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Flower |
Bloom |
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Drought |
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Container |
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Names |
Height |
color |
time |
Exposure |
tolerant |
Comment |
sizes |
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Achillea millefolium |
18-30" |
white |
May-Aug |
S |
X |
Long blooming, aromatic
fern-like |
10ci, 3.5" |
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yarrow |
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foliage, butterfly
attractant |
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Agastache rupestris |
30-42" |
pink/orange |
July-Sept |
S |
X |
Finely textured foliage,
fragrant. |
3.5" |
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sunset hyssop |
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Hummingbirds love it |
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Anaphalis margaritacea |
18-24" |
white |
Jun-Aug |
S |
XX |
White flower clusters,
silvery lvs. |
10ci, 3.5" |
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pearly everlasting |
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Rhizomatous. Butterfly
plant. |
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Antennaria microphylla |
6-12" |
pink to rose |
May-June |
S |
X |
Forms woolly gray mats,
with |
10ci, 3.5" |
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rosy pussytoes |
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flowers borne above |
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Aquilegia flavescens |
12-24" |
yellow |
May-July |
PSH |
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Large, golden yellow
flowers; from |
10ci, 3.5" |
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yellow columbine |
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mtns E of Cascade crest |
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Aquilegia formosa |
24-30" |
red/yellow |
May-July |
PSH |
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Bi-colored flowers: sepals
red, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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red columbine |
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petals yellow. Needs
moist place |
1g |
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Artemisia frigida |
12-18" |
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S |
X |
Finely cut foliage, very
aromatic, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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prairie wormwood |
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forms attractive mounds. |
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Aruncus dioicus |
36-60" |
creamy white |
June |
PSH, SH |
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Robust tall plant from
moist areas; |
3.5", 1 gal |
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goatsbeard |
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mass of tiny fls above
fern-like lvs |
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Asarum caudatum |
2-8" |
purplish- |
May-June |
PSH, SH |
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Evergreen, spreading,
forming large |
3.5" |
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wild ginger |
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brown |
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mats, dark green foliage |
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Asclepias speciosa |
24-48" |
pink & |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
Unusual large flower
clusters; great |
10ci, 3.5" |
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showy milkweed |
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purple-red |
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for butterflies.
Forms large clumps. |
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Asclepias tuberosa |
15-18" |
orange |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
lovely orange flowers, v.
attractive |
10ci, 3.5" |
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orange butterflyweed |
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to butterflies; seeds from
CO |
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Balsamorhiza sagittata |
12-24" |
yellow |
April |
S |
X |
Showy sunflower,
gray-green |
10ci, 40ci |
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arrowleaf balsamroot |
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foliage; Central WA icon |
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Calylophus serrulatus |
9-12" |
yellow |
June-Aug |
S |
XX |
Bright flowers most of the
summer |
10ci, 3.5" |
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dwarf sundrops |
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very drought tolerant |
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Cistanthe(Lewisia) tweedyi |
8-12" |
apricot-pink |
Apr-May |
PSH |
X |
Very choice; shiny green
leaves, |
3.5" |
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Tweedy's lewisia |
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variable |
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endemic of Wenatchee Mtns. |
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Dicentra formosa |
6-10" |
rose-pink |
Apr-May |
PSH, SH |
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Fr. moist woods, lovely
fl. clusters, |
3.5" |
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Pacific bleeding heart |
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soft green leaves. Weak
spreader |
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Erigeron linearis |
6-10" |
yellow |
Apr-May |
S |
XX |
Charming mounds in
shrub-steppe |
10ci, 3.5" |
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line-leaved daisy |
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covered with bright yellow
daisies |
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Erigeron speciosus |
18-24" |
blue-purple |
May-June |
S, PSH |
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Blue-purple ray flowers
surround |
10ci, 3.5" |
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showy daisy |
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a golden center, dark
green leaves |
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Eriogonum douglasii |
8-12" |
yellow |
Apr-May |
S |
XX |
Small leaves, woody, |
3.5" |
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Douglas buckwheat |
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little mound form |
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Eriogonum heracleoides |
12-18" |
yellow-white |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Compact clusters of
flowers in a |
10ci, 3.5" |
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creamy buckwheat |
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compound umbel, woolly
leaves |
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Eriogonum niveum |
12-18" |
pink-white |
July-Sept |
S |
XX |
Dried flowers persist well
into fall; |
10ci, 3.5" |
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snow buckwheat |
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grayish lvs, very dought-tolerant |
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Eriogonum sphaerocephalum |
12-18" |
yellow |
May-June |
S |
X |
Rounded clusters of
lemon-yellow |
10ci, 3.5" |
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round-headed buckwheat |
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fls. borne above green
foliage |
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Eriogonum thymoides |
6-9" |
pink, red, |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Tiny shrub, "bonsai", |
3.5" |
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thyme-leavd buckwheat |
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cream, white |
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many flower colors |
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Eriogonum umbellatum |
12" |
yellow |
May-June |
S |
X |
Bright yellow, persistent
fls. Atop |
10ci, 3.5" |
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sulfur buckwheat |
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mound of foliage, thrives
in hot sun |
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Eriophyllum lanatum |
9-12" |
yellow & |
May-June |
S |
X |
Two-tone flower;
attractive |
10ci, 3.5" |
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woolly sunflower |
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orange |
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grayish, divided foliage |
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Gaillardia aristata |
18-24" |
yellow & red |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
Large (2-3") red and
yellow |
10ci, 3.5" |
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blanketflower |
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daisy flowers, on long
stems |
1 gal |
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Geum triflorum |
10-18" |
red |
June |
S, PSH |
X |
Nodding reddish fls above
ferny lvs, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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prairie smoke |
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attractive seed heads |
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Heterotheca villosa |
8-12" tall |
yellow |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
Withstands harsh conditions,
long |
10ci, 3.5" |
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hairy golden aster |
18" wide |
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blooming period |
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Heuchera cylindrica |
8-18" |
cream |
May |
S, PSH |
X |
Flowers borne on slender
stems |
10ci, 3.5" |
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roundleaf alumroot
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from basal rosette of
round leaves |
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Iliamna rivularis |
48-72" |
pink |
June-Aug |
S, PSH |
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Tall bush, large
maple-like leaves, |
3.5", 1gal |
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mountain hollyhock |
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hollyhock fls., needs
moist spot |
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Lewisia columbiana |
8-12" |
pink |
Apr-May |
S |
XX |
Spray of small fls. above
fleshy, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Columbia lewisia |
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basal lvs; can take
heat, drought |
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Lewisia cotyledon |
6-10" |
pink-rose |
Apr-June |
S, PSH |
X |
Flowers above rosette of
fleshy |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Siskyou lewisia |
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variable |
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leaves; native to southern
Oregon |
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Lewisia rediviva |
2-3" |
rose-pink |
Apr-May |
S |
XX |
Large flowers at soil
surface in |
10ci, 3.5" |
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bitterroot |
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spring; dormant during
summer |
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Linum lewisii |
12-18" |
blue |
May-Aug |
S |
X |
Delicate sky-blue flowers
atop |
10ci, 3.5" |
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blue flax |
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slender stems |
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Lupinus polyphyllus |
36-48" |
blue |
May |
S |
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Large lupine, thrives in
damp areas; |
10ci, 3.5" |
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bigleaf lupine |
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flower clusters up to 18"
long |
1g |
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Lupinus sericeus |
12-24" |
blue,-purple |
May-June |
S |
x |
From edge of pine forest
to shrub- |
10ci |
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silky lupine |
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variable |
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steppe, gray lvs,
transplants poorly |
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Monardella odoratissima |
12" |
pink |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Attractive mounds, very
fragrant |
10ci, 3.5" |
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coyote mint |
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foliage; fls. bright balls
above lvs. |
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Oenothera caespitosa |
10" tall |
white, fading |
Apr-June |
S |
XX |
Striking large (3" across)
flowers |
3.5" |
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desert evening primrose |
15" wide |
to pink |
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on v. drought-tolerant
mound |
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Oenothera macrocarpa |
10" high |
yellow |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
Stunning fls 4"
across; plant will |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Missouri evening primrose |
24" wide |
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spread & cascade.
Midwest native |
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Oenothera pallida |
8-16" |
pink- |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Found in sandy soil,
rhizomatous, |
3.5" |
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pale evening primrose |
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white |
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fragrant fls. with pretty
pink buds |
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Oenothera speciosa |
12" tall |
pink |
June-Aug |
S |
X |
Heat-loving plant that
spreads, pink |
10ci, 3.5" |
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showy evening primrose |
18" wide |
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flowers for months in the
summer |
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Penstemon attenuatus |
12-24" |
blue to |
May-June |
S |
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A mountain penstemon,
needs more |
10ci, 3.5" |
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taper-leaved penstemon
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purple |
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moisture, good in the
landscape |
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Penstemon cardwellii |
Ht: 8-12" |
purple to |
May-June |
S |
X |
Shrubby, mat-forming,
evergreen, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Cardwell's penstemon |
W:18" |
violet |
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from southern WA Cascades |
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Penstemon davidsonii |
6" high |
lavender |
May-June |
S |
X |
Mat-forming evergreen from
rocky |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Davidson's penstemon |
18" wide |
to violet |
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spots in the mountains |
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Penstemon deustus |
12-18" |
white |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Dense clumps of
white fls.;habitat |
10ci, 3.5" |
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hot rock penstemon |
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is dry, rocky,
exposed areas |
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Penstemon eatonii |
24-36" |
scarlet red |
May-June |
S |
X |
Striking red flowers;
native |
10ci, 3.5" |
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firecracker penstemon |
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to southern Rockies |
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Penstemon fruticosus |
12" high |
lavender |
Apr-May |
S |
X |
Evergreen with dark green
foliage, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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shrubby penstemon |
24" wide |
to violet |
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abundant fls.; woody small
shrub |
1 gal |
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Penstemon palmeri |
30-36" |
pink |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Large, fragrant blooms,
showy, tall |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Palmer's penstemon |
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plant native to southern
Rockies |
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Penstemon pinifolius |
12" tall |
orange-red |
May-July |
S |
XX |
Long bloom period, forms
evergreen |
3.5" |
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pineleaf penstemon |
18" wide |
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shrublet; native to SW US |
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Penstemon pruinosus |
12-18" |
blue-lavender |
May-June |
S |
XX |
Often grayish foliage,
found shrub- |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Chelan penstemon |
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steppe into foothills |
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Penstemon richardsonii |
12-18" |
magenta red |
July-Aug |
S |
XX |
Spreading plant, reddish
foliage, |
10ci, 3.5" |
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cut leaved penstemon |
30"wide |
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lovely flowers,
late-bloomer |
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Penstemon speciosus |
24-30" |
blue to |
May-June |
S |
XX |
A taller penstemon, truly
"showy"; |
10ci, 3.5" |
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showy penstemon |
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lavender |
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large fls., sagebrush to
forest |
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Penstemon strictus |
24" tall |
blue-purple |
May-July |
S |
X |
Forms large clumps, very |
10ci, 3.5" |
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Rocky Mtn. penstemon |
36" wide |
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adaptable; Rocky Mtn.
native |
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Penstemon venustus |
18-24" |
violet purple |
June |
S |
X |
Dark green lvs. with large
flwrs; |
10ci, 3.5" |
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lovely penstemon |
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lovely in and out of bloom |
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Polemonium pulcherrimum |
8-16" |
blue, with |
May-June |
PSH, S |
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Clusters of soft blue
flowers |
3.5" |
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showy Jacob's ladder |
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yellow eye |
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borne above distinctive
foliage |
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Polystichum munitum |
24-36" |
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PSH, SH |
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Large fern with
distinctive long lvs, |
3.5", 1g |
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Western sword fern |
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from moist areas in forest |
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Potentilla gracilis |
15-30" |
bright yellow |
May-June |
S |
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Attractive flowers borne
high above |
10ci, 3.5" |
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slender cinquefoil |
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lvs; found in many
habitats |
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Sedum lanceolatum |
3-8" |
yellow |
June-Aug |
S |
XX |
Flowers borne above
succulent |
3.5" |
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lance-leaved stonecrop |
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leaves of mat-forming
plant |
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Sphaeralcea munroana |
18-30" |
orange |
June-Aug |
S |
XX |
Uncommon orange flowers,
blooms |
10ci, 3.5" |
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orange globemallow |
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repeatedly; gray-green
foliage |
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