Xeriscape Rock Garden
Some of these plants have been in the garden with 5 waterings a year or less since 1985; some were planted in the fall of ’06. All are great xeriscape plants that are sustainable in Colorado, given some care. Beginning in 2007, this garden will be watered 7 times a year.
This is a western-looking garden and is one example of how to grow plants sustainably in Colorado. We don’t have the time to be too fussy with it so if you come out for a visit, you may see some weeds and a bare spot or so. The purpose of this garden is not to be a photo exhibition for Fine Gardening magazine, but to be a model for how any homeowner with a busy schedule might be able to create a naturalized garden in Colorado.
Acaena saccaticupula
Acantholimon embergem
Acantholimon glumacium
Acantholimon hohenackeri
Acantholimon litwinowii
Acantholimon venustum
Achillea ageratifolia (Greek Yarrow)
Achillea kellereri (Keller’s Yarrow)
Achillea lanulosa (Native Yarrow)
Achillea serbica
Aethionema ‘Warley Rose’
Aethionema capitatum
Aethionema grandiflora
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Coronado’
Agastache rupestris
Agave havardiana
Agave parryi neomexicana
Alchemilla erythropoda (Dwarf Ladies Mantle)
Allium cyanthophorum var. farreri
Allium mairii v. amabile
Allium rotuntum
Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
Allium senescens glaucum
Allium sphaerocehalum (Drumstick Allium)
Alyssoides graeca (Greek Bladderpod)
Alyssum stribrnyi
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata maxim
Amsonia (pale blue)
Androsace languinosa
Antennaria ‘Silver Carpet’
Anthemis biebersteiniana
Aquilegia desertorum
Aquilegia spp. (volunteers)
Arabis bryoides
Arabis pumilus
Arctostaphylos nevadensis ‘Panchito’
Artemisia campestris (Wild Tarragon)
Artemisia caucasica (assoana)
Artemisia filifolia (Sand Sage)
Artemisia frigida (Fringed Sage, Silver Sage)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Artemisia ludoviciana ‘Valerie Finnis’
Artemisia tridentata (Big Sage)
Artemisia versicolor
Atriplex canescens (Four-wing Saltbrush)
Aubrieta ‘Triple Gem’
Aubrieta ‘White Wall Gem’
Aurinia saxatilis (Basket of Gold)
Ballota pseudodictamnus ‘Nana’
Betonica foliosa
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
Brunnera macrophylla (Perennial Forget-me-Not)
Buxus ‘Julia Jane’
Calylophus serrulatus (Sundrops)
Campanula garganica
Ceanothus fendleri (Buckbrush)
Cephalaria tatarica
Cerastium candidissimum
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago)
Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany)
Champlain-rose
Chrysothamnus nauseosus nauseosus (Dwarf Blue Rabbitbrush)
Clematis ‘Bill McKenzie’
Clematis ‘Niobe’
Clematis ligusticifolia (Western Virgin’s Bower)
Clematis recta
Clematis texensis ‘Gravetye Beauty’
Colula hispida
Convallaria majallis (Lily of the Valley)
Convolvulus assyricus
Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’
Coreopsis lanceolata
Cotyledon orbiculata
Cyclamen hederifolium (Hardy Cyclamen)
Darlow’s Enigma-rose
Delosperma dyeri
Dianthus ‘Blue Hills’
Dianthus ‘Cheyenne’
Dianthus ‘Lemon Souffle’
Dianthus ferrugineus
Dianthus fragrans
Dianthus nardiformis
Dianthus petraeus v. noeanus
Dianthus simulans
Digitalis obscura
Draba sp. Balkar Dag
Dracocephalum botryoides
Dusky Maiden-rose
Dwarf Ponderosa Pine
Ephedra americana
Erianthus ravennae (Hardy Pampas Grass)
Erigeron caespitosa
Erigeron flagellaris (Whiplash Daisy)
Eriogonum heracleifolium
Eriogonum jamesii flavescens
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Flower)
Eriogonum umbellatum Kannah Creek
Erodium chrysanthum
Erodium trifolium
Escholzia californica (California Poppy)
Euonymus fortunei ‘Longwood’
Euonymus fortunei ‘Minima’
Euphorbia dulces ‘Chameleon’
Euphorbia polychrome
Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume)
Felicite Parmentier-rose
Festuca ‘Auslese’
Forestiera neo-mexicana (New Mexican Privet)
Gaura linheimeri ‘Siskiyou Pink’
Gentiana affinis
Gentiana sp.
Gentiana triflorum
Geranium cinereum ‘Splendens’
Geranium fremontii (Fremont Geranium)
Geranium pratense striatum (Harlequin Geranium)
Geranium sanguineum ‘Harlequins Select’
Geum chiloense ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)
Globularia trichosantha
Golden Wings-rose
Gypsophila bungeana
Helianthemum grandiflorum
Helianthemum nummularia
Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose)
Henry Kelsey-rose
Heterotheca jonesii
Heuchera ‘Canyon Belle’
Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’
Heuchera ‘Firefly’
Iberis sempervirens (Evergreen Candytuft)
Iberis sempervirens ‘Little Gem’ (Dwf. Evergreen Candytuft)
Iberis sempervirens from Dedegal Dag
Iris orientalis
John Cabot-rose
Jovibarba heufflei
Koelreuteria paniculata (Golden Rain Tree)
Lavandula angustifolia from Rocky Mt. Rare Plants
Lavatera thuringiaca
Lawrence Johnston-rose
Leucocrinum montanum (Sand Lily)
Lewisia cotyledon
Liatris punctata (Gayfeather, Blazing Star)
Limonium gmelinii
Limonium gougetianum
Linum flavum compactum
Lithospermum multiflorum (Many-flowered Puccoon)
Lithospermum purpurcocoeruleum
Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’ (Hall’s Honeysuckle)
Lupinus grayii
Lysimachia punctata (Yellow Loosestrife)
Macherantha pattersonii
Mahonia fremontii (Desert Mahonia)
Maigold-rose
Marrubium cylleneum
Marrubium rotundifolium
Mirabilis multiflora (Desert Four-O’Clock)
Myrrhis odoratus (Sweet Cecily)
Nearly Wild-rose
Nepeta phyllochlamya
Nepeta sibthorpii
Nolina texana (N. greenei) (Beargrass)
Oenothera longiflora
Onosma echioides
Opening Act-rose
Opuntia (with small pads, magenta flowers)
Origanum sipyleum
Origanum vulgare ‘Norton’s Gold’
Othello-rose
Oxytropis multiceps
Parkdirektor Riggers-rose
Paronychia kepela
Paxistima canbyi
Pelargonium endlicherianum
Penstemon clutei
Penstemon mensarum
Penstemon secundiflorus (Sidebells Penstemon)
Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt. Penstemon)
Penstemon virens
Phlox subulata ‘Boothman’s Variety’ (Boothman’s Creeping Phlox)
Phlox subulata ‘Millstream Jupiter’
Picea glauca ‘Conica’ (Dwarf Alberta Spruce)
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Potentilla argentea
Potentilla pamirica
Psilostrophe tagetina
Ptilotrichum spinosum roseum
Reine des Violettes-rose
Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Rosa moyesii ‘Geranium’
Rosa spinosissima
Rose de Rescht
Salvia greggii
Salvia pachyphylla
Sambucus canadensis ‘Sutherland’ (Cutleaf Golden Elder)
Santolina chamaecyparris nana (Dwarf Grey Santolina)
Saponaria ‘Max Frei’
Saponaria caespitosa
Satureja altaica
Satureja montana repens
Satureja sp. ‘Big Blue’
Scabiosa caucasica nana
Scabiosa lucida
Scabiosa superba ‘Mongolian Mist’
Scutellaria supina
Sedum ‘Bronze Carpet’
Sedum album
Sedum cauticola ‘Lidakense’
Sedum littorale
Sedum populifolium
Sedum reflexum (Pinetree Sedum)
Sedum selskianum ‘Variegata’
Sedum spectabilis ‘Autumn Joy’
Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
Sedum tatarinowii
Sedum tetractinum
Sempervivum ‘Ohio Burgundy’
Sempervivum arachnoides
Sempervivum ballsii
Sempervivum funkii
Seseli gummiferum
Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry)
Sideritis taurica (scardica)
Silene regia
Sphaeralcea incana (Globe Mallow)
Spirea bumalda ‘Goldflame’
Spirea ‘Cheyenne Snowmound’
Sporobolus wrightii (Wright’s Sacaton)
Stachys byzantina (Lambs Ears)
Stachys iva
Talinum spinescens
Tanacetum densum var. amani
Tanacetum praeteritium
Tanacetum vulgare crispum
Thalictrum fendleri
The Fairy-rose
Thymus ‘Back Wall’
Thymus ‘Chehalum Valley’
Thymus ‘Provencal’
Thymus baeticus
Thymus baeticus
Thymus neiceffii
Thymus sp. Lemon scented
Tradescantia occidentalis
Verbascum acaule
Veronica sp. from Ala Dag
Veronica allioni
Veronica armena
Veronica cinerea
Veronica liwanensis (Turkish Veronica)
Veronica oltensis
Veronica orsiniana
Veronica pectinata
Veronica prostrata
Veronica prostrata ‘Dick’s Wine’
Veronica sp. from Bulkar Dag
Veronica surculosa
Veronica teucroides ‘Konigsblau’
Veronica thymoides pseudocineria
Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring Tree)
Vinca major
Vinca minor
Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)
Yucca harrimanii
Zinnia grandiflora
Zizophora altaica x J. Halda