180+ native plant species commonly grown in …...fallugia paradoxa apache plume shrub shrubland...

180+ Native Plant Species Commonly Grown in Colorado This list is a work in progress, so not all plants have data for all columns. To learn more, check out our partner organizations’ websites.

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Scientific Name

Common Name

Growth Form

Sun Requirement

Water Requirement

Max Height

and Width (ft)

Season of Bloom

Flower Color Wildlife Use

Achillea lanulosa

Western Yarrow

Achnatherum hymenoides

Indian Ricegrass

Grass/Grass Like

Agastache aurantiaca

Coronado Hyssop

Agastache rupestris

Sunset Hyssop

Agastache urticifolia

Nettle-Leaf Hyssop

Allium cernuum

Nodding Onion

Amelanchier alnifolia

Saskatoon Serviceberry Shrub, Tree

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 20 x 12

May, June, July

White Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Riparian Birds,

Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,

Pollinators/ Invertebrates

Amelanchier utahensis

Utah Serviceberry

Shrub, Tree Full Sun Very Low 12 x 12 May, June,

July White Shades




Amorpha canescens

Leadplant or Silvery

Leadplant Shrub Full Sun Low,

Moderate 2 x 4 June, July,

August Purple Shades

Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Large

Mammals, Small Mammals,

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds

Amorpha fruticosa Leadplant Shrub Full Sun Moderate 15 x 15

May, June, July

Purple Shades

Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Fish,

Riparian Birds, Large Mammals,

Deer Tolerant

Amorpha nana Dwarf Wild

Indigo Shrub Full Sun, Part

Sun, Shade Very Low,

Low 2 x 2 May, June,

July Purple Shades


Amsonia jonesii

Jones' Bluestar

Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 1.5 x 1.5 April, May

Blue Shades, White Shades

Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Deer

Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pearly Everlasting

Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem

Grass/Grass Like Full Sun

Very Low, Low 5 x 3

July, August,

September

Inconspicious

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Riparian Birds,

Small Mammals, Large Mammals,

Pollinators/Invertebrates, Wetland

Birds, Deer Tolerant

Anemone canadensis

Windflower

Anemone multifida Windflower

Antennaria parvifolia

Small-leaf Pussytoes,

McClintock's Pussytoes

Herbaceous, Groundcover

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Very Low, Low

0.5 x 1 May, June, July

Pink Shades, White Shades


Aquilegia caerulea

Rocky Mountain or

Colorado Blue

Columbine

Herbaceous Full Sun, Part

Sun, Shade Low,

Moderate 2.5 x 1.5 June, July,

August

Blue Shades, White Shades


Aquilegia canadensis

Red Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Yellow or Golden

Columbine Herbaceous Full Sun, Part


Low 2 x 2 June, July Yellow

Shades Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnick

Shrub, Groundcover

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 0.5 x 6

May, June, July,

August


Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small

Mammals, Medium-Sized

Mammals, Large Mammals,

Woodland Birds

Arctostaphylos x

coloradoensis 'Chieftain'

Chieftain Manzanita

Shrub Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Very Low 4 x 6 April, May, June

Pink Shades


Mammals, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Shrubland Birds

Arctostaphylos x

coloradoensis 'Panchito'

Panchito Manzanita

Shrub Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low 1 x 5 April, May, June

Pink Shades


Mammals, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Shrubland Birds

Armeria maritima ssp.

sibirica

Siberian Sea Thrift Herbaceous Full Sun

Low, Moderate

1 x 1 April, May Pink

Shades Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Artemisia cana

Hoary Sagebrush or Silver Sage

Shrub Full Sun Very Low,

Low 4 x 3 July,

August, September

Yellow Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Large Mammals, Small Mammals,


Artemisia filifolia

Sand Sagebrush Shrub Full Sun Very Low 5 x 3

July, August,

September

Inconspicious

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals,


Artemisia frigida Fringed Sage

Herbaceous, Subshrub Full Sun Very Low 1.5 x 2

July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Large Mammals,


Tolerant

Artemisia ludoviciana

Prairie Sage or Cudweed

Sagewort

Herbaceous, Subshrub

Full Sun Very Low,

Low 3 x 3

July, August,

September, October

White Shades

Small Mammals, Medium-Sized


Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds,


Tolerant

Artemisia porteri Porter's Sage

Artemisia tridentata ssp.

tridentata

Tall Western Sagebrush Shrub Full Sun Low 10 x 10

July, August,

September, October

Inconspicious

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Large Mammals, Small Mammals,

Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant

Artemisia x 'Shambhala'

Shambala Sage

Asclepias incarnata

Rose Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 1.5 x 2

June, July, August

Orange Shades


Tolerant

Astragalus drummondii

Drummond's Milkvetch

Atriplex canescens

Fourwing Saltbush

Shrub Full Sun Very Low 6 x 4 May, June,

July, August

Yellow Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,

Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Medium-Sized

Mammals

Baptisia australis

Blue False Indigo

Berberis repens

Oregon Grape

Shrub, Groundcover

Full Sun, Shade Low 1.5 x 1.5

April, May, June

Yellow Shades

Grassland Birds, Riparian Birds,

Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Medium-Sized

Mammals, Large Mammals, Small

Mammals, Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Berlandiera lyrata

Chocolate Flower Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 2 x 1.5

May, June, July,

August

Yellow Shades


Tolerant

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side Oats Grama

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun Very Low 3 x 2

July, August,

September, October

Inconspicious,

Orange Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Medium-Sized

Mammals, Large Mammals, Pollinators/

Invertebrates, Deer Tolerant

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue Grama Grass

Grass/Grass Like

Buchloe dactyloides Buffalograss

Grass/Grass Like

Calamovilfa longifolia

Prairie Sandreed

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun Very Low 8 x 16 July,

August, September

Inconspicious

Riparian Birds, Wetland Birds,

Large Mammals, Small Mammals,


Callirhoe involucrata

Purple Poppymallo

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Herbaceous, Groundcover Full Sun Very Low 1 x 3

May, June, July,

August

Red Shades


Campanula rotundifolia Harebell Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 1.5 x 0.8

June, July, August

Blue Shades


Tolerant

Cercocarpus intricatus

Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany

Shrub Full Sun Low 7 x 6 May, June Inconspi

cious

Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Pollinators/

Invertebrates, Large Mammals, Small

Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds

Cercocarpus ledifolius

Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany

Shrub Full Sun Low 20 x 12 May, June Inconspi

cious


Mammals, Small Mammals,

Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds

Cercocarpus montanus

Mountain Mahogany Shrub Full Sun Very Low 7 x 7 May, June

Inconspicious

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,


Mammals

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Yellow Rabbitbrush

Shrub Full Sun Very Low,

Low 5 x 2

July, August,

September

Yellow Shades


Mammals, Large Mammals, Wetland

Birds, Shrubland Birds

Clematis hirsutissima

Sugarbowls Clematis


Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade Very Low 2 x 1.5

April, May, June

Blue Shades, Purple Shades


Clematis ligusticifolia

W. Virgin's Bower

Clematis scottii Sugarbowls

Coreopsis lanceolata

Lanceleaved Coreopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

Plains Coreopsis

Dalea candida White Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover


Full Sun Very Low 3 x 2 May, June,

July, August

Purple Shades

Pollinators/ Invertebrates,


Small Mammals, Shrubland Birds

Datura wrightii

Sacred Datura

Delphinium virescens

Prairie Larkspur

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hairgrass

Grass/Grass Like

Distichlis Stricta

Inland Saltgrass

Grass/Grass Like

Echinacea angustifolia

Narrowleaf Coneflower

Ephedra viridis Mormon Tea Shrub Full Sun Very Low 5 x 5 n/a n/a

Large Mammals, Small Mammals, Shrubland Birds

Ericameria nauseosa

'Baby Blue'

Baby Blue Rabbitbrush

Shrub Full Sun Very Low 2 x 2

July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades


Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Medium-Sized


Invertebrates

Ericameria nauseosa var.

gravolens

Green Rubber

Rabbitbrush Shrub Full Sun Very Low 6 x 6

July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades




Invertebrates

Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa or var. speciosa

Rubber Rabbitbrush Shrub Full Sun Very Low 6 x 6

July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades




Invertebrates

Erigeron compositus

Fernleaf Fleabane

Erigeron speciosus

Showy Fleabane

Erigeron vetensis

Early Bluetop Fleabane

Eriogonum arcuatum

James' Buckwheat

Eriogonum effusum

Spreading Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum 'Psdowns' KANNAH

CREEK

KANNAH CREEK® Buckwheat

Groundcover Full Sun Very Low,

Low 1 x 2

June, July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades,

Red Shades


Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Medium-Sized

Mammals, Small Mammals, Large

Mammals, Woodland Birds

Eriogonum umbellatum

var. umbellatum

Sulphur Flower


Full Sun Very Low, Low

1 x 2

June, July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades


Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Medium-Sized


Mammals, Woodland Birds

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Erysimum capitatum

Western Wallflower

Eustoma grandiflorum

Tulip Gentian

Eutrochium maculatum

Joe Pye Weed

Fallugia paradoxa

Apache Plume Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 6 x 6

May, June, July,

August, September



Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals

Gaillardia aristata

Indian Blanketflow

er Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 2 x 2

May, June, July,

August, September

Red Shades, Yellow Shades


Galium boreale

Northern Bedstraw

Gentiana affinis

Meadow Gentian

Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke

Herbaceous Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Very Low, Low

1.5 x 0.66 May, June,

July, August

Pink Shades


Glandularia bipinnatifida

Dakota Mock

Vervain


Full Sun Very Low 2 x 1.5

May, June, July,

August, September

Pink Shades, Purple Shades


Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds,

Deer Tolerant

Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed

Helianthus maximiliani

Maximilian Sunflower

Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 7 x 6 August,

September, October

Yellow Shades

Wetland Birds, Large Mammals, Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds,


Tolerant Helianthus

nutallii Nuttals

Sunflower

Helianthus petiolaris

Prairie Sunflower

Helianthus pumilus

Little Sunflower

Heterotheca villosa

Hairy Goldenaster

Holodiscus dumosus Rock Spirea Shrub

Part Sun, Shade

Very Low, Low 6 x 6

June, July, August,

September

White Shades,

Pink Shades


Mammals, Amphibians/Reptile

s, Medium-Sized Mammals, Small

Mammals

Ipomea leptophylla

Bush Morning

Glory

Ipomopsis aggregata ssp.

aggregata Scarlet Gilia Herbaceous Part Sun, Full

Sun Low 3 x 1.5

May, June, July,

August, September

Red Shades,

Pink Shades, Yellow Shades


Iris missouriensis

Rocky Mountain

Iris Herbaceous Full Sun, Part

Sun

Low, Moderate,

High 2 x 2 May, June Blue

Shades Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Jamesia americana

var. americana

Cliffbush Shrub Part Sun, Shade

Low 8 x 6 March, April, May

White Shades

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals

Juniperus communis var.

depressa

Common Juniper

Shrub, Tree, Groundcover

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 1.5 x 9 n/a n/a

Large Mammals, Woodland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals

Juniperus scopulorum

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Shrub, Tree Full Sun Low,

Moderate 30 x 12 n/a n/a

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals

Lewisia cotyledon

Siskiyou Lewisia

Liatris ligulistylis

Rocky Mountain

Blazing Star

Liatris punctata

Dotted Blazing Star

or Dotted Gayfeather

Herbaceous Full Sun Low 1.5 x 1 June, July, August

Purple Shades


Woodland Birds, Small Mammals,

Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant

Liatris pycnostachya

Prairie Blazing Star

Linum lewisii Blue Flax Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 2 x 1.5 June, July, August

Blue Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds,


Mammals

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinalflower Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun Moderate 4 x 2

June, July, August

Red Shades


Woodland Birds, Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant

Machaeranthera bigelovii

Bigelow's Tansyaster

Machaeranthera

tanacetifolia Tansy Aster

Mentzelia decapetala

Starflower or Ten Petal

Blazing Star

Mentzelia nuda

Bractless Starflower or

Bractless Blazing Star

Mimulus guttatus

Yellow Monkey Flower

Mirabilis multiflora

Colorado or Desert Four

O'Clock Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 2 x 4

June, July, August,

September

Pink Shades


Monarda fistulosa

Bee Balm

Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia

Wild Bergamont

Herbaceous, Subshrub Full Sun Low 4 x 2

June, July, August,

September



Tolerant

Nolina texana Pecos Beargrass

Oenothera caespitosa

var. caespitosa or

var. marginata

Tufted Evening Primrose

Herbaceous, Subshrub Full Sun Very Low 1 x 2

May, June, July,

August

White Shades,

Pink Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,


Oenothera elata

Tall Evening Primrose

Oenothera missouriensis

Missouri Evening Primrose

Oryzopsis hymenoides

Indian Ricegrass,

Paloma

Grass/Grass Like

Panicum virgatum Switchgrass

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 5 x 1.5

June, July, August,

September

Inconspicious

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Riparian Birds, Wetland Birds,

Woodland Birds, Medium-Sized



Invertebrates

Penstemon barbatus

Scarlet Bugler

Penstemon barbatus ssp.

torreyi

Torrey's Penstemon Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun Very Low 3 x 1

June, July, August

Red Shades, Orange Shades


Penstemon comarhensis

None

Penstemon cyanus

Cardinal Beardtoungu

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Penstemon eatonii

Firecracker Penstemon Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 3 x 3 May, June

Red Shades


Penstemon grandiflorus

Large Flowered

Beardtongue Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 3 x

May, June, July



Penstemon nitidus

Waxleaf Penstemon

Penstemon palmeri

Palmer's Penstemon

Penstemon secundiflorus

Sidebells Penstemon

Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 1.5 x 0.5 May, June, July

Pink Shades, Purple Shades,

Blue Shades


Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds

Penstemon strictus

Rocky Mountain

Penstemon Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun Very Low 2 x 3

June, July, August



Penstemon whippleanus

Dusky Penstemon

Phacelia sericea

Silky Phacelia

Physocarpus monogynus

Mountain Ninebark Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 6 x 6

May, June, July

White Shades

Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,


Potentilla fruticosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 3 x 3

June, July, August,

September

Yellow Shades


Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds,

Wetland Birds

Potentilla fruticosa 'Colorado Sunshine'

Colorado Sunshine Potentilla

Shrub Full Sun, Part

Sun Low,

Moderate 3 x 3 June, July,

August, September

Yellow Shades


Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds,

Wetland Birds

Prunus pumila var. besseyi

Sandcherry or Blonde Bessie or Boulder

Weeping or Pawnee Buttes

Sandcherry

Shrub Full Sun Low 7 x 6 April, May White Shades


Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Medium-Sized


Woodland Birds, Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Black Chokecherry Shrub, Tree Full Sun


April, May, June

White Shades

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Large Mammals, Small Mammals,


Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa 'Yellow Bird'

Yellow Bird Chokecherry Shrub, Tree Full Sun


April, May, June

White Shades

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Large Mammals, Small Mammals,


Pulsatilla patens

Pasqueflower

Purshia tridentata

Antelope Bitterbrush Shrub Full Sun Very Low 6 x 8

April, May, June,

July

Yellow Shades

Large Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals,


Quercus gambelii Gambel Oak Shrub, Tree

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low

20 x 12 May, June,

July

Inconspicious,

Yellow Shades


Mammals, Large Mammals, Small

Mammals, Raptors, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds

Ratibida columnifera

Prairie Coneflower or Redspike Mexican Hat

Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 2 x 2

June, July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades, Brown Shades

Grassland Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals,


Tolerant

Ratibida pinnata

Greyhead Coneflower

Rhodiola rhodantha

Queen's Crown

Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac

Shrub, Tree Full Sun Low 15 x 10 May, June, July

Yellow Shades, Green Shades

Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Riparian Birds,



Invertebrates

Rhus trilobata var. trilobata

Skunkbrush Shrub Full Sun Very Low 6 x 6 April,

May, June

Yellow Shades, Inconspi

cious




Ribes aureum var. aureum

Golden Currant Shrub Full Sun, Part


Low 6 x 5 April,

May, June Yellow Shades


Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Riparian Birds, Grassland Birds

Robinia neomexicana

New Mexico Locust Shrub, Tree Full Sun

Very Low, Low 15 x 8

May, June, July

Pink Shades


Mammals, Medium-Sized


Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds

Rosa woodsii Wood’s Rose Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 6 x 6

June, July, August

Pink Shades


Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals,


Rubus deliciosus

Boulder Raspberry Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 6 x 6

May, June, July,

August

White Shades

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals, Large Mammals,


Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun Low 2.5 x 2.5

June, July, August,

September

Yellow Shades, Brown Shades

Grassland Birds, Riparian Birds, Wetland Birds,

Small Mammals, Pollinators/

Invertebrates, Deer Tolerant

Rudbeckia lacinata

Cutleaf Coneflower

or Wild Golden Glow

Salvia azurea var.

grandiflora Pitcher Sage Herbaceous Full Sun

Very Low, Low 5 x 4

July, August,

September, October

Blue Shades


Tolerant

Salvia pachyphylla Mojave Sage

Schizachyrium scoparium

var. scoparium

Little Bluestem

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low

4 x 1.5 July,

August, September

Inconspicuous


Shrubland Birds, Wetland Birds,


Invertebrates, Small Mammals, Large Mammals, Deer

Tolerant

Scrophularia macrantha

Red Birds in a Tree

Sedum lanceolata

Spearleaf Stonecrop

Sedum lanceolatum Stonecrop

Succulent/Cacti,


Full Sun Very Low 0.8 x 0.8

May, June, July,

August, September

Yellow Shades, Green

Shades, Red

Shades


Senecio spartioides

Broom Groundsel

Shepherdia argentea

Silver Buffaloberry Shrub, Tree

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 15 x 12 April, May

Yellow Shades

Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Wetland Birds,

Small Mammals, Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Sidalcea candida

White Checkermall

ow

Sidalcea neomexicana

Pink Checkermall

ow

Silene drummondii

Drummond's Catchfly

Silene regia Royal Catchfly

Solidago canadensis

Goldenrod

Solidago missouriensis

Missouri Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Field Goldenrod

Sorghastrum nutans

Yellow Indiangrass

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun Low 5 x 4 August, September

Inconspicious





Tolerant

Spartina pectinata

Cordgrass, Prairie

Cordgrass

Grass/Grass Like Full Sun

Low, Moderate 6 x 3

June, July, August,

September

Inconspicious

Wetland Birds, Riparian Birds, Medium-Sized


Invertebrates

Sphaeralcea coccinea

Scarlet Globemallo

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Herbaceous, Subshrub Full Sun Very Low 1.5 x 1

May, June, July,

August, September



Invertebrates Sphaeromeria

capitata Rock Tansy Herbaceous Full Sun Very Low 0.66 x 1 June, July Yellow

Shades Pollinators/

Invertebrates

Sporobolus heterolepsis

Prairie Dropseed

Grass/Grass Like

Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 3 x 2

July, August,

September

Inconspicious




Invertebrates Stanleya pinnata

Prince's Plume

Symphoricarpos albus

Common Snowberry

Shrub Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Low 3 x 2 June, July

White Shades,

Pink Shades




Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Western Snowberry Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade


June, July, August

White Shades,

Pink Shades




Symphoricarpos

rotundifolius

Roundleaf Snowberry Shrub

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade Low 4 x 4

June, July, August

White Shades,

Pink Shades




Symphyotrichum laeve

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-

angliae

New England

Aster Herbaceous Full Sun, Part

Sun Low,

Moderate 4 x 2.5

August, September,

October

Purple Shades, White

Shades, Yellow Shades


Symphyotrichum porteri

Porter's Aster

Thermopsis divaricarpa

Golden Banner Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low 3 x 1.5

April, May, June

Yellow Shades


Mammals

Townsendia grandiflora

Largeflower Townsend

Daisy Herbaceous

Full Sun, Part Sun Very Low 0.33 x 0.33

May, June, July,

August

White Shades, Yellow Shades


Tradescantia occidentalis

Spiderwort Herbaceous Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low, Low

2 x < 0.33 May, June,

July, August



Verbena hastata

Blue Vervain

Verbena stricta

Hoary Vervain

Wyethia amplexicaulis Mules-ears Herbaceous Full Sun

Low, Moderate 3 x 2

June, July, August

Yellow Shades


Mammals, Woodland Birds, Small Mammals

Xanthisma coloradoense

Colorado Tansyaster


Full Sun, Part Sun

Low, Moderate 0.5 x 0.5

July, August



Yucca glauca Soapweed or Plains Yucca Shrub Full Sun Very Low 4 x 4

May, June, July

White Shades, Green Shades


Amphibians/Reptiles, Small Mammals,

Large Mammals

Zinnia grandiflora

Prairie Zinnia


Full Sun, Part Sun

Very Low 1 x 1

June, July, August,

September, October

Yellow Shades, Orange Shades


Tolerant

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