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A fountain of silvery, fine-toothed straps radiating from a low trunk — a sculptural high-desert evergreen that's far hardier than it looks, taking cold to ~-5° -
The hardiest of the showy agaves — tight artichoke rosettes of blue-gray leaves that take cold to ~-5°F, far colder than most.
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A magnificent large bunchgrass — a towering fountain of fine foliage topped by airy golden plumes that catch autumn light.
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Glowing apricot-orange cups bloom much of the year on silvery desert foliage — a low-desert and high-desert native that thrives on heat, lean soil, and almost n
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A fragrant high-country mint with lavender-purple pom-pom flowers that swarm with native bees and butterflies all summer.
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Wands of warm golden flowers light up the late-season garden and feed pollinators stocking up for winter.
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Exquisite blue-and-white spurred flowers that nod above ferny foliage — a true alpine native hardy to -35°F, perfect for a shaded mountain garden bed.
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A charming, ultra-hardy native bunchgrass (good to -30°F) with whimsical horizontal 'eyebrow' seed heads in summer.
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A supremely tough, cold-hardy sumac (to -25°F) for mountain and high-desert gardens — fragrant lobed leaves with fiery red-orange fall color and tart red 'lemon
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Not a true willow but a desert show-stopper — orchid-like pink-lavender trumpets all summer that hummingbirds can't resist, on a fast, airy small tree.
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A spectacular spring show — bare branches erupt in magenta-pink pea flowers before the heart-shaped leaves unfurl, followed by red seedpods and gold-red fall co
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One of the very best evergreen groundcovers for dry shade under oaks — glossy aromatic leaves on burgundy stems that smell of wine after rain, with rose-red lat
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