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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Salvia sylvestris ‘May Night’ (May Night Sage) blooms prolifically with deep purple-blue flowers. It is an outstanding perennial with excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and toleran...
Learn MoreMay Night Salvia May Night Meadow Sage Salvia sylvestris May NightAs low as $9.49 Sale $9.02Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSalvia sylvestris ‘May Night’ (May Night Sage) blooms prolifically with deep purple-blue flowers. It is an outstanding perennial with excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of heavy clay soils. Blooming in late spring with a profusion of flower spikes, it reblooms later in the summer when deadheaded.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 MorePenstemon heterophyllus Electric Blue is a selected form of the Foothills Beardtongue, a small growing evergreen shrub from California, that blooms in late spring with a memorable d...
Learn MoreElectric Blue Penstemon Electric Blue Foothills Beardtongue Penstemon heterophyllus Electric BlueAs low as $9.49 Sale $7.59Per Plant - 2.5" PotPenstemon heterophyllus Electric Blue is a selected form of the Foothills Beardtongue, a small growing evergreen shrub from California, that blooms in late spring with a memorable display of intensely blue flowers. .Learn MoreExclusive. Salvia Ultra Violet is a great new cold-hardy Salvia greggii hybrid with showy violet-pink colored flowers. This Sage selection has demonstrated exceptional cold hardiness...
Learn MoreUltra Violet Salvia Ultra Violet Hybrid Sage Salvia Ultra Violet PP#21,411$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotExclusive. Salvia Ultra Violet is a great new cold-hardy Salvia greggii hybrid with showy violet-pink colored flowers. This Sage selection has demonstrated exceptional cold hardiness and blooms all season beginning in early summer. Salvia Ultra Violet thrives in full sun and heat. Drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric). A High Country Gardens introduction. Discovered in the garden of Lauren Springer Ogden.Learn MoreAsclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) is a gorgeous plant that produces purple/pink flower clusters that wildflower gardeners love and spreads quickly. This native perennial is a prima...
Learn MoreCommon Milkweed Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAsclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) is a gorgeous plant that produces purple/pink flower clusters that wildflower gardeners love and spreads quickly. This native perennial is a primary food source for the Monarch butterfly providing large leaves for caterpillars and big pink globe-like flowers that provide nectar for the adult butterflies. Planting it will help to support Monarch populations. Perennial.Learn MoreDark Knight Blue Mist spirea (Caryopteris clandonensis) blooms with a profusion of dark blue flowers in late summer when few other shrubs are flowering. Its modest size makes it very...
Learn MoreDark Knight Caryopteris Dark Knight Blue Mist Spirea, Bluebeard Caryopteris clandonensis Dark Knight$11.99 Sale $10.79Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotDark Knight Blue Mist spirea (Caryopteris clandonensis) blooms with a profusion of dark blue flowers in late summer when few other shrubs are flowering. Its modest size makes it very useful in smaller yards. A fantastic nectar source for bees and butterflies. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreAppar Blue Flax (Linum perenne Appar) is a dwarf form of Blue Flax that covers itself with bright blue flowers held over stout wiry stems and blooms for several months beginning in l...
Learn MoreAppar Blue Flax (Linum) Appar Blue Flax Linum perenne Appar$7.99 Sale $6.39Sale Price I Save 20%Per Plant - 2.5" PotAppar Blue Flax (Linum perenne Appar) is a dwarf form of Blue Flax that covers itself with bright blue flowers held over stout wiry stems and blooms for several months beginning in late spring. Appar Blue Flax loves poor soils and drier conditions in the garden. Drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric). 18" x 18" wide.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 $9.59Sale Price I Save 20%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 MoreFirst Choice is a newer selection with particularly deep blue flowers and a more compact mature size than other Blue Mist spirea. Blooming late summer it is an invaluable nectar sour...
Learn MoreFirst Choice Caryopteris First Choice Blue Mist Spirea, Bluebeard Caryopteris clandonensis First Choice$12.99 Sale $11.69Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotFirst Choice is a newer selection with particularly deep blue flowers and a more compact mature size than other Blue Mist spirea. Blooming late summer it is an invaluable nectar source for bees and butterflies. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreAgastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sprite' (Apricot Sprite Hyssop) provides a sizzling blast of bright orange flowers during the heat mid-to-late summer. An outstanding perennial for attr...
Learn MoreApricot Sprite Agastache Apricot Sprite Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache aurantiaca Apricot SpriteAs low as $11.99 Sale $9.59Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAgastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sprite' (Apricot Sprite Hyssop) provides a sizzling blast of bright orange flowers during the heat mid-to-late summer. An outstanding perennial for attracting hummingbirds with brilliant fragrance. A great container plant; grow it as an annual if it is outside your growing zone.Learn MoreWild Four O'clock is a magnificent native wildflower that blooms all summer with magenta-pink flowers that open in the afternoon. A perennial with huge, deep roots, it needs no extr...
Learn MoreWild Four O'Clock (Mirabilis) Wild Four O'Clock Mirablis multiflora$10.99 Sale $9.89Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotWild Four O'clock is a magnificent native wildflower that blooms all summer with magenta-pink flowers that open in the afternoon. A perennial with huge, deep roots, it needs no extra water once established. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More'Becky' Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum superbum ') showers the garden with classic flowers from mid-summer to early fall. Cheerful 3-4-inch flowers of white petals around a golden-yellow...
Learn MoreBecky Shasta Daisy Becky Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum x superbum Becky$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot'Becky' Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum superbum ') showers the garden with classic flowers from mid-summer to early fall. Cheerful 3-4-inch flowers of white petals around a golden-yellow center flutter on sturdy stems. Lovely as cut flowers they are easy-care, long-blooming additions to a border, container, or cutting garden. Deer and rabbit resistant too.Learn MoreBlue Glow is an Old World wildflower that blooms in mid-summer. The deep blue globe-like flowers are held high above the attactive thistle-like foliage. One of the very best flowers ...
Learn MoreBlue Glow Echinops Blue Glow Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus Blue Glow$10.99 Sale $8.79Sale Price I Save 20%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlue Glow is an Old World wildflower that blooms in mid-summer. The deep blue globe-like flowers are held high above the attactive thistle-like foliage. One of the very best flowers for attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like ...
Learn MoreStar Frost Echinops Star Frost Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus Star Frost$11.99 Sale $9.59Sale Price I Save 20%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like deep green leaves with silvery undersides, ‘Star Frost’ will bloom from mid-summer to early fall. Plant them in a sweep for dramatic effect. At 3-4 feet tall they are just right for a perennial bed, cutting garden, or pollinator garden - bees and butterflies love them too.Learn MoreAn improved form of Penstemon, Pristine™ Pink (Penstemon barbatus) blooms for a long time in mid-summer, with glossy foliage that offers lasting texture. Medium-tall spikes of brig...
Learn MorePristine™ Pink Penstemon Pristine™ Pink Beardtongue Penstemon barbatus Pristine™ Pink$10.99 Sale $8.24Sale Price I Save 25%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAn improved form of Penstemon, Pristine™ Pink (Penstemon barbatus) blooms for a long time in mid-summer, with glossy foliage that offers lasting texture. Medium-tall spikes of bright pink tubular flowers attract hummingbirds and bees. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More‘Korean Zest’ Agastache (Agastache rugosa), with its refreshing mint scented flowers and foliage, blooms all season and attracts an amazing number of bees and butterflies to its ...
Learn MoreKorean Zest Agastache Korean Zest Hummingbird Mint Agastache rugosa Korean Zest$12.99 Sale $9.74Sale Price I Save 25%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot‘Korean Zest’ Agastache (Agastache rugosa), with its refreshing mint scented flowers and foliage, blooms all season and attracts an amazing number of bees and butterflies to its compact spikes of blue-violet flowers. Long-lasting blooms from late spring to early fall make ‘Korean Zest’ a "must have" perennial in the pollinator garden. Aromatic foliage makes Agastache deer and rabbit resistant. Also known as Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop.Learn MoreExclusive. A stunning native wildflower, 'Mountain Red' blooms for months with hummingbird attracting clear red trumpet-shaped flowers. This is our special cold hardy strain and it d...
Learn MoreRed Flowered Lamb's Ear Red Flowered Lamb's Ear Stachys coccinea Mountain Red$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotExclusive. A stunning native wildflower, 'Mountain Red' blooms for months with hummingbird attracting clear red trumpet-shaped flowers. This is our special cold hardy strain and it does best in dappled or partial shade.Learn MoreThis rare native species found only in a few areas of the Midwest is a must for brightening the late summer garden. Its scarlet-red flowers are extremely showy and will attract hummi...
Learn MoreRoyal Catchfly (Silene) Royal Catchfly Silene regia$10.99 Sale $8.79Sale Price I Save 20%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotThis rare native species found only in a few areas of the Midwest is a must for brightening the late summer garden. Its scarlet-red flowers are extremely showy and will attract hummingbirds eager to feed from the nectar-rich blossoms. Plant in enriched, well-drained sandy or loam soils and irrigate regularly if conditions are dry. A wonderful flowering companion for Agastache 'Black Adder'.Learn MoreReblooming Daylily ‘Purple D'oro’ (Hemerocallis ‘Purple D’oro) flowers all summer and into fall with show-stopping magenta-purple blooms, with chartreuse-yellow throats. One ...
Learn MorePurple D'Oro Reblooming Daylily Purple D'Oro Reblooming Daylily Hemerocallis Purple D'Oro$14.99 Sale $11.24Sale Price I Save 25%Per Bag of 3Reblooming Daylily ‘Purple D'oro’ (Hemerocallis ‘Purple D’oro) flowers all summer and into fall with show-stopping magenta-purple blooms, with chartreuse-yellow throats. One of the longest blooming daylilies, it makes a perfect addition to a border, mixed bed, or container. Beautiful, water-thrifty, easy-care, rabbit resistant and pollinator friendly – this daylily has it all!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
- Gray Creeping Germander (Teucrium)
- Helen von Stein Lamb's Ear
- Llano Indian Grass
- Alkali Sacaton Grass
- Purple Emperor Sedum
- Thundercloud Sedum
- West Texas Grass Salvia
- Burgundy Seduction Salvia
- Summer Skies Texas Grass Salvia
- Sensation Rose Dwarf Pink Salvia
- Marcus Dwarf Blue Salvia
- Furman's Red Texas 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
- Husker Red Penstemon
- Double Orange Oriental Poppy
- Royal Wedding Oriental Poppy
- Brilliant Oriental Poppy
- Double Red Shades Oriental Poppy
- Beauty of Livermere Oriental Poppy
- Northwind Upright Switchgrass
- Amethyst Falls Ornamental Oregano
- Showy Pink Evening Primrose
- Fireball Bee Balm
- Violet Queen Bee Balm
- Jacob Cline Bee Balm
- Fendler's Barberry (Berberis)
- Kintzley's Ghost® Honeysuckle Vine
- 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
- Buena Vista English Lavender
- Western Sundancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Firefly Coral Bells
- 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
- Arizona Columbine
- Red Hobbit Columbine
- Jones' Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Ice Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Allium Millenium
- 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
- Hummingbird 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
- My Soil Is Like A Brick Collection
- Made For Shade Collection
- Native Wildscape Collection