Our Plant Of The Year for 2023 was carefully selected to honor the legacy of our late founder, David Salman, and to celebrate the milestone of High Country Gardens’ 30th...

Lavender is one of our most beloved Old World herbs. Their fragrant oil is a wondrous gift when used in soaps, lotions, and cosmetics. The beautiful and aromatic flowers are...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder I’ve been around long enough in the nursery industry to have seen a handful of plants go from obscurity to tremendous popularity. And...

Cheyenne® Mock Orange is an extraordinary discovery that has become available to the gardening public through Colorado’s plant introduction program, Plant Select®. It comes into our line-up as the celebrated...

What Are FlowerKisser® Plants From David Salman? The FlowerKisser® brand of perennials was developed by David Salman, the late founder of High Country Gardens. The flowers of these perennial introductions...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens I’ve been very keen on growing lavender here in the high desert of northern New Mexico for many, many years; they are...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens Since I was a small child, much of my life has been spent here in New Mexico exploring the prairies along the...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder 'Standing Ovation' Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium) is an exceptional native ornamental grass and has four seasons of beauty. Most notably it has...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens The genus Penstemon, also known by its common name Beardtongue, is rich with incredibly beautiful native species. Having spent thirty-plus years growing...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens Every once in a while, there comes a perennial plant that seems to have it all.  Salvia sylvestris 'Little Night', the High...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder  The High Country Gardens 2014 Plant of the Year was 'Poncha Pass Red' Sulfur Buckwheat. It is interesting to note how some really great...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens The flowering Phlox are some of our finest native perennial wildflowers. Most well-known are Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata) from the Eastern US,...