatilla patens (Pasqueflower) (p)
Purshia stansburyana (syn. Cowania Mexicana) (Cliffrose) (s)
Purshia tridentata (Antelope Bitterbrush) (s)
Quercus gambelii (Gambel Oak) (t)
Quercus gambelii ‘Gila Monster’ (t)
Quercus turbinella (Shrub Live Oak) (t)
Quercus undulata (Wavyleaf Oak) (t)
Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat Coneflower)(p)
Ratibida columnifera var. pulcherrima (Red Mexican Hat) (p)
Rhus glabra cismontana (Rocky Mt. Sumac) (s)
Rhus glabra laciniata (Cutleaf Rocky Mt. Sumac) (s)
Rhus trilobata (Three-leaf Sumac, Skunkbush) (s)
Rhus trilobata ‘Autumn Amber’ (Autumn Amber Creeping Three-leaf Sumac) (s, gc)
Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) (s)
Ribes aureum ‘Gwen’s Buffalo’ (Gwen’s Buffalo Currant) (s)
Ribes cereum (Wax Currant) (s)
Ribes odoratum “Crandall” (Crandall Clove Currant) (s)
Robinia neomexicana (New Mexico Locust) (s)
Rosa arkansana (Prairie Rose) (s)
Rosa woodsii (Woods’ Rose) (s)
Rubus deliciosus (Boulder Raspberry) (s)
Rudbeckia hirta (Blackeyed Susan) (p)
Rudbeckia laciniata (p)
Rudbeckia missouriensis (p)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Coneflower) (p)
Rudbeckia tomentosa (short-lived perenn.)
Salix irrorata (Bluestem Willow) (s)
Salvia azurea ssp grandiflora (p)
Salvia dorrii (Purple Sage) (p)
Salvia pitcheri (Pitcher Sage) (p)
Salvia reptans (Sand Sage) (p)
Sambucus racemosa (syn. S. pubens) (Red Elderberry) (s)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blaze’ (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘ Blue Heaven’ (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ (gr)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (gr)
Scutellaria resinosa (Prairie Skullcap) (p)
Scutellaria resinosa ‘Smoky Hills’ (Smoky Hills Prairie Skullcap)
Sedum lanceolatum (Stonecrop) (p,gc)
Senecio fendleri (p)
Senecio plattenensis (p)
Senecio spartioides (p)
Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry) (s)
Shepherdia argentea ‘Silver Totem’ (Silver Totem Buffaloberry) (s)
Shepherdia argentea x rotundifolia (s)
Silene laciniata ((Fringed Indian Pink) p)
Silene regia (Royal Catchfly) (p)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Sisyrinchium campestre (Blue-eyed Grass) (p)
Solidago nana (Dwarf Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago ptarmicoides (Upland White Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod) (p)
Solidago speciosa ‘Wichita Mountains’ (p)
Solidago petiolaris (Downy Goldenrod) (p)
Sorbus scopulina (Native Mountain Ash) (t)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass) (gr)
Sorghastrum nutans ‘Pawnee’ (‘Pawnee’ Indian Grass) (gr)
Sphaeralcea fendleri (fender’s Globemallow) (p)
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Cowboy’s Delight) (p)
Sphaeralcea munroana (Orange Globe Mallow) (p)
Sporobolis airoides (Alkali Sacaton) (gr)
Sporobolis wrightii (Giant, Wright’s Sacaton) (gr)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed) (gr)
Stanleya pinnata (Prince’s Plume) (p)
Symphoricarpus oreophyllus (Mountain Snowberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus occidentalis (Wolfberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus albus (Western Snowberry) (s)
Symphoricarpus rotundifolius) (see S. oreophyllus) (s)
Talinum calycinum (Rock Rose) (a/p)
Thermopsis divaricarpa (Native Golden Banner) (p)
Thermopsis montana (Mountain Golden Banner) (p)
Townsendia grandiflora (showy Townsendia) ()
Townsendia eximia (Rocky Mt.Townsend Daisy) (bi)
Townsendia hookeri (Hooker’s Townsend Daisy) (p)
Tradescantia occidentalis (Western Spiderwort) (p)
Verbena (Glandularia) bipinnatifida (Prairie Verbena) (p)
Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain) (p)
Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain) (p)
Verbena (Glandularia) wrightii (Davis Mts. Mock Vervain) (p)
Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape) (v)
Wyethia (Scabrethia) scabra (Badlands Mule Ears) (p)
Wyethia helianthoides (White Mule Ears) (p)
Yucca baccata (Broadleaf Yucca, Banana Yucca) (s)
Yucca elata (Soap Tree Yucca) (s)
Yucca nana (Dwarf Yucca) (s)
Yucca glauca (Soapweed Yucca) (s)
Yucca harrimaniae (Dollhouse Yucca) (s)
Zinnia grandiflora (Prairie Zinnia) (p)
Zizia aptera (Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (p)
A Natural Home ‘Remedy’ Cabinet
With the disruption and confusion over our national health care system this month, we’re more committed than ever to sharing information on how to create your own home ‘farm-acy’. Watch our class schedule for expanded home herb garden and herbal healing classes during the growing season.
Today we’re sharing local herbalist and educator Mitten Lowe’s list of what she keeps in her home remedy cabinet.
Hawthorn and Tulsi to ease your Gut
Sometimes we overdo heavier food and drink during the holidays, and our stomach suffers. Mitten Lowe (our friend and frequent teacher at Harlequin’s Gardens) suggests this easy-to-make Hawthorn and Tulsi vinegar and honey mixture (an oxymel).
We had an abundant harvest of Hawthorn berries at the nursery this fall. If you have room consider adding a Hawthorn tree to your garden this spring. [Read More]
Fall is for Seeding Meadows!
One of the beautiful alternatives to a standard, water-thirsty, solid green, mowed Kentucky Bluegrass lawn is a naturalistic meadow composed of low-water clumping grasses and wildflowers.
This approach offers plant diversity, an ever-changing, dynamic sequence of colors and textures throughout the seasons, and provides sustenance and habitat for beneficial insects, pollinators, birds and other small critters. If this sounds good to you, now is the time to plan and prepare, and buy grass seed mixes on sale for 15% off! We also have lots of wildflower seeds to add to the grasses – mixes for specific pollinators and situations, as well as individual species.[Read More]
Time to Dig the Dahlias!
We cut, dig and store our dahlia tubers just after the first frost. Our friends at Arrowhead Dahlias have easy instructions.
Dahlia tubers will not survive if they freeze, so they must be dug in cold climates like ours.
You can divide in spring or fall – it takes practice and patience, but it is well worth the trouble.[Read More]
Fragrant Lavender and Rosemary, to Plant Now – or to Pot Up!
We still have Lavender (Munstead, Buena Vista, Hidcote and Grosso), and if you want to plant them this season, get them this week on sale for 20% off! Any plants left after that will be potted up for next year. Because it is evergreen, newly planted lavender is more sensitive to hard frost than many other hardy perennials, so to give them a chance to establish before very cold weather arrives, plant them NOW. If you garden at an elevation higher than 6,000’, we recommend waiting to plant lavender next spring.
Rosemary ‘Madeline Hill’ is still in stock, and on sale! [Read More]
Plant Now for Your Fall Veggie Garden
Your Fall Vegetable Garden Starts Here!
Hard to believe we’re just over 60 days from the average first frost in Boulder County! It’s the perfect time to get your fall vegetable garden in. We have the seeds, and seedlings you’ll need (seedlings expected to be available this weekend or early next week).
Choose from Botanical Interest seeds like beets, radish, greens, and more. Choose plants with 45 – 50 ‘days to harvest’ to ensure a harvest before the first hard frost. Or, be prepared to extend the season with ‘Ensulate’ row-cover fabric.
High Spring Walks on the Wild Side
Yesterday we managed to sneak away from work and visit a couple of the fabulous Open Space parks in the foothills. We were too late to see the Pasque Flowers in bloom, but we were surrounded by botanical treasures, nonetheless. A picture is worth a thousand words, so this will be mostly a photo essay of most of the species we encountered. However, you might want to know that in spite of being difficult or impossible to find in nursery production, quite a few of these native treasures have been offered or are currently offered at Harlequin’s Gardens this year.
Great Selection of Dwarf Native Conifers
We finally got a chance to bring out our excellent and unique selection of Native Conifers! Most of them are special dwarf forms that can easily fit in a home garden. These accent plants can give structure and winter interest to elevate your garden design in all seasons.
What’s special about our dwarf conifers? First of all, most of them are Colorado and regional (CO, UT, NM) native species. This makes them easy to grow in Colorado gardens.
Second, most are selections made by the late, great plantsman Jerry Morris, who devoted his career to searching out the dwarf forms of conifers in our forests.
Get Big Results in Small Spaces with Container Gardening
We know that not all of customers live in a house with a yard. Many of you live in apartments or condominiums or townhomes and have only a balcony or a very small patio on which to grow anything outdoors. We would love to help you make the most of your outdoor space, even if it’s tiny.
Many vegetables, ornamental annuals, and most culinary herbs can be planted in almost any kind of container as long as there’s sufficient width and depth to accommodate the roots and enough soil mass to hold sufficient water.