Agastache cana – Bubblegum Mint
Agastache foeniculum – Anise Hyssop
Agastache rupestris – Licorice Mint
Salvia reptans – Texas Sand Sage
Salvia coccinea – Red Sage
Scrophularia macrantha – Red Birds in a Tree
Zinnia grandiflora – Prairie Zinnia
Gaura lindheimeri – Whirling Butterflies, Appleblossom Grass
Saponaria x ‘Max Frei’ – ‘Max Frei’ Soapwort
Chrysothamnus naus. nauseosus – Dwf. Blue Rabbitbrush
Sphaeralcea fendleri – Fendler’s Globemallow
Fallugia paradoxa – Apache Plume
Verbesina encelioides – Cowpen Daisy
Berlandiera lyrata – Chocolate Flower
Ceratostigma plantaginoides – Hardy Plumbago
Symphyotrichum leave – Smooth ASter
Symphyotrichum ericoides – Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Anemone hybrida – Japanese Windflower
Eschscholtzia californica – California Poppy
Eriogonum wrightii v wrightii – Snow Mesa Buckwheat
Grindellia squarrosa – Rosinweed
Helianthus maximillianus – Maximillian Sunflower
Crocus speciosus – Autumn Crocus
Crocus sativa – Saffron Crocus
Cyclamen hederifolium – Ivy-leaf Cyclamen
Ipomopsis rubra – Standing Cypress, Scarlet Gilia
Helenium amarum ‘Dakota Gold’
Sedum telephium ‘Matrona’ and others
Solidago speciosa –
Clematis integrifolia – herbaceous Clematis
Satureja montana – Winter Savory
Verbena bonariensis – Purpletop
Verbena rigida ‘Santos Purple’
Monarch butterflies previously considered Threatened, have now been classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s most comprehensive scientific authority on the status of species. Two major driving factors are habitat loss (and thus, food loss), and climate change. 
We’re excited that the City of Boulder is gathering feedback from the community about how we use our yards, preferences for landscaping and interest in a citywide effort to create pollinator habitat patches and pathways. Pollinator pathways connect safe, pesticide-free native plant patches of habitat for bees, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife to provide food and nesting sites. Native pollinators are vital to our ecosystems and pathways support pollinator populations, as well as safe passage for movement across the city.
Hummingbirds are zipping and humming and sipping around our gardens, partaking of the summer’s bounty of nectar-rich flowers, many of which are ‘color-coded’ specifically to attract them. And you’ll want hummers in your garden, not only because they’re beautiful, not only because some plants depend on them for pollination, not only because migratory birds are imperiled, but also because they eat prodigious numbers of small flying insects like mosquitoes! And did you know, some hummingbird have been known to live up to 25 years!