Transcript Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low

Plants for the
2015
Plant Sale
Coronado Hyssop
Agastache
aurantiaca
‘Coronado'
Large numbers of curved,
pale orange flowers from
midsummer to autumn
frost. This silvery-leaved
southwestern wildflower
with slim, branched stems
has an intensely minty
fragrance when handled or
crushed. Sunny, well
drained sites.
Mature Height: 15-18”
Mature Spread: 12-15"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
Sunlight Hyssop
Agastache
aurantiaca
‘Sunlight'
Silvery green leaves on
slender, branched stems
and large numbers of
curved, pale orange
tubular flowers from midsummer to fall. Intensely
minty fragrance.
Hummingbird magnet.
Hardy to 7,000’.
Mature Height: 15-18”
Mature Spread: 12-15"
Exposure: Sun to filtered shade
Water Requirements: Low
Cape Bugloss
Anchusa capensis
Slender, lance-shaped leaves
form upright-rounded clumps
topped with spikes of cobaltblue flowers resembling forgetme-nots in early summer. May
reseed heavily if happy. Hardy
to 6,000’. PlantSelect 2012
Mature Height: 8-15”
Mature Spread: 10-12"
Exposure: Sun to filtered shade
Water Requirements: Moderate
Anemone "Pretty Lady Diana“ Anemone hupehensis
Dark green, trifoliate leaves form a compact mound topped with single, rosepink flowers on long wiry stems in late summer and fall. Hardy to 7,000’.
Mature Height: 12-16” Mature Spread: 16-20” Exposure: Shade to Part Shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Garden Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Short-spurred, deep purple flowers on slender, curved stems over clumps of
ferny, blue-green foliage. Great hardy shade plant.
Mature Height: 12-18” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Shade to Part Shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Filigree Daisy Anthemis marschalliana
A low mound with fuzzy, finely dissected, silvery-gray leaves, and yellow
daisy-like flowers on erect stems. Blooms early summer. Xeric.
Mature Height: 12-15” Mature Spread: 12-15” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Aster alpinus 'Goliath' Goliath Alpine Aster
Lavender daisy-like flowers on sturdy stems appear above a low lying clump of
foliage in late spring. Displays well in rock gardens.
Mature Height: 6-12” Mature Spread: 15-18” Exposure: Sun to filtered shade
Water Requirements: Low
‘Alert’ Dwarf Fall Red Aster Aster x novi-belgii ‘Alert’
A rounded clump of narrow, glossy, dark green foliage covered by crimson-red
blooms in late summer to early fall. Use as a border or in mass. Cut flower.
Mature Height: 12-15” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Medium
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie Winecups
A low mound of trailing stems with rounded, rich green leaves and vivid,
reddish-purple cup-shaped flowers. Will cascade over rocks or walls, or
scramble through other plants.
Mature Height: 6-12” Mature Spread: 2-3’ Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Clematis integrifolia
‘Mongolian Bells’
Bush Clematis
Solitary, bell-shaped
flowers ranging from white
to indigo and pink appear
at the ends of the stems
over a compact mound of
foliage from May through
September. Fuzzy seed
heads follow in autumn.
Can be pruned hard in late
winter
Mature Height: 10-14”
Mature Spread: 12-15"
Exposure: Sun to Filtered Shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Curly-leaf Sea Kale Crambe maritima
A large perennial with large, bold, sharply toothed blue-green foliage. Enormous
panicles of small white flowers. Leaves are edible prepared the same as garden kale.
Mature Height: 2’ Mature Spread: 18-24” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Firewitch Cheddar Pink
Dianthus
gratianopolitanus
"Firewitch"
Sharply pointed buds on wiry
stems open to bright pink single
blossoms over tufts of gray-green
stiffly pointed grassy leaves. The
flowers have a spicy clove scent.
Mature Height: 6-8”
Mature Spread: 8-12”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Medium
Coral Canyon Twinspur Diascia integerrima
"Coral Canyon"
Soft pink, oval-shaped flowers form a cloud over the plant. Blooms all summer.
Mature Height: 15” Mature Spread: 12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Moderate
Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis
Arching stems of nodding, pink heart-shaped flowers in late spring to early summer
over a clump of deeply cut, rich green foliage.
Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 18-24” Exposure: Shade Water Requirements: Moderate
Perennial Pink
Foxglove
Digitalis thapsi
Large, deep green, heavily
textured leaves grow in a
basal rosette and up the
flower stalk. Large, pink
flowers hang like bells from
the stalks in spring.
Mature Height: 2-3’
Mature Spread: 12-18”
Exposure: Sun to filtered shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Northern Dragonhead Dracocephalum ruyschiana
A shrubby groundcover with ground-hugging stalks. Blue flowers shaped like
miniature dragon's heads, complete with tiny fangs, are carried in dense spikes
above the foliage in spring.
Mature Height: 8-10” Mature Spread: 12-20” Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Low
Orange Carpet Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum garettii "Orange Carpet“ (Zauschneria garrettii)
Outstanding performer. Bright orange-red tubular flowers in late summer to fall on slender, hairy
stems with light-green leaves. Will cascade over rocks and walls. Hummingbirds love it!
Mature Height: 6” Mature Spread: 15-24” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Golden Storksbill Erodium chrysanthum
A low mound of gray-green, fern-like foliage forms a backdrop for the fragrant, soft
yellow, geranium-like flowers from early spring until late summer.
Mature Height: 8-10” Mature Spread: 10-25” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
‘Goblin’ Blanket Flower Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin'
Large, colorful yellow-tipped red daisies with deep red dome-like centers. This
variety has leathery grayish green leaves in a compact, tidy mounding clump.
Mature Height: 12-18” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Dalmatian Pink
Cranesbill
Geranium
dalmaticum
Low-growing diminutive
geranium with early
summer pink flowers.
Glossy green, aromatic
leaves turn red in fall.
Excellent choice for small
spaces, rock gardens and
permanent containers.
Mature Height: 4-6”
Mature Spread: 12-18”
Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
"Birch's Double"
Cranesbill
Geranium himalayense
"Plenum"
Low-growing diminutive
geranium with early summer
pink flowers. Glossy green,
aromatic leaves turn red in fall.
Excellent choice for small
spaces, rock gardens and
permanent containers.
Mature Height: 12-18”
Mature Spread: 18-24”
Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
"Mini Pearl" Daylily
Hemerocallis
'Mini Pearl‘
A low clump of arching, rich
green, grass-like foliage. Erect
stalks carrying cute, miniature
trumpet-shaped, fragrant meloncolored flowers. Starts
blooming in mid-spring, and
repeat blooms in mid-summer.
Mature Height: 12-18”
Mature Spread: 12-18”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
“Prairie Blue Eyes"
Daylily
Hemerocallis
‘Prairie Blue Eyes‘
Beautiful, 5- inch wide,
lavender-purple flowers with a
blue eye and yellow throat are
prolifically produced all
summer. Blooms are a more
raspberry color in cool weather.
Mature Height: 24-30”
Mature Spread: 18-24”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
‘Silver Scrolls’ Coral Bells Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'
Silvery leaves with purple veining form mounded plants. Small, white, bellshaped blossoms on 2-foot spikes are held above the foliage.
Mature Height: 1-2’ Mature Spread: 10-12” Exposure: Sun to part shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Rounded, broadly lobed
leaves with creamy
variegation form tidy
clumps. Slender spikes of
dainty pinkish-red or coral
flowers bloom above the
foliage from late spring into
summer.
Mature Height: 12-18”
Mature Spread: 10-15”
Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
“Snow Angel” Coral Bells
Heuchera sanguinea
"Snow Angel"
Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Flirting‘ Iris x pumila ‘Flirting’
Small bright pink flags with tangerine beards are produced in early spring on short stalks
above the fans of stiff, upright, leaves. Forms a small clump. Adaptable to dry conditions.
Mature Ht: 10-14” Mature Spread: 8-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
‘Provence’ Lavender Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence'
Short, needle-like silver gray leaves are intensely aromatic when handled. Woody
stems create mounded clumps topped with very fragrant lavender-blue flower spikes.
Needs good drainage, but more moisture tolerant than most lavenders.
Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 2-3’ Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Native Gayfeather/Blazing Star Liatris punctata
Many stiff, upright stems arising from a leafy crown, each stem having narrow, linear
leaves. Fuzzy lavender flowers occur in compact spikes at the top of each stem in late
summer to fall. Butterfly magnet!
Mature Height: 12-18” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Dwarf Lupine
"Minarette Mix"
Lupinus polyphyllus
'Minarette‘
Brilliant display of tall,
colorful spikes of sweet pea
shaped flowers in spring
and early summer appear
over mounds of dark green
palmately divided leaves.
Mature Height: 18-24”
Mature Spread: 12-18”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Medium
Desert Four-O'-Clock Mirabilis multiflora
A wide spreading mound with rigid stems and thick, wedge-shaped, bluishgreen leaves hosting large, trumpet-like, magenta flowers from mid to late
summer. Do not water once established.
Mature Height: 1-3’ Mature Spread: 2-4’ Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Very Low
"Cambridge Scarlet" Bee-Balm
Monarda didyma ‘Cambridge Scarlet’
Spidery, tubular scarlet flowers in a circular cluster on upright, stiff stalks form a
dense clump of mint scented, rich green foliage. Very attractive to hummingbirds.
Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Missouri Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
Very large, cup shaped, lemon yellow blooms are very showy, and are produced on
attractive, sprawling red stems with lance-shaped green leaves. Drought tolerant.
Mature Height: 12-18” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
“Avalanche” White Dwarf Sun Daisy
Osteospermum "Avalanche“
Nearly succulent, evergreen leaves, topped by shimmering, 3" white daisies spring-fall.
Mature Height: 10-12” Mature Spread: 12-15” Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Low
Mixed Peonies Paeonia lactiflora vars.
Large, fragrant, double red or pink blooms are the stars of the early summer
garden. Great cut flowers, peonies are tough and long-lived plants.
Mature Height: 24-30” Mature Spread: 24-36” Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Medium
Pygmy Purple Penstemon Penstemon hirsutus ‘Pygmaeus’
Hairy stems and leaves form a compact, mounded plant. Purple flowers are
borne on 6" stems above the foliage in late spring to summer.
Mature Height: 6-8” Mature Spread: 6-8” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
“Prairie Jewel” Penstemon
Penstemon grandiflorus "Prairie Jewel“
Spikes of giant flowers ranging from pure white through lavender, rose pink, and deep
purple-violet in summer. Silvery foliage rosettes are attractive all year.
Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 8-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Bridge’s Penstemon
Penstemon rostriflorus
Long, narrow leaves climb the
slender flowering stalks. Panicles
of tubular scarlet flowers are
produced in the summer.
Excellent for humming birds.
Mature Height: 1-2’
Mature Spread: 8-12”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
"Windwalker Garnet"
Penstemon
Penstemon X mexicali
Garnet-purple tubular blooms
throughout the summer over a
clump of branched, wiry stems
and narrow, shiny, dark green
leaves.
Mature Height: 14-18”
Mature Spread: 12-14”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
Himalayan Sage
Phlomis cashmeriana
Stately spires of curved, tubular,
lavender-pink flowers above
large, furry leaves that remain
attractive all season. Very hardy
and great back of the border plant.
Mature Height: 36-60”
Mature Spread: 18-30”
Exposure: Sun to part shade
Water Requirements: Medium
Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris
Silvery, furry buds open to cup-shaped purple flowers with prominent yellow
stamens. Attractive fuzzy seed heads. Deeply cut, lacy attractive foliage.
Mature Height: 6-12” Mature Spread: 8-12” Exposure: Part shade Water Requirements: Low
Ground Cover/Low Growers
Leadwort Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Striking cobalt-blue flowers in mid to late summer, shiny green leaves form an
attractive groundcover. Turns bright red in fall.
Mature Height: 8-12”Mature Spread: 18-24” Exposure: Adaptable Water Requirements: Low
‘Fire Spinner’ Ice Plant Delosperma ‘Fire Spinner’
The green-apple foliage makes a glistening carpet of succulent leaves. Striking
blossoms have orange-yellow petals with an inner ring of pale purple May-June.
Mature Height: 1-2” Mature Spread: 10-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Delosperma floribundum "Starburst" Starburst Ice Plant
Cushion-shaped plants are graced with satiny, deep pink, white-throated flowers
from June through frost. Prefers full sun and needs dry winter conditions.
Hardiest of all the ice plant cultivars.
Mature Height: 4-6”Mature Spread: 10-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
“Purple Dragon” Spotted Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum "Purple Dragon"
A thick bed of spreading silvery-white leaves with a dark green edge. Small spikes of
tubular pale pink flowers in early to late spring. Lights up a shady area!
Mature Height: 6-12” Mature Spread: 12-18” Exposure: Shade Water Requirements: Medium
Rock Soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
'Splendens'
Trailing stems forming dense
mounds blanketed by bright
pink, flat-faced flowers in early
summer. Good trailing over
walls, slopes and embankments,
in containers or as a
groundcover in borders.
Mature Height: 6-12”
Mature Spread: 12-18”
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low
“Turquoise Tails” Stonecrop
Sedum sediforme "Turquoise Tails"
Bright blue, burro's tail-like foliage grows in robust, compact mounds, highlighted with
upright stems with bright yellow flowers in summer. A great groundcover.
Mature Height: 4-6” Mature Spread: 8-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Partridge Feather
Tanacetum densum amani
Grown primarily for its finely cut, silvery-white foliage, resembling a tuft of delicately
curled feathers. Short stems with button-like gold flowers in midsummer. Protect
crowns from excess moisture to prevent rot.
Mature Height: 6-8” Mature Spread: 8-12” Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Turkish Speedwell
Veronica liwanensis
Evergreen groundcover with small, shiny rounded leaves and masses of tiny, bright
blue flowers in spring. Great for between pavers and in rock gardens. Lighter blooms
throughout summer.
Mature Height: 2-3” Mature Spread: 15-18” Exposure: Sun to part sun Water Requirements: Low
Ornamental Grasses
'Blonde Ambition' Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’
A showy form of a western native grass with a clump-forming habit. Seed heads
resembling eyelashes are produced on tall stems, emerging chartreuse and
changing to blonde as they age.
Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 1-2’ Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Very Low
Variegated Feather
Reed Grass
Calamagrostis
acutiflora
“Overdam"
Slender, creamy-white
leaves with a green stripe
along the midrib produce
golden inflorescences in
midsummer. Uniformly
upright, excellent for
specimen and formal
plantings.
Mature Height: 1-3’
Mature Spread: 1-3’
Exposure: Sun to part sun
Water Requirements: Low
Blue Oat Grass
Helictotrichon
sempervirens
Slender, stiff bluish-gray
blades in an open tuft cast
arching sprays of light buff
colored seed spikes. Lovely
in groups or as single
specimens. Provides good
winter interest.
Mature Height: 2-3’
Mature Spread: 2-3’
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Low to
moderate
Shrubs, Bushes, and Vines
‘Panchito’
Manzanita
Arctostahylos x
coloradoensis
"Panchito“
Evergreen groundcover
with shiny, oval dark green
leaves on mahogany-red
branches. Urn-shaped, pale
pink flowers are followed
by small red berries. Will
cascade down walls and
over boulders.
Mature Height: 10-15”
Mature Spread: 3-5’
Exposure: Sun to Filtered Shade
Water Requirements: Low once
established. Excellent drainage
required.
Spanish Gold Broom
Cytisus purgans "Spanish Gold"
A dense mound of fine, twiggy stems with tiny leaves. Covered with deep gold, pealike flowers in spring. Leaves drop soon after bloom, stems stay green all year.
Mature Height: 2-4’ Mature Spread: 6’ Exposure: Sun Water Requirements: Low
Jackman Clematis
Clematis x jackmanii
A heavy covering of single,
violet-purple flowers on a
tumbling mass of dark green
foliage in early to mid summer.
Shade base of plant with mulch
or low growing plants. Flowers
are formed on new wood, so
prune stems back in late winter,
leaving one or two leaf buds.
Mature Height: 10-12”
Mature Spread: 3-5’
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Medium
Carpet of Snow
Alyssum
Lobularia maritima
Annual. This fragrant garden
favorite produces masses of
crisp white blooms and a
cloud of butterfly admirers.
Great for patio containers,
low borders or mixed with
other summer annuals.
Flowers from early summer
till frost. Tolerates poor soil
and hot conditions.
Mature Height: 6”
Mature Spread: 5-8"
Exposure: Sun, part sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Royal Carpet
Alyssum
Lobularia maritima
Annual. This fragrant garden
favorite produces mounds of
rich, violet-purple blooms.
Great for patio containers,
low borders or mixed with
other summer annuals.
Flowers from early summer
till frost. Tolerates poor soil
and hot conditions.
Mature Height: 4”
Mature Spread: 10"
Exposure: Sun, part sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Chives
Allium
schoenoprasum
Perennial herb that
produces clumps of upright,
hollow leaves and showy
pink-lavender flowers.
Beautiful for borders.
Leaves and flowers are
edible and have a mild
onion flavor.
Mature Height: 12-18”
Mature Spread: 12"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements:
Moderate
Cosmos Bright
Lights Mix
Cosmos sp. ‘Bright
Lights Mix'
Annual. Large 2-3"
blooms in vibrant colors.
Lacy foliage and silky
flowers give an airy touch
to the garden from
midsummer to frost.
Wonderful for cutting.
Tolerates poor soil and heat.
Attracts butterflies!
Mature Height: 3’
Mature Spread: 12-15"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Cosmos Rubenza
Cosmos bipinnatus
‘Rubenza'
Annual. Large, single
flowers with yellow center
bloom from midsummer to
frost above fresh green airy
foliage. Flowers open a
deep shade of ruby red, then
mature to rose red.
Mature Height: 3’
Mature Spread: 12-18"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus
Large, flat clusters of fragrant flowers in pink, white, and red, many intricately
patterned bi-colored blooms. An old-fashioned favorite. Reseeds.
Mature Height: 12” Mature Spread:12” Exposure: Sun to shade
Water requirements: Low
Sunshine Mix
Gazania
Gazania rigens
Annual. Huge, 4 inch
sunflower like flowers have
yellow centers and come in
base colors of cream,
yellow, orange, pink and
red with seemingly endless
variation in stripes, rings,
dots, and shadings. Blooms
begin in early summer on
compact plants and
continue into fall.
Mature Height: 3’
Mature Spread: 12-18"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
French Double Dwarf
Mixed Colors
Marigold
Tagetes patula
Annual. This dwarf French
type produces flowers that
resemble miniature carnations
in shades of yellow and
orange. Great for patio
containers, mass plantings.
Flowers from early summer
till frost. Trim spent blooms
to encourage more flowers
Tolerates poor soil and hot
conditions.
Mature Height: 10-12”
Mature Spread: 6-10"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Empress Of India
Nasturtium
Tropaeolum minus
Annual. Unique, deep bluegreen leaves and dazzling,
long-spurred 2½" scarlet
blooms. Compact plants are
superb for hanging baskets
and mixed plantings in
kitchen gardens. Blooms until
frost. GARDEN HINTS: Use
as companion plants for
cabbage, cucumbers and
herbs. Helps in repelling
whitefly and cabbage
caterpillars. Edible flowers
Mature Height: 10-12”
Mature Spread: 12-14"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate
Pinwheel Mix
Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
Annual. Compact bushy
plants topped with a
profusion of 3½", single,
daisy-like blooms all
summer long. Good in
borders and containers. The
more you cut, the more they
bloom! Heat-loving and
very easy to grow.
Mature Height: 12”
Mature Spread: 8-10"
Exposure: Sun
Water Requirements:
Moderate