Perennial Plants
Perennial Plants
Perennials
Offering unique and exclusive perennial plants has been the foundation of how High Country Gardens' has built its reputation. Our plants are chosen for their beauty, hardiness, and their ability to create natural habitat. We are particularly well known for our drought resistant/drought tolerant perennials (xeric plants), that once established will need very little water to thrive. We have hundreds of water-thrifty and native plants to choose from, many developed exclusively for High Country Gardens by our founder and chief horticulturist, David Salman.
Shop Perennials flower- Less water, more flowers!
- Attractive foliage and flowers add color and texture to the waterwise garden.
- Selected for their durable garden performance.
- Your garden makes a difference!
- Grow a garden that's buzzing with life and colorful, long-lasting blooms.
- Attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with nectar rich plants.
- Offer food and habitat for native pollinators and wildlife.
- Create durable, water-wise landscapes that require less maintenance.
- Offer beautiful colors and textures to create a sense of place in your garden.
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12-18" w. x 12-18" tall. Coreopsis verticillata Moonbeam (Tickseed) has beautiful lemon-yellow flowers, with delicate lacy foliage. This compact plant blooms all summer long....
Learn MoreMoonbeam Coreopsis Moonbeam Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata MoonbeamAs low as $10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot12-18" w. x 12-18" tall. Coreopsis verticillata Moonbeam (Tickseed) has beautiful lemon-yellow flowers, with delicate lacy foliage. This compact plant blooms all summer long.Learn MoreMoonshine Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine) is an outstanding perennial plant with silver-gray foliage and lemon-yellow flat-topped flowers that cover the plant all summer. This is a well-...
Learn MoreMoonshine Yarrow Moonshine Yarrow Achillea MoonshineAs low as $9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotMoonshine Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine) is an outstanding perennial plant with silver-gray foliage and lemon-yellow flat-topped flowers that cover the plant all summer. This is a well-behaved variety, meaning it won't reseed and spread.Learn MoreGolden Fleece is a small growing goldenrod with sprays of arching golden-yellow flower spikes in late summer. A strong but compact plant, it is a great companion planted in front of ...
Learn MoreGolden Fleece Goldenrod (Solidago) Golden Fleece Dwarf Goldenrod Solidago sphacelata Golden Fleece$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotGolden Fleece is a small growing goldenrod with sprays of arching golden-yellow flower spikes in late summer. A strong but compact plant, it is a great companion planted in front of taller, late blooming perennials. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreGaillardia Mesa™ Peach is a beautiful long-blooming Blanket Flower with peachy-golden flowers and excellent vigor in hot dry sections of the garden. Drought resistant/drought t...
Learn MoreMesa™ Peach Gaillardia Mesa™ Peach Blanket Flower Gaillardia Mesa™ Peach$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotGaillardia Mesa™ Peach is a beautiful long-blooming Blanket Flower with peachy-golden flowers and excellent vigor in hot dry sections of the garden. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreThree leaf sumac is a tough colorful native shrub with chartreuse spring flowers, red summer ripening fruit and colorful fall foliage in shades of yellow, orange and red. Drought res...
Learn MoreThree-Leaf Sumac (Rhus) Three-Leaf Sumac Rhus trilobata$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotThree leaf sumac is a tough colorful native shrub with chartreuse spring flowers, red summer ripening fruit and colorful fall foliage in shades of yellow, orange and red. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreJust find a hot, sunny spot with well-drained soil and you’ve got a Gaillardia garden! Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). Our collection includes 4 plants in 5" pots...
Learn MoreGaillardia Collection (Blanket Flower) Blanket Flower Collection (Gaillardia)$35.96Per Collection of 4Just find a hot, sunny spot with well-drained soil and you’ve got a Gaillardia garden! Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). Our collection includes 4 plants in 5" pots. Save $5 off the single plant price of $41.96.Learn MoreA showy display of bright yellow flower clusters in late summer to early fall distinguishes Giant Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) from all others. This durable, drought tole...
Learn MoreGiant Sulphur Buckwheat Giant Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. devestivum$12.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotA showy display of bright yellow flower clusters in late summer to early fall distinguishes Giant Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) from all others. This durable, drought tolerant shrub is especially valuable as a late season nectar source for bees and butterflies. Native to the Great Basin of the western US, this very xeric and long-lived Buckwheat can thrive for decades in your landscape.Learn More18" tall x 15-18" wide. Brought down from the high elevations of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains, this little Red Hot Poker is a colorful bloomer with great cold hardiness and a...
Learn MoreFire Dance Red Hot Poker Fire Dance Red Hot Poker Kniphofia hirsuta Fire Dance$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot18" tall x 15-18" wide. Brought down from the high elevations of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains, this little Red Hot Poker is a colorful bloomer with great cold hardiness and a compact mature size. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreHuge, flat-topped flower clusters create a dome of bright yellow color over the large attractive gray-green leaves of 'Little Rascal' Buckwheat (Eriogonum allenii). Blooming througho...
Learn MoreLittle Rascal Sulphur Buckwheat Little Rascal Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum allenii Little Rascal$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotHuge, flat-topped flower clusters create a dome of bright yellow color over the large attractive gray-green leaves of 'Little Rascal' Buckwheat (Eriogonum allenii). Blooming throughout the summer and into fall, it is highly attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. This low-care buckwheat is more moisture tolerant than most and can be grown across much of the US when planted in full sun and well drained soils.Learn MoreAgastache Kudos Gold (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) is compact-growing and extremely long-blooming with golden-yellow flowers on short, tidy flower spikes from late spring to September...
Learn MoreKudos™ Gold Agastache Kudos™ Gold Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Kudos™ Gold PP#26,410As low as $12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAgastache Kudos Gold (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) is compact-growing and extremely long-blooming with golden-yellow flowers on short, tidy flower spikes from late spring to September. The nectar-rich tubular-shaped flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Kudos Golds yellow flowers are an unusual color for the Agastache family.Learn MoreKannah Creek Buckwheat hails from western Colorado. With a showy display of yellow flowers in late spring, the flowers age to shades of orange and rust by late summer, providing mont...
Learn MoreKannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat Kannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum v. aureum Kannah Creek$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotKannah Creek Buckwheat hails from western Colorado. With a showy display of yellow flowers in late spring, the flowers age to shades of orange and rust by late summer, providing months of low care color. A 2007 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreSterntaler is a robust, long blooming Tickseed with showy golden-yellow petals with a reddish-brown center. The flowers are continuous over the summer when deadheaded. It thrive wit...
Learn MoreSterntaler Coreopsis Sterntaler Tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata Sterntaler$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSterntaler is a robust, long blooming Tickseed with showy golden-yellow petals with a reddish-brown center. The flowers are continuous over the summer when deadheaded. It thrive with heat and sun and requires a well drained soil. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreThe Sulphur Buckwheat Collection (Eriogonum) showcases some of the very best xeric native shrubs we can plant in the dryland garden. These durable, showy plants are evergreen, long b...
Learn MoreSulphur Buckwheat Collection Sulphur Buckwheat collection$33.97Per Collection of 3The Sulphur Buckwheat Collection (Eriogonum) showcases some of the very best xeric native shrubs we can plant in the dryland garden. These durable, showy plants are evergreen, long blooming, providing bright color and texture to the garden for months on end. Both beautifully showy and beneficial, Eriogonum provide essential habitat for pollinators and a seed source for birds in fall and winter. Collection of 3 plants.Learn More
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- Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate
- Aster ericoides Snow Flurry
- Aster oblongifolius Dream of Beauty
- Echinacea purpurea Magnus Superior
- Forestiera neomexicana
- Gaillardia Arizona Apricot
- Geranium Rozanne
- Hirpicium armerioides v. armerioides
- Mahonia repens
- Penstemon cobaea v. purpurea
- Phlox paniculata David's Lavender
- Phlox paniculata Laura
- Phlox subulata Drummond's Pink
- Physostegia virginiana Miss Manners
- Rosa Caramba
- Rosa Knock Out Radrazz
- Rosa Nearly Wild
- Rosa Radcon
- Rosa Radsunny
- Sedum Matrona
- Silene regia Prairie Fire
- Solidago Peter Pan
- Teucrium cussonii
- Veronica prostrata Dick's Wine
- Aquilegia siberica
- Calamagrostis acutiflora Avalanche
- Salvia pachyphylla
- Aster oblongifolius October Skies
- Echinacea Tomato Soup
- Eryngium Big Blue
- Miscanthus sinensis Silberfeder
- Muhlenbergia emersleyi El Toro
- Rosa Prairie Joy
- Rudbeckia Henry Eilers
- Frosty Blue Century Plant (Agave)
- Arenaria alfacarensis
- Buddleia Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven
- Buddleia Flutterby Petite Pink
- Campanula aucheri
- Cytisus x praecox x Paulette
- Geranium dalmaticum
- Iris germanica City Lights
- Iris germanica Edith Wolford
- Iris germanica Invitation
- Jurassic Park Bearded Iris
- Iris germanica Teamwork
- Iris pallida Variegata Silver
- Kniphofia caulescens Tiffindel Cold Hardy
- Leptinella squalida Platt's Black
- Phlox subulata Scarlet Flame
- Salvia officinalis Minimus
- Sedum Autumn Joy
- White Swan Echinacea
- Aquilegia canadensis Pink Lanterns
- Penstemon procerus v. formosus
- Stachys coccineus
- Phlox paniculata Blue Paradise
- Papaver atlanticum Flore Pleno
- Dianthus Nyewood Cream
- Kerria japonica Pleniflora
- Chilopsis linearis Monhews
- New Mexico Century Plant (Agave)
- Amelanchier utahensis
- Cercis occidentalis
- Helianthus maximiliana Lemon Yellow
- Salvia Red Velvet
- Scutellaria resinosa Smoky Hills
- Clematis scottii
- Perovskia Little Spires
- Rosmarinus officinalis Irene
- Osteospermum Avalanche
- Festuca mairei
- Achillea serbica
- Agave havardiana
- Gaura lindheimeri Trader Joe's
- Penstemon pinifolius Nearly Red
- Rhus microphylla
- Sempervivum Silverine
- Sempervivum Sunset
- Sidalcea neomexicana
- Sporobolus heterolipis Tara
- Thymus serpyllum Mountain Thyme
- Linum perenne Sapphire
- Echinocereus caespitosus v. minor
- Coryphantha omnivora
- Papaver Plum Pudding
- Davis Showy Milkweed
- Purple Milkweed
- Parry's Century Plant (Agave)
- Golden Eye Prairie Zinnia
- Hardy Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria)
- Annie's Perennial Verbena
- Llano Indian Grass
- Alkali Sacaton Grass
- Purple Emperor Sedum
- Thundercloud Sedum
- West Texas Grass Salvia
- Summer Skies Texas Grass Salvia
- Sensation Rose Dwarf Pink Salvia
- Brown Eyed Susan
- Fragrant Sweet Briar Rose
- Darlow's Enigma Rose
- Gwen's Buffalo Clove-Scented Currant (Ribes)
- Lemhi Purple Creeping Phlox
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea)
- Tall Orange Pineleaf Penstemon Mix
- Double Orange Oriental Poppy
- Double Red Shades Oriental Poppy
- Northwind Upright Switchgrass
- Violet Queen Bee Balm
- Fendler's Barberry (Berberis)
- Kintzley's Ghost® Honeysuckle Vine
- Yellow Honeysuckle Vine
- Blanche Sandman Honeysuckle Vine
- Spanish Blue Flax (Linum)
- Turk's Cap Siberian Lily
- Western Wood Lily
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Blue Haze Euphorbia
- Alcalde Cold Hardy Rosemary
- Buena Vista English Lavender
- Rockstar Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Western Sundancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Silver Curry Bush (Helichrysum)
- Mesa Wine Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Gentian
- Hantamberg Orange Gazania
- Butterscotch Baby Gazania
- Lion's Spore (Euphorbia)
- Prolific Sulphur Buckwheat
- Sombrero® Sandy Yellow Echinacea
- Hula Dancer Echinacea
- Echinacea Tiki Torch
- Spangled Star Dianthus
- Pop Star Dianthus
- Kew Broom (Cytisus)
- Jethro Tull Coreopsis
- Yellow Twig Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus)
- Bluebell Bellflower (Campanula)
- Dwarf Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Spring Blooming Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia)
- Dwarf Rock Cress (Aubrieta)
- Dwarf Alpine Aster
- Dwarf Japanese Columbine
- Winky Red and White Columbine
- Jones' Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Ice Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Twister Corkscrew Allium
- Purple Haze Agastache
- Acapulco® Orange Agastache
- Compact Joshua Tree (Yucca)
- Sedum middendorfianum
- Blue Flame Giant Purple Salvia
- Platinum® Dwarf Silver Leaf Salvia
- Yellow Prairie Coneflower
- Sunset Crater Penstemon
- Native Pacific Northwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Autumn Magic Pollinator Collection
- Fragrant Blooms Collection
- Long Blooming Collection For The East & Midwest
- Long Blooming Collection For The West
- Cold Hardy Succulent Collection
- Monarch Magic Collection
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The East & Midwest
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The West
- My Soil Is Like A Beach Collection
- Salvia Collection II
- Made For Shade Collection
- Native Wildscape Collection
- Native Intermountain West Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Southwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Salt-Tolerant Ornamental Grass Collection
- August Afternoons Pre-Planned Garden
- Millennium Sunrise Bearded Iris
- Recurring Delight Bearded Iris
- Social Event Bearded Iris
- Paul Black Bearded Iris
- Gold Variegated Sweet Iris
- Merchant Marine Bearded Iris
- Mango Entree Bearded Iris
- Imperial Reign Bearded Iris
- Amarillo Frills Bearded Iris
- Dance the Night Away Bearded Iris
- Tumalo Sunset Bearded Iris
- Ziggy Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Immortality Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Dynamite Bearded Iris
- Pure As Gold Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Sheer Ecstasy Bearded Iris
- Stellar Lights Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Ragtop Day Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Final Episode Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Sugar Blues Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Batik Bearded Iris
- Savanna Sunset Bearded Iris
- Beargrass (Nolina)
- Boulder Mountain Pussy Toes (Antenaria)
- Pineleaf Penstemon
- Firecracker Penstemon
- Pink Skyrocket Tiarella
- Cleopatra Oregano
- Gentle Giant Sulphur Buckwheat
- White Prairie Clover (Dalea)
- Red Bells Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)
- Rose Bells Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)
- Prairie Phlox
- Solid Gold Salvia
- Purple Chip Salvia
- Uvatung Broadleaf Penstemon