Perennials

Pulsatilla (Pasque Flowers): Beautiful Flowers and Showy Seedheads For the Spring Garden The Pasque flowers (genus Pulsatilla) are a group of popular perennial wildflowers native to the Northern hemisphere, dispersed...

by David Salman Our Long-Blooming Lavender Collection features twice-blooming English Lavender Sharon Roberts. Long-Blooming Lavender Collection The genus Lavandula (Lavender) is of huge horticultural importance. And this is especially true...

by High Country Gardens Prune Buddleia alternifolia 'Argentea' a month or so after flowering has finished. Pruning flowering shrubs is an essential gardening technique to keep flowering shrubs colorful, healthy...

by David Salman Grow Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria millefolium) or Desert Sweet with Blue Mist Spirea (Caryopteris) Fernbush Is An Exceptional Native Shrub for the Low-Water Garden I heartily recommend growing Fernbush...

by David Salman Few flowers can match the fabulous spring display provided by Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale). While not a long blooming perennial (the plants are in flower for about...

by David Salman, High Country Gardens Chief Horticulturist Growing Bearded Iris is simple, straightforward, and easily managed by the beginner gardener or master gardener alike. The Iris family is a big...

How To Select Plants That Will Spread In The Garden Who doesn't enjoy free plants? Start by planting the right naturalizing species and you'll be thrilled will an abundance of...

by David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens I've been in the greenhouse business long enough to remember when Purple Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi) was first introduced to the gardening...

by High Country Gardens Plants for rooftop container gardens need to be tough plants that thrive in sunny, hot/cold, dry, windy conditions. Rooftop gardening has its own set of challenges,...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens The genus Salvia, collectively referred to as Sage, is a huge group of flowering plants that are found growing in the wild across...

High Country Gardens' exclusive and waterwise Lavender varieties are the perfect solution for your sustainable yard. It’s waterwise, it’s flowers are nectar rich for pollinators, and it’s wonderfully fragrant: Lavender...

by David Salman Gardeners, landscapers and landscape designers are always searching for long blooming plants to enhance their plantings. And out here in the western US, long bloomers that use...