by High Country Gardens The Ice Plants (Delosperma) are native to Africa. The cold hardy species of Delosperma are indigenous to the mid- and high elevation mountains and deserts of...

Hesperaloe with Perovskia Russian Sage (Perovskia) is not a sage and it’s not native to Mother Russia—but it has become a landscaping staple in Western xeriscapes. First introduced into US...

Echinacea purpureais (Purple Coneflower) is a great plant for attracting and feeding pollinators and hummingbirds by David Salman The genus Echinacea (Purple Coneflower) is a family of wildflowers native to...

by High Country Gardens Uvatung Broadleaf Beardtongue The Beardtongue family, also known by their latin genus Penstemon, have a passionate following of gardeners on both sides of the Atlantic. Europeans,...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Chief Horticulturist Many perennial plants have a specific window of flowering, typically 3 to 6 weeks during the growing season. Good garden design requires...

by High Country Gardens Columbine (Aquilegia) are some of our best wildflowers for shade and partial shade areas of the garden. They enjoy a compost enriched soil with moderate moisture....

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,...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder and Chief Horticulturist The Eriogonum (pronounced eri-o-gonum) are a wonderfully beautiful and beneficial group of plants. Commonly known as the Sulfur Buckwheats, I have come...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder & Chief Horticulturist Many years ago when I first became interested in ornamental grasses, I didn't understand how to use them as a...

by David Salman Zauschneria Orange Carpet® One of my favorite native genera is Zauschneria, also know by its common names such as Hummingbird Trumpet, Fire Chalice and California Fuchsia. (To...

Growing plants of the genus Agastache (pronounced A gas' ta kee or A gas tack' e), commonly known as hummingbird mint or hyssop, was an "obsession" of David Salman's for...

Text and Photos by Founder and Chief Horticulturist David Salman Echinacea tennesensis with Bouteloua Blonde Ambition. The genus Echinacea contains some of our most valuable and showy native wildflowers. There...