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Escape to the Tundra

King’s Crown – Rhodiola integrifolia

In early July, Mikl and I always take some time off to celebrate our wedding anniversary, and to escape the Front Range heat. This year, we decided on a stay-cation, with day-trip forays into the high alpine tundra, so easy for us to access from here. Just as spring came early down here at a mere mile above sea level, so it did up in the mountains. In past years, our early July trips to the alpine zone brought us to snowfields in mid-melt, revealing the very first blooms of the tundra –  mostly with their feet in the water. [Read More]

How to Plant in July

How To Plant in July And Keep Your Gardens Alive!

1) Before planting , prepare the soil by adding 2″ of compost and dig it into the to top 6″-8″ of soil OR Add 1″-2″ of expanded shale with the compost, then dig it in. This will open clay soil, increasing both porosity (aeration) and water holding capacity. Set the prepared soil aside.

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Harlequin’s Gardens Pollinator Garden

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.

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Mouthwatering STRAWBERRIES on Sale THIS WEEK for 20% off!

When you buy fresh strawberries at the grocery store, are they ripe? No. Delicious? No. Expensive? Yes. Enough said.

Earliglow: Many people miss out on the best-tasting strawberries because they are “June bearing.” Why buy ‘Earliglow’ Strawberry when it only fruits in June? Because the flavor is fabulous and because it produces a lot all through the month, so even a small patch can produce enough berries for bowls or strawberry shortcakes you will remember. A bigger patch yields enough for preserves, too. “Earliglow is prized for its rich, classic heirloom sweetness, glossy red skin and firm texture. Highly vigorous and cold-hardy, this variety is exceptionally beginner-friendly and renowned for producing abundant runners (more plants). It is perfect for fresh eating, freezing and jams. It is also disease resistant.

Ogallala: A vigorous, very cold-hardy, ‘everbearing’ strawberry that “combines the sweet, intense flavor of the Rocky Mt. wild strawberry with the large size of traditional garden varieties.” (McKay Nursery) It was bred at the Cheyenne Horticultural Station to withstand drought, zone 3 cold, heat and exposure. It has a long season and is high yielding. A small patch can provide delicious grazing, offering a few ripe fruits just about
every day from June to September.

For a limited time, these two strawberry varieties are available at 20% off the regular price. ENJOY!

Top Fragrant Roses In Stock

Zepherine Droulin

Yes, I know. Here we are, talking about roses and about how to control the Japanese beetles that love them, in the same newsletter. Well, fragrant heirloom roses are worth it! And we currently have stock of some of the most sought-after varieties. Cases in point include Zephirine Drouhin, an heirloom climbing Bourbon rose with completely thornless canes and elegantly scrolled, very fragrant medium pink blossoms that repeat-bloom. Zephirine is perfect for growing on an arched entry trellis, especially where she gets afternoon shade, topping out at 6 to 7 feet tall.

Then there’s heirloom Rose de Rescht, purportedly from Ispahan, Iran, and known as one of the very most fragrant roses

Rose de Rescht

ever. The bush blooms first on old wood, then again on new canes. The 2-3” flowers are packed with deep magenta-purple petals and unforgettable fragrance. She grows in a compact shrubby form, without any floppy, arching branches, to anywhere from 3 to 5 feet tall and wide.

Of course we stock many great roses, many of which are fragrant, all grown on their own roots.

Clematis fruticosa – ‘Mongolian Gold’

Looking for a compact shrub that blooms all through July? And August, and into September? ‘Mongolian Gold’ Clematis may be your answer. Eve’s has graced her front yard for about 30 years, and reliably makes a mound about 2 feet high and 3 feet wide every year. Most people assume that all Clematis are vines, but this is an exception. Mongolian Gold begins blooming in early July and just keeps going and going. Honeybees and native bees visit the lightly fragrant pendant yellow flowers often. In Eve’s garden, Mongolian Gold Clematis is located under the southeast edge of the canopy of a very large Douglas Fir tree that’s been limbed up, so it receives full sun in winter, and in the morning from spring through fall. It is watered only occasionally. It has a somewhat weeping habit and makes a perfect accent shrub where its branches can cascade over a short wall. The plant makes a permanent woody base framework that, once mature, should be pruned yearly in February to shorten the previous year’s slender stems. We’ve never seen any pest damage on Mongolian Gold.

 

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.

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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
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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

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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.

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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

 

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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.

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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

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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.

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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:

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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.

 

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Curing Winter Squash for Storage

butternut squash

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:

  1. “Any damaged squash should be used as soon as possible. 
  2. Delicatas, Acorns, and Buttercups should be used within a month or two.
  3. Hubbards, Pie squash, and pumpkins can last up to four months.
  4. 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.

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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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2025 Roses in 4″ Pots

Rosa nutkana

Alba suaveolens

Autumn Damask

Banshee

Baronne Prevost

JoAn’s Pink Perpetual

Marchesa Bocchella

Sidonie

Zephirine Drouhin

AUSlot – Sophy’s Rose

AUSmove – Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Autumn Sunblaze

Autumn Sunset

Awakening

Bill Reid

Bridal Sunblaze

Brilliant Veranda

Burgundy Iceberg

Carefree Beauty

Carefree Spirit

Carefree Delight

Celestial Night

Champlain

Cinco de Mayo

Cream Veranda

Denver’s Dream

Diamond Eyes

Dortmond

Earth Angel

Fairmount Proserpine

Firecracker Kolorscape

Fred Loads

Fun in the Sun

Gail’s Glauca Seedling

Gourmet Popcorn

Home Run

Iceberg

Jacqueline du Pre

Jasmina

Jeanne Lajoie

Julia Child

Lady in Red

Laguna

Lemon Fizz Kolorscape

Life’s Little Pleasures

Mandarin Sunblaze

Margaret Merril

Millie Walters

Morden Belle

Morden Blush

Morden Fireglow

Parkdirektor Riggers

Peach Sunblaze

Playboy

Plum Perfect

Red Meidland

Red Ribbons

Red Sunblaze

Rise n Shine

Robusta

Roxanne Veranda

Sally Holmes

Sister Soul Sunbelt

Sunbeam Veranda

Sweet Chariot

Trumpeter

Twilight Zone

Westerland

William Baffin

 

 

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
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
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
Salvia x lemmonii ‘Windwalker Desert Rose’

*Plant Select
Salvia reptans ‘Autumn Sapphire’

*Plant Select
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.

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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]