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 mid summer 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 cobalt blue flowers resembling forget me-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, rose pink 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 melon colored 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, bell shaped 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

“Snow Angel” Coral Bells

Heuchera sanguinea "Snow Angel"

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

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, bluish green 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, pea like 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 blue green 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