PlantSelect

For the Rocky Mountain
And Plains States

Another excellent industry program is Plant Select®, designed to seek out and distribute the very best plants for gardens from the high plains to the intermountain region. The cooperative program is administered by the Denver Botanic Garden and Colorado State University, together with landscape and nursery professionals throughout the Rocky Mountain region and beyond. Plants promoted through this program include those grown in the region for years but still underused, plants being discovered by program coordinators and superior forms or hybrids. For further information about this program, contact Panayoti Kelaidis at the Denver Botanic Garden, 720-865-3500.

Plant Select® 2013

  • Arctostaphylos x coloradensis ‘Chieftain’ Chieftain manzanita
  • Crambe maritima Curly leaf sea kale
  • Echinacea tennesseensis Tennessee purple coneflower
  • Linum narbonense Narbonne blue flax
  • Sedum sediforme Turquoise Tails blue sedum

Plant Select® 2012

  • Anchusa capensis Cape-forget-me-not, Summer-forget-me-not
  • Anthemis marschalliana Filigree Daisy
  • Delosperma 'P001S' Fire Spinner TM Ice Plant 
  • Picea glauca 'Pendula' Weeping White Spruce
  • Rosa 'Ruby Voodoo' Ruby Voodoo Rose
  • Tanacetum cinerariifolium Dalmation Daisy

Plant Select® 2011

  • Amsonia jonesii Colorado Desert Blue Star
  • Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'PPAF Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
  • Chrysothamnus (Ericameria) nauseosus var. nauseosus Baby Blue Rabbitbrush
  • Crataegus ambigua Russian Hawthorn
  • Erodium chrysanthum Golden Storksbill
  • Osteospermum 'Avalanche'PPAF Avalanche White Sun Daisy
  • Penstemon mensarum Grand Mesa Beardtongue

Plant Select® 2010

  • Calylophus serrulatus 'Prairie Lode' Prairie Lode Sundrops
  • Echium amoenum Red Feathers
  • Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii Snow Mesa Buckwheat
  • Hesperaloe parviflora Red Yucca
  • Kniphofia caulescens Regal Torchlily
  • Rosa glauca, R. rubrifolia Redleaf Rose
  • Tanacetum densum ssp. amani Partridge Feather

Plant Select® 2009

  • Agastache 'Pstessene' CORONADO® Red Hyssop
  • Calamagrostis brachytricha Korean Feather Reed Grass
  • Cerocarpus intricatus Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany
  • Deloperma 'Psfave' LAVENDER ICE® Ice Plant
  • Marrubium rotundifolium Silverheels Horehound
  • Rudbekia DENVER DAISY® Rubeckia
Plant Select® 2008
  • Clematis integrifolia MONGOLIAN BELLS®
  • Heptacodium miconioides Seven Son Flower
  • Nepeta 'Psfike' PP18,904 LITTLE TRUDY® Catnip
  • Scrophularia macrantha Red Birds in a Tree
  • Viola x wittrockiana BLUE VELVET® and NORTHERN LIGHTSTM Panies
  • Vitis x 'St. Theresa Seedless' St. Theresa Seedless Grape
Plant Select® 2007
  • Acer tataricum 'Garann' PP15,023 HOT WINGS® Maple
  • Delosperma 'Psdold' RED MOUNTAIN® Ice Plant
  • Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum 'Psdowns' KANNAH CREEK® Buckwheat
  • Penstemon x mexicali 'Psmeyers' SHADOW MOUNTAIN® Penstemon
  • Salvia darcyi 'Pscarl' VERMILLION BLUFFS® Mexican sage
  • Satureja montana ssp. illyrica Purple Winter Savory
  • Xanthoceras sorbifolium 'Psgan' CLEAR CREEK® Golden Yellowhorn
Plant Select® 2006
  • Artostaphylos x coloradoensis Panchito Manzanita
  • Chamaebatiaria millefolium Fernbush
  • Dolichos lablab 'Ruby Moon' Hyacinth Bean
  • Lonicera reticulate (prolifera) KINTZLEYS GHOST® Honeysuckle
  • Penstemon rostriflorus Bridge's Penstemon
  • Phlox bifida SNOWMASS® Phlox
  • Salvia daghestanica PLATINUM® Sage
  • Sporobolus wrightii Giant Sacaton
Plant Select® 2005
  • Penstemon linarioides var. coloradoensis SILVERTON® Bluemat Penstemon
  • Salvia greggii 'Wild Thing' Salvia
  • Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red' Furman's Red Sage
  • Salvia pachyphylla Mohave Sage
  • Seseli gummiferum Moon Carrot
  • Verbena bipinnatifida VALLEY LAVENDER® Plains Verbena
Plant Select® 2004
  • Artemisia versicolor 'Sea Foam' Sea Foam Sage
  • Berlandiera lyrata Choclate Flower
  • Digitalis obscura SUNSET® Foxglove
  • Ephedra equisetina Bluestem Joint Fir
  • Origanum libanoticum Hopflower Oregano
  • Phlomis cahmeriana Cashmere Sage
  • Scutellaria suffutescens Cherry Skullcap
Plant Select® 2003
  • Gazania krebsiana TANAGER® Gazania
  • Geranium magniflorum LA VETA LACE® Geranium
  • Heuchera sanguinea 'Snow Angel' Snow Angel Coral Bells
  • Jamesia americana Waxflower
  • Paxistima canbyi Mountain Lover
  • Veronica 'Reavis' CRYSTAL RIVER® Veronica
Plant Select® 2002
  • Agastache cana 'Sinning' PP 13,673 SONORAN SUNSET® Hyssop
  • Delosperma 'John Proffitt' TABLE MOUNTAIN® Ice Plant
  • Delosperma 'Kelaidis' PP 13,876 MESA VERDE® Ice Plant
  • Epilobium fleischeri Alpine Willow
  • Fallugia paradoxa Apache Plume
  • Rhamnus smithii Smith Buckthorn
  • Sibiraea laevigata Siberian Spirea
Plant Select® 2001
  • Agastache aurantiaca CORONADO® Hyssop
  • Aquilegia 'Colorado Violet & White' (formerly REMEMRANCE®)
  • Aquilegia chrysantha DENVER GOLD® Columbine
  • Dianthus 'First Love' First Love Dianthus
  • Philadelphus lewisii Cheyenne Mock Orange
  • Ribes uva-crispa 'Red Jacket' Comanche Gooseberry
  • Zauschneria farrettii ORANGE CARPET® Hummingbird Trumpet
Plant Select® 2000
  • Cytisus purgans SPANISH GOLD® Broom
  • Diascia integerrima CORAL CANYON® Twinspur
  • Penstemon grandiflorus PRAIRIE JEWEL® Penstemon
  • Prunus besseyi PAWNEE BUTTES® Sand Cherry
  • Prunus nigra 'Princess Kay' Princess Kay Plum
Plant Select® 1999
  • Callirhoe involucrate Winecups
  • Digitalis thapsi SPANISH PEAKS® Foxglove
  • Lonicera korolkowii 'Floribunda' BLUE VELVET® Honeysuckle
  • Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. incana SILVER BLADE® Evening Primrose
  • Penstemon x mexicali PIKES PEAK PURPLE® Penstemon
  • Penstemon x mexicali RED ROCKS® Penstemon
  • Plectranthus argentatus Silver Dollar Plant
  • Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass
Plant Select® 1998
  • Buddleia alternifolia 'Argentea' Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush
  • Delosperma floribundum Starburst Ice Plant
  • Gazania linearis COLORADO GOLD® Gazania
  • Melinis nerviglumis PINK CRYSTALS® Ruby Grass
  • Osteospermum barberiae var. compactum PURPLE MOUNTAIN® Sun Daisy
  • Osteospermum sp. LAVENDER MIST® Sun Daisy
Plant Select® 1997
  • Agastache rupestris SUNSET® Hyssop
  • Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' Carol Mackie Daphne
  • Salvia argentea Silver Sage
  • Veronica liwanensis Turkish Veronica
  • Viburnum x rhytidophyloloides 'Alleghany' Allegany Viburnum