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Home | Plants | Water-wise Shrubs Available Now

Water-wise Shrubs Available Now

March 3, 2026

Our healthy, overwintered and water-wise shrubs are waking up! Choose from Manzanita, Banana Yucca and Creeping Mahonia.

  • 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.
  • Berberis repens, Creeping Mahonia. A tough, evergreen native groundcover.18″ tall. Deer resistant, yellow spring flowers followed by edible berries, drought tolerant.

  • Yucca batata, Banana Yucca. This Rocky Mountain native usually grows as a single, stemless plant but sometimes will form clumps. Spine-tipped leaves are up to 30″ long. The flowering stem is up to 40″ tall with large, fleshy white flowers. Cold hardy, supports pollinators, drought tolerant. The edible fruit are banana shaped!

We’re bring out more shrubs daily, plus over-wintered perennials. And don’t forget to brows our houseplants inside the shop!

  • Banana Yucca

Tags: houseplants, sustainable gardening Categories: Plants, Blog, Shrubs, OLD-Blog

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Our plants are for sale ONLY at our Boulder location. We DO NOT ship plants or any other products.  Come visit us!

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303-939-9403 (Retail)
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4795 North 26th St
Boulder, CO 80301

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Our Hours

JANUARY-FEBRUARY HOURS:
Thursday-Saturday, 10AM-4PM

MARCH HOURS:
Thursday-Sunday, 9AM-5PM

APRIL-OCTOBER HOURS:
Tuesday-Sunday, 9AM-5PM
Closing end of Oct.

Mondays, CLOSED

The plants we grow are organically grown. All the plants we sell are free of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.