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  • Geranium 'St. Ola': Pure white, roundish flowers, dark green foliage and short rhizomes are the prominent characteristic s of this variety. Semi-evergreen leaves turn yellow in fall, also very drought tolerant. 4 May-June Bright Sun-Half Shade 6-10" $5.00 Sold Out
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  • Aster oblongifolius ('Dream of Beauty' Fragrant Aster): High Country Gardens: 12? x 24+? wide, (cutting propagated). Aster ?Dream of Beauty? is a superb high plains native. Introduced in 1960 by the visionary Great Plains plantsman Claude Barr for its vigorous, low-spreading habit and amazing fall display of sugar-pink flowers with burnt orange centers. Growing in a wide range of soil types, including clay, ?Dream of Beauty? spreads to form a dense carpet of flowers and foliage; so give it room! Wonderful planted with native grasses like ?Blaze? Little Bluestem, or Panicum ?Dallas Blues?. Zones 4-8.

March 19th

  • Paghat's Garden: Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low': Great Paghat description. Excerpt: The catmint has crinkly grey-green foliage which upholds spikes of lavender-blue flowers that have their first flourish May through July, reblooming deep into Autumn if deadheaded or sheered on top a couple times through the seasons. Some species & varieties of catmint are a bit floppy, but 'Walker&# 039;s Low' either Spider with Beestands sturdily upright or at maturity fountains evenly & requires no support. It remains relatively short & compact at around fifteen inches to two feet, occasionally taller, but with a wide spread to the point of being rampant, very easily to a two-foot wide clump & eventually becoming a considerable expanse of groundcover.
  • Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume): High Country Gardens: 4? x 4? wide, (seed propagated). This is one of the showiest of our native shrubs. Everblooming with white, five-petaled flowers, Apache Plume really stands out when the pink, silky plumed seed heads are formed and cover the tips of the branches for many months. Striking when underplanted with low growing ground cover junipers. A moderate to rapid grower in any well-drained soil. Grown in 5? deep Premium pot. Zones 4-9.

March 15th

  • Philadelphus lewisii 'Cheyenne' (Lewis Mock Orange): High Country Gardens: 6-9? x 5-8? wide (cutting propagated) 2001 Plant Select® winner. ?Cheyenne? is a selection of the western native shrub made from long established plants at the Cheyenne Research Center in WY. Blooming in early summer, the sweetly fragrant white flowers are held at the ends of the branches in great profusion. Plant in compost enriched garden soils and water deeply but infrequently once established. A nice companion shrub for lilacs, the compact Parkland Canadian roses and in amongst dwarf Mugo pines and low growing Juniper. A great choice for landscapes in very cold areas.Grown in premium 5? deep pots Zones 3-8.
  • Salvia 'Ultra Violet' PPAF (Ultra Violet Hybrid Sage): High Country Gardens: Description: 18-20? x 24-28? wide, (cutting propagated). You?ll enjoy ultra garden performance from this new hybrid Salvia selected by Lauren Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden. Discovered in their Ft. Collins garden, ?Ultra Violet? is a hummingbird initiated cross between blue flowered Salvia lycioides and rose-pink Salvia greggii. The dark green foliage and copious violet-pink flowers make this plant a standout in the xeriscape. For three years now, the plant has grown beautifully after surviving erratic USDA zone 5b (-10 to -15 ° F) winters. Blooming starts in late July and continues until October frost! Select a hot, full sun location with any lean-loam or clay-loam soil that is well drained. Its aromatic foliage is very rabbit and deer resistant. During fall garden clean-up, wait to cut back the plants until spring for improved cold hardiness. Combine it with Hymenoxys acaulis or various Oenothera for a pleasing, xeric combination. Zones 5b (-10 to -15 ° F) -9.
  • Anacyclus depressus (Mt. Atlas Mat Daisy): High Country Gardens: 3? x 15? wide (seed propagated) This little known plant originates in the mountainous areas of the Mediterranean, and has shown itself to be an easy-to-grow, cold hardy rock garden plant. Dense 1? tall feathery silver-gray foliage shows off the white daisy flowers in early spring. The undersides of the flower petals have a distinctive deep red color that is revealed in the mornings before the flowers unfold. Mat Daisy thrives in poor, well-drained soil. A good plant for edging gravel pathways where it will reseed itself and colonize the area. Zones 5-9.
  • Agastache 'Acapulco Salmon & Pink' (USPP 16,023) (Acapulco Salmon & Pink Hummingbird Mint): High Country Gardens: 24-30? x 15? wide, (cutting propagated). A wonderful hybrid introduction to be enjoyed for its mint-scented foliage and profusion of bi-colored orange and pink tubular flowers. A continuous bloomer, ?Acapulco Salmon & Pink? is in color all summer. I like to use this smaller, nicely compact grower up toward the front of the border with Hymenoxys acaulis, Calylophus and English lavenders. Grows happily in average garden soils of low-to-average fertility. Zones 5-10.
  • Agastache cana (Texas Hummingbird Mint): High Country Gardens: Description: 24-36? x 18? wide, (seed propagated). Texas Hummingbird Mint is a hands down favorite for everyone who sees it in our garden here. Tubular, raspberry pink flowers are prolific and continue from late summer on through fall. Agastache cana does well in average garden conditions, mixing well with other late blooming perennials such as Solidago ?Golden Fleece? that also enjoy well drained soils. Zones 5-9.
  • Salvia 'Raspberry Delight'® (Raspberry Delight Hybrid Bush Sage): High Country Gardens: 3? x 3? wide (cutting propagated) During the spring and summer of 1998, I spent a lot of time evaluating a very large group of Salvia plants grown from seed I had collected the previous year. Finally, I spotted a single plant that stood out head and shoulders above all the rest; ?Raspberry Delight?® had been found! This stunning ever-blooming hybrid has a profusion of deeply-colored , raspberry-red flowers held well above its long, arching branches. The foliage is deep green and has a sweet herbal fragrance when brushed. Garden trials have shown it to be a fast, vigorous grower with excellent heat tolerance and cold hardiness. Zones 6-10.
  • Salvia greggii 'Wild Thing' ('Wild Thing' Bush Sage): High Country Gardens: 24-39? x 3? wide, (cutting propagated). This outstanding new cultivar was originally a wild-collected plant from its native habitat in west TX, the plant found its way into a garden in St. Louis, MO, where it grew beautifully for many, many years. Plantsman Tom Peace gave me a few plants to add to my NM gardens. ?Wild Thing? was an instant favorite with myself and the hummingbirds. It is a very vigorous, fast growing plant with stunning coral pink flowers. Its ability to survive the cold, damp winters of the Midwest is a real plus, as it extends the usefulness of a Southwestern native plant to much of the U.S. Zones (5?)6-10.

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