Native Plants

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 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)