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- Offer food and habitat for native pollinators and wildlife.
- Create resilient landscapes that require less water and maintenance.
- Beautiful plants suited to your region create a sense of place in your garden.
- Your garden makes a difference in supporting pollinator populations.
- Grow a garden that's buzzing with life and colorful, long-lasting blooms.
- Attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with nectar rich plants.
- Less water, more flowers! Grow a pollinator-friendly garden while conserving water.
- Attractive foliage and flowers add color and texture .
- Discover our selection of perennials chosen for their durable garden performance.
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Moonshine 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 $80.99Per 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 MoreNepeta 'Select Blue' (Select Blue Catmint) is a fantastic xeric perennial with dramatic lavender-blue flowers and handsome gray-green foliage. A recurrent bloomer, the first flush of...
Learn MoreSelect Blue Nepeta Select Blue Catmint Nepeta faassenii Select BlueAs low as $9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotNepeta 'Select Blue' (Select Blue Catmint) is a fantastic xeric perennial with dramatic lavender-blue flowers and handsome gray-green foliage. A recurrent bloomer, the first flush of flowers comes in late spring, and again later in summer. A long-lived, easily grown perennial, this is an excellent plant for beginners.Learn MoreSilky thread Grass brings gossimer grace to any spot where it's planted. It blooms from late spring into late summer with plumes of silky flowers that sway back and forth in the sli...
Learn MoreSilky Thread Grass Silky Thread Grass Nassella tenuissimaAs low as $10.99 Sale $10.44Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSilky thread Grass brings gossimer grace to any spot where it's planted. It blooms from late spring into late summer with plumes of silky flowers that sway back and forth in the slightest breeze. Grow readily in most any soil with full to partial sun. Re-seeds itself readily. Not for sale in CA. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MorePrincess Louise has huge salmon-pink flowers in late spring. This oriental poppy is a superior seed grown variety....
Learn MorePrincess Louise Oriental Poppy Princess Louise Oriental Poppy Papaver orientale Princess Louise$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPrincess Louise has huge salmon-pink flowers in late spring. This oriental poppy is a superior seed grown variety.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$11.99 Sale $10.79Sale Price I Save 10%Per 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 MoreBeauty of Livermere blooms in late spring with huge deep red flowers. This oriental poppy is an outstanding seed grown variety....
Learn MoreBeauty of Livermere Oriental Poppy Beauty of Livermere Oriental Poppy Papaver orientale Beauty of Livermere$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBeauty of Livermere blooms in late spring with huge deep red flowers. This oriental poppy is an outstanding seed grown variety.Learn MoreA profuse bloomer, Walberton’s® Snow Fountain Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) flowers from late spring through fall with large white blooms. Also known as Wand Flower or Beeblossom Gras...
Learn MoreSnow Fountain Gaura Walberton's® Snow Fountain Beeblossom Grass Gaura lindheimeri Walsnofou (Snow Fountain)$12.99 Sale $10.39Sale Price I Save 20%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotA profuse bloomer, Walberton’s® Snow Fountain Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) flowers from late spring through fall with large white blooms. Also known as Wand Flower or Beeblossom Grass, this native perennial beauty has a tight, upright growth habit. A beautiful addition to deer resistant, full sun gardens.Learn MoreAllium Millenium is one of the very best ornamental onions. Unlike spring-blooming Allium bulbs, this hybrid Allium blooms in mid-summer with large globes of rose-pink flowers. Matur...
Learn MoreAllium Millenium Millennium Allium Ornamental Onion Allium Millenium$12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAllium Millenium is one of the very best ornamental onions. Unlike spring-blooming Allium bulbs, this hybrid Allium blooms in mid-summer with large globes of rose-pink flowers. Mature plants have dozens of globes covering this perennial plant. Attractive, shiny deep-green grassy foliage is very ornamental. Perennial Plant Association 2018 Plant of The Year.Learn More'Prince of Orange' Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale 'Prince of Orange') has huge bright-orange flowers with crepe paper-like petals that light up the late spring garden. It is easy-...
Learn MorePrince of Orange Oriental Poppy Prince of Orange Oriental Poppy Papaver orientale Prince of Orange$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot'Prince of Orange' Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale 'Prince of Orange') has huge bright-orange flowers with crepe paper-like petals that light up the late spring garden. It is easy-to-grow and long lived. It thrives in clay and loves cold winters.Learn MoreBlue Stocking Bee Balm is a vibrantly colored violet-blue Monarda, blooming for several months beginning in mid-summer....
Learn MoreBlue Stocking Bee Balm Blue Stocking Bee Balm Monarda didyma Blue Stocking$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlue Stocking Bee Balm is a vibrantly colored violet-blue Monarda, blooming for several months beginning in mid-summer.Learn MoreAn outstanding selection of our western native sand cherry, Pawnee Buttes® is a low growing, groundcover shrub with a profusion of fragrant white flowers in early spring and show...
Learn MorePawnee Buttes® Sand Cherry (Prunus) Pawnee Buttes® Sand Cherry Prunus besseyi P011SAs low as $11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAn outstanding selection of our western native sand cherry, Pawnee Buttes® is a low growing, groundcover shrub with a profusion of fragrant white flowers in early spring and showy mahogany-red foliage in the fall. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant. Prunus besseyi P011S is a 2000 Plant Select® introduction. 12-18" tall x 4-6' wide.Learn MorePapaver orientale Royal Wedding has large, pure white flowers in late spring. Royal Wedding Poppy is a superior seed grown variety that makes a stunning companion to salvia (sage)....
Learn MoreRoyal Wedding Oriental Poppy Royal Wedding Oriental Poppy Papaver orientale Royal Wedding$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPapaver orientale Royal Wedding has large, pure white flowers in late spring. Royal Wedding Poppy is a superior seed grown variety that makes a stunning companion to salvia (sage).Learn MorePhlox David blooms in mid-summer with round heads of large, pure white, delightfully fragrant flowers. The foliage is mildew resistant and this perennial grows easily in compost-enri...
Learn MoreDavid Garden Phlox David Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata DavidAs low as $10.49Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPhlox David blooms in mid-summer with round heads of large, pure white, delightfully fragrant flowers. The foliage is mildew resistant and this perennial grows easily in compost-enriched garden soil. The 2002 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year.Learn MoreUndaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass (Plant Select) has an impressive late summer display of see-through amber-pink flower spikes. This is the one Muhly grass with showy pink flowering pl...
Learn MoreUndaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass Undaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia reverchonii PUND01SAs low as $10.99 Sale $10.44Per Plant - 5" Deep PotUndaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass (Plant Select) has an impressive late summer display of see-through amber-pink flower spikes. This is the one Muhly grass with showy pink flowering plumes that can be grown in USDA zones 5 and 6. A High Country Gardens introduction. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreExclusive. The Wichita Mountains form of Monarda fistulosa is a wildflower gem blooming in mid-summer with a fabulous display of lavender-pink flowers that attract hummingbirds. Mode...
Learn MoreWild Bergamot (Wichita Mountains Form) Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa (Wichita Mountains Form)$9.99 Sale $9.49Sale Price I Save 5%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotExclusive. The Wichita Mountains form of Monarda fistulosa is a wildflower gem blooming in mid-summer with a fabulous display of lavender-pink flowers that attract hummingbirds. Moderately xeric once established. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).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
- Mulberry Flambe Purple Salvia
- 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
- Greek Yarrow
- Parry's Century Plant (Agave)
- Golden Eye Prairie Zinnia
- Hardy Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria)
- Iron Butterfly Ironweed (Vernonia)
- Annie's Perennial Verbena
- Pfitzer Red Hot Poker Mix
- Fire Dance Red Hot Poker
- Red Flowered Lamb's Ear
- Helen von Stein Lamb's Ear
- Llano Indian Grass
- Alkali Sacaton Grass
- Purple Emperor Sedum
- Thundercloud Sedum
- Dark Violet Skullcap (Scutellaria)
- 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
- Arp Rosemary
- Gwen's Buffalo Clove-Scented Currant (Ribes)
- Lemhi Purple Creeping Phlox
- Kashmir False Sage (Phlomis)
- Tall Orange Pineleaf Penstemon Mix
- Double Orange Oriental Poppy
- Brilliant Oriental Poppy
- Double Red Shades Oriental Poppy
- Northwind Upright Switchgrass
- Amethyst Falls Ornamental Oregano
- Showy Pink Evening Primrose
- Fireball Bee Balm
- Violet Queen Bee Balm
- Fendler's Barberry (Berberis)
- Yellow Honeysuckle Vine
- Major Wheeler 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
- Purple Ribbon Spanish Lavender
- Mitcham Gray English Lavender
- Buena Vista English Lavender
- Western Sundancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Silver Curry Bush (Helichrysum)
- Mesa Wine Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Gentian
- Hantamberg Orange Gazania
- Butterscotch Baby Gazania
- Happy Boy New Mexico Privet
- Lion's Spore (Euphorbia)
- Baby Joe Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium)
- Kannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat
- Prolific Sulphur Buckwheat
- Sombrero® Sandy Yellow Echinacea
- PowWow® Wild Berry Echinacea
- Hula Dancer Echinacea
- Echinacea Tiki Torch
- Coral Canyon Twinspur (Diascia)
- Spangled Star Dianthus
- Pop Star Dianthus
- Kew Broom (Cytisus)
- Jethro Tull Coreopsis
- Yellow Twig Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus)
- Bluebell Bellflower (Campanula)
- Dwarf Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe)
- Spring Blooming Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia)
- Dwarf Rock Cress (Aubrieta)
- Dwarf Alpine Aster
- Dwarf Japanese Columbine
- Winky Red and White Columbine
- Red Hobbit Columbine
- Jones' Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Ice Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Twister Corkscrew Allium
- Miniature Century Plant (Agave)
- 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 Northeast Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Mid-Atlantic Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Midwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- 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
- Shady Oasis Container Garden
- Container Garden For Full Sun
- Monarch Magic Collection
- Oriental Poppy Collection (Papaver)
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The East & Midwest
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The West
- Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden For Shade
- My Soil Is Like A Beach Collection
- Salvia Collection II
- Made For Shade Collection
- Native Wildscape Collection
- Columbine Collection
- Summer Showstopper Pre-Planned Garden
- Habitat Hero Birdwatcher Pre-Planned Garden
- Agastache Collection
- Native Intermountain West Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Southwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Salt-Tolerant Ornamental Grass Collection
- Tread On Me Evergreen Groundcover Collection
- Western Native Penstemon Collection
- August Afternoons Pre-Planned Garden
- Social Event Bearded Iris