AGASTACHE aurantiaca (CORONADO®)
(ag-ah-STAK-ee) (ow-ran-tee-AH-ka) | AGASCO3 |
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| Common Name: Hyssop |
| Description: 2001 Plant Select®. Helmets of yellow stained with orange from mid-summer to frost. Silvery-leaved, southwestern perennial native; intensely aromatic. Needs a well-drained site.
(Agastaches are difficult to ship safely, especially in warm weather - even by truck! Their desert heritage makes them resent humidity and restricted air flow. We reserve the right to refuse to ship them if we know they won't arrive alive!) |
| Zone: 5 |
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AGASTACHE c. 'Sinning' PP# 13673 (SONORAN SUNSET®)
(ag-ah-STAK-ee) (CAN-a) | AGASSS3 |
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| Common Name: Hyssop |
| Description: 2002 Plant Select®. Much showier lavender-rose flowers than the species. Compact, large-flowered selection that blooms late summer to fall. Propagation prohibited.
(Agastaches are difficult to ship safely, especially in warm weather- even by truck! Their desert heritage makes them resent humidity and restricted air flow. We reserve the right to refuse to ship them if we know they won't arrive alive!) |
| Zone: 5 |
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AGASTACHE 'Pstessene' (CORONADO® Red)
(ag-ah-STAK-ee) | AGASCR3 |
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| Common Name: Hyssop |
| Description: 2009 Plant Select®. Reddish-orange flowers that turn darker as they age; blooms all summer. A distinct selection from Welby Gardens in a new color shade.
(Agastaches are difficult to ship safely, especially in warm weather - even by truck! Their desert heritage makes them resent humidity and restricted air flow. We reserve the right to refuse to ship them if we know they won't arrive alive!) |
| Zone: 5 |
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ANCHUSA capensis
(an-KOO-sa) (ka-PEN-sis) | ANCHCA3 |
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| Common Name: Cape or Summer-forget-me-not |
| Description: 2012 Plant Select®. Evergreen rosettes produce cobalt-blue flowers with white eyes through the season. Will naturalize with moderate self-sowing in many border situations. |
| Zone: 5 |
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AQUILEGIA 'Swan Violet & White' (REMEMBRANCE®)
(ak-will-EE-zsah) | AQUIVW1 |
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| Common Name: Columbine |
| Description: 2001 Plant Select®. Petals and spurs of incredibly rich, shiny violet-blue. Late spring to early summer bloomer. |
| Zone: 3 |
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AQUILEGIA 'Swan Violet & White' (REMEMBRANCE®)
(ak-will-EE-zsah) | AQUIVW3 |
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| Common Name: Columbine |
| Description: 2001 Plant Select®. Petals and spurs of incredibly rich, shiny violet-blue. Late spring to early summer bloomer. |
| Zone: 3 |
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ARTEMISIA versicolor 'Sea Foam'
(ar-ti-MEEZ-ee-a) (VER-see-kuh-lor) | ARTESE5 |
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| Common Name: Wormwood |
| Description: 2004 Plant Select®. Finely filigreed, silver-gray foliage that gives a frothy appearance on a woody-stemmed plant. Much sturdier than 'Silver Mound'. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BERLANDIERA lyrata
(ber-lan-dee-AIR-a) (ly-RAY-ta) | BERLLY3 |
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| Common Name: Chocolate Flower |
| Description: 2004 Plant Select®. Light yellow, daisy-type flowers atop drought tolerant native. Flowers have the fragrance of chocolate. Ornamental seed heads. |
| Zone: 6 |
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BOUTELOUA gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP# 22,048
(boot-tel-LOO-uh) (grah-SIL-is) | GRBOBA5 |
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| Common Name: Grama Grass |
| Description: 2011 Plant Select®. An impressive, highly ornamental form of Western native grass with tall, upright stems. Showy, chartreuse, aging to blonde seed heads hold their straight shape and are displayed high above the foliage through winter, providing many months of color and texture. Developed by High Country Gardens. Extremely cold hardy and provides exceptional winter interest. Grows in a wide range of soil types. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BUDDLEJA alternifolia 'Argentea'
(BUD-lee-a) (al-ter-ni-FO-lee-a) | BUDDAA5 |
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| Common Name: Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush |
| Description: 1998 Plant Select®. Small tree or large shrub that does well in a variety of soils and sites. Lavender to violet flowers for several weeks in high spring making this a centerpiece of the garden. Blue-gray, sometimes silver foliage is very finely textrured. Blends well in a naturalistic design, shrub borders, or as a specimen in mixed border or lawn. May develop into a small tree or can be trained into outstanding standard. (Tree Form) |
| Zone: 4 |
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CALLIRHOE involucrata
(ka-lee-RO-ee) (in-vol-yew-KRAH-ta) | CALLIN3 |
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| Common Name: Winecups |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. Low growing, cut-leaf native with bright purple, cup-shaped flowers all summer. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CALLIRHOE involucrata
(ka-lee-RO-ee) (in-vol-yew-KRAH-ta) | CALLIN1 |
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| Common Name: Winecups |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. Low growing, cut-leaf native with bright purple, cup-shaped flowers all summer. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS i. 'Psharlan' (MONGOLIAN BELLS®)
(klem-AT-iss) (in-teg-rih-FOE-lee-ah) | CLEMME4 |
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| Description: 2008 Plant Select®. A very compact form from Inner Mongolia introduced by Harlan Hamernik, available in a spectrum of colors (including white, lavender, and blue). Blooms May to September. Makes a perfect edging or mounding clump in a border or Xeriscape. Attractive seed heads in late summer and fall. PG3. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CRAMBE maritima
(KRAM-bee) (ma-RIH-tih-ma) | CRAMMA8 |
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| Common Name: Sea Kale |
| Description: 2013 Plant Select®. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Glaucous, cabbage-like leaves with large heads of white flowers in June. Giant, edible leaves, stems, and flowers. |
| Zone: 5 |
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DELOSPERMA dyeri 'Psdold' (RED MOUNTAIN®)
(del-oh-SPER-mah) (DY-er-eye) | DELORM3 |
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| Description: 2007 Plant Select®. Blazing scarlet flowers give this plant Technicolor dazzle throughout the summer. Drought tolerant xeric. |
| Zone: 4 |
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DELOSPERMA 'John Proffit' (TABLE MOUNTAIN®)
(del-oh-SPER-mah) | DELOJP3 |
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| Common Name: Hardy Ice Plant |
| Description: 2002 Plant Select®. Lustrous, fuchsia flowers are an improvement on Delosperma cooperi. A fast-spreading ground cover from South Africa that blooms for most of the growing season. In winter, the leaves are often tinged with purple. |
| Zone: 4 |
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DELOSPERMA 'Kelaidis' PP# 13,876 (MESA VERDE®)
(del-oh-SPER-mah) | DELOKE3 |
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| Common Name: Hardy Ice Plant |
| Description: 2002 Plant Select®. Iridescent, salmon-pink flowered sport appeared among plants of a dwarf, alpine form of Delosperma cooperi at Denver Botanic Gardens in 1997. Vigorous, compact, and floriferous plants bloom spring-fall. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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DELOSPERMA 'P001S' (FIRE SPINNER®)
(del-oh-SPER-mah) | DELOFS3 |
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| Common Name: Hardy Ice Plant |
| Description: 2012 Plant Select®. A striking color combination of orange on the petal edges and red to pink towards the center; flowers are massed in spring and appear periodically through summer. The apple green foliage makes a glistening, fast spreading carpet that maintains its presence through winter. |
| Zone: 5 |
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DELOSPERMA 'Psfave' (LAVENDER ICE TM)
(del-oh-SPER-mah) | DELOLI3 |
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| Common Name: Hardy Ice Plant |
| Description: 2009 Plant Select®. Iridescent, lavender flowers with dark eyes on trim, green foliage mats that turn purplish in winter. A striking sport of Delosperma 'John Proffitt'. |
| Zone: 4 |
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DIANTHUS 'First Love'
(dy-ANN-thus) | DIANFL3 |
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| Common Name: First Love Dianthus |
| Description: 2001 Plant Select®. Intensely fragrant flowers that change from pure white to deep rose from April to frost. Clump-forming with attractive mounds of foliage in winter. A real standout in our gardens all summer and fall. |
| Zone: 3 |
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DIASCIA integerrima (CORAL CANYON®)
(dy-ASH-ee-a) (in-teg-er-EE-ma) | DIASCC3 |
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| Common Name: Twinspur |
| Description: 2000 Plant Select®. Pretty rose-pink flowers continuously on heat tolerant twin spur from the East Cape Drakensberg Range of South Africa. Benefits from a light shearing after first flush of flowers. Requires good drainage. Excellent for containers and bedding. |
| Zone: 6 |
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DIGITALIS thapsi (SPANISH PEAKS®)
(dij-ih-TAL-iss) (THAP-see) | DIGISP3 |
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| Common Name: Foxglove |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. Spikes of raspberry-rose flowers in early summer over trim mat of furry foliage. Perennial; thrives in a variety of sites and soils. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ECHINACEA tennesseensis hybrids
(eh-kih-NAY-shah) (ten-eh-see-EN-sis) | ECHITH3 |
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| Common Name: Coneflower |
| Description: 2013 Plant Select®. Cheerful, bright pink, 3 to 3 1/2" flowers with 1 1/2" long, uplifted petals. Blooms all summer into early fall. Deep rooted, very adaptable plants. |
| Zone: 4 |
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EPILOBIUM fleischeri
(e-pi-LO-bee-um) (FLESH-er-eye) | EPILFL3 |
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| Common Name: Alpine Willowherb |
| Description: 2002 Plant Select®. Delicate pink flowers born spring to fall on reddish stems, with gray-green foliage; a welcome addition to any garden. Underused, compact perennial with attractive, silvery seed heads to add continuing interest. Available after 4/15. |
| Zone: 3 |
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ERICAMERIA nauseosa subsp. nauseosa
(er-ik-kam-MEER-ee-a) (naw-see-OH-sa) | ERICNA3 |
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| Common Name: Baby Blue Rabbitbrush |
| Description: 2011 Plant Select®. Dwarf strain from Mt. Capulon, covered with masses of small, bright yellow flowers from mid-August to late September on well-branched shrub. The fine, needle-like leaves are silvery-gray. Begins to flower the first season. Drought tolerant; prefers well-drained site. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ERIOGONUM umbellatum var. aureum 'Psdowns'
(ee-ree-OG-oh-num) (um-bell-AY-tum) | ERIOKC3 |
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| Common Name: KANNAH CREEEK® Buckwheat |
| Description: 2007 Plant Select®. Masses of yellow flowers turn orange as they age. Spreading green foliage changes to a vivid purple-red in winter. Vigorous and adaptable western native; perennial. Available after 4/15. Limited. |
| Zone: 3 |
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ERODIUM chrysanthum
(e-ro-DEE-um) (kris-ANTH-um) | ERODCR3 |
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| Common Name: Golden Storksbill |
| Description: 2011 Plant Select®. Fragrant, soft yellow flowers over silvery mounds of evergreen, ferny foliage makes this a lovely contrast plant for the border. The biggest show of flowers is in spring, with some reblooming the rest of the summer. Requires good drainage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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FALLUGIA paradoxa
(fal-OO-gee-ah) (pare-ah-DOKS-ah) | FALLPA3 |
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| Common Name: Apache Plume |
| Description: 2002 Plant Select®. Glorious, native shrub of the Southwest with Anemone-like, pale pink to white blossoms May-September. Feathery, pink seed heads provide a dramatic second act throughout the winter. Xeriscape plant. |
| Zone: 4 |
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GAZANIA linearis (COLORADO GOLD®)
(ga-ZAY-nee-a) (lin-AIR-is) | GAZACG3 |
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| Description: 1998 Plant Select®. Glossy mounds of deep green, strap-shaped leaves are spangled with 3", shiny yellow flowers all season. Cold hardy mountain cousin to annual bedding Gazanias. Does well in ordinary garden or in unamended dry soils as well (once established). |
| Zone: 4 |
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HEPTACODIUM miconioides
(hep-tah-KO-dee-um) (mik-on-ee-OY-deez) | HEPTMI5 |
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| Common Name: Northern Crepe Myrtle, Seven-Son Flower |
| Description: 2011 GreatPlantsTM Shrub of the Year. 2008 Plant Select®. Clusters of fragrant, white flowers in fall followed by rosy-red sepals on large Chinese shrub or small tree with exfoliating bark. |
| Zone: 5 |
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