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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Turkish speedwell is one of our showiest blue flowered groundcovers native to the mountains of Turkey. Spreading stems of evergreen foliage root as they spread across the soil and co...
Learn MoreTurkish Veronica Turkish Speedwell Veronica liwanensisAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotTurkish speedwell is one of our showiest blue flowered groundcovers native to the mountains of Turkey. Spreading stems of evergreen foliage root as they spread across the soil and cover themselves with bright blue flowers in late spring.Learn MoreSalvia 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 $8.54Per 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 More1" tall x 18" wide. Pink Chintz Thyme (Thymus Pink Chintz) is a tight, low growing creeping thyme with thick stems of woolly green foliage that blooms in mid-spring with a profusion ...
Learn MorePink Chintz Creeping Thyme Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme Thymus serpyllum Pink ChintzAs low as $7.99 Sale $6.79Per Plant - 2.5" Pot1" tall x 18" wide. Pink Chintz Thyme (Thymus Pink Chintz) is a tight, low growing creeping thyme with thick stems of woolly green foliage that blooms in mid-spring with a profusion of salmon-pink flowers.Learn More12-18" 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 $10.99 Sale $9.89Per 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 $9.99 Sale $8.99Per 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 MoreDelosperma Fire Spinner® has vibrant tri-colored flowers of orange, red and lavender that are unique in the world of perennial flowers. Outstandingly colorful. An evergreen groun...
Learn MoreFire Spinner® Ice Plant Fire Spinner® Ice Plant Delosperma Fire Spinner®As low as $7.99 Sale $6.79Per Plant - 2.5" PotDelosperma Fire Spinner® has vibrant tri-colored flowers of orange, red and lavender that are unique in the world of perennial flowers. Outstandingly colorful. An evergreen groundcover, this ice plant blooms in late spring. A 2011 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreVeronica pectinata (Woolly Speedwell) is one of our finest groundcovers. Growing with long stems of wooly evergreen foliage, the plants cover themselves with blue blooms, aging to la...
Learn MoreBlue Woolly Veronica Blue Woolly Speedwell Veronica pectinataAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotVeronica pectinata (Woolly Speedwell) is one of our finest groundcovers. Growing with long stems of wooly evergreen foliage, the plants cover themselves with blue blooms, aging to lavender-blue flowers in early to mid-spring. 2" tall x 18" wide.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 $9.99 Sale $9.49Per 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 $9.49Per 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 MoreArenaria is a great groundcover plant with tiny bright green evergreen leaves. Looks great as a crack filler between flagstone and paving stones. Images courtesy of Plant Select. Dr...
Learn MoreWallowa Mountains Sandwort (Arenaria) Wallowa Mountains Mossy Sandwort Arenaria Wallowa MountainsAs low as $8.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotArenaria is a great groundcover plant with tiny bright green evergreen leaves. Looks great as a crack filler between flagstone and paving stones. Images courtesy of Plant Select. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreBlue Reflection® Veronica (Speedwell) is a vigorous groundcover that covers its garden space with handsome evergreen foliage and a profuse late spring display of small blue flowe...
Learn MoreBlue Reflection® Veronica Blue Reflection® Creeping Speedwell Veronica x Blue Reflection®As low as $7.99 Sale $6.79Per Plant - 2.5" PotBlue Reflection® Veronica (Speedwell) is a vigorous groundcover that covers its garden space with handsome evergreen foliage and a profuse late spring display of small blue flowers; very durable and xeric.Learn MoreAgastache Kudos Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) has showy, bright-orange flowers on short flower spikes which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Its compact size and bushy ...
Learn MoreKudos™ Mandarin Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin PP#25,381As low as $12.99 Sale $12.34Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAgastache Kudos Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) has showy, bright-orange flowers on short flower spikes which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Its compact size and bushy habit gives it a neat and tidy appearance, while it blooms from early summer through September.Learn More'Blut' is one of the very best cold hardy Ice Plants. With its vigorous growth habit, durable evergreen foliage and summer-long display of deep magenta-red flowers, it is an invaluab...
Learn MoreBlut Ice Plant Blut Ice Plant Delosperma ashtonii BlutAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" Pot'Blut' is one of the very best cold hardy Ice Plants. With its vigorous growth habit, durable evergreen foliage and summer-long display of deep magenta-red flowers, it is an invaluable groundcover. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreDelosperma Red Mountain® Flame is a tough, vigorous cold hardy Ice Plant with large blazing orange-red flowers in late spring and early summer. Delosperma Red Mountain Flame Ice ...
Learn MoreRed Mountain® Flame Ice Plant Red Mountain® Flame Hardy Ice Plant Delosperma x PWWG02SAs low as $8.99 Sale $7.64Per Plant - 2.5" PotDelosperma Red Mountain® Flame is a tough, vigorous cold hardy Ice Plant with large blazing orange-red flowers in late spring and early summer. Delosperma Red Mountain Flame Ice Plant is a Plant Select award winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreRed Mother of Thyme blooms with showy rose-red flowers in late spring and grows to form thick mats of tiny, deep green leaves. Not as xeric as some other varieties, this one needs re...
Learn MoreRed Mother-of-Thyme Red Mother-of-Thyme Thymus serpyllum CoccineumAs low as $7.99 Sale $7.19Per Plant - 2.5" PotRed Mother of Thyme blooms with showy rose-red flowers in late spring and grows to form thick mats of tiny, deep green leaves. Not as xeric as some other varieties, this one needs regular moisture.Learn MorePenstemon Red Rocks (Beardtongue) is a superb hybrid variety that blooms most of the summer with large rose-pink flowers. The plants are vigorous and have attractive glossy green fol...
Learn MoreRed Rocks Penstemon Red Rocks Hybrid Beardtongue Penstemon mexicali Red Rocks$9.99 Sale $8.99Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPenstemon Red Rocks (Beardtongue) is a superb hybrid variety that blooms most of the summer with large rose-pink flowers. The plants are vigorous and have attractive glossy green foliage. A 1999 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).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 $10.99Per 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 MoreThumbelina Leigh is a robust dwarf growing English variety with plump, deep lavender-blue flower spikes, and a strong, sweet fragrance. Maturing to a height of about 15 inches, it is...
Learn MoreThumbelina Leigh Dwarf English Lavender Thumbelina Leigh Dwarf English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Thumbelina LeighAs low as $12.49Per Plant - 5" Deep PotThumbelina Leigh is a robust dwarf growing English variety with plump, deep lavender-blue flower spikes, and a strong, sweet fragrance. Maturing to a height of about 15 inches, it is one of the most compact cultivars in cultivation.Learn MoreA dazzling selection of this California native wildflower species, 'Marian Sampson' (commonly known as Scarlet Monardella) has clusters of brilliant red, tubular flowers held over lo...
Learn MoreMarian Sampson Scarlet Monardella Scarlet Monardella, Hummingbird Coyote Mint Monardella macrantha Marian SampsonAs low as $11.99 Sale $11.39Per Plant - 5" Deep PotA dazzling selection of this California native wildflower species, 'Marian Sampson' (commonly known as Scarlet Monardella) has clusters of brilliant red, tubular flowers held over low mats of dark green, shiny leaves. Blooming in late spring it is certain to attract hummingbirds. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MorePink Creeping Thyme is an outstanding selection with glossy, dark green leaves covered with light pink flowers pushing form rose-pink buds in early summer. This variety is impressive...
Learn MorePink Creeping Thyme Pink Creeping Thyme Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus CoccineusAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotPink Creeping Thyme is an outstanding selection with glossy, dark green leaves covered with light pink flowers pushing form rose-pink buds in early summer. This variety is impressively xeric, with tough woody stems. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More2-3" tall x 18-24" wide. Gray creeping germander blooms with fragrant honey scented pink flowers in summer that are held over equally fragrant thin linear gray leaves. The plant is ...
Learn MoreGray Creeping Germander (Teucrium) Gray Creeping Germander Teucrium aroanium$8.99Per Plant - 2.5" Pot2-3" tall x 18-24" wide. Gray creeping germander blooms with fragrant honey scented pink flowers in summer that are held over equally fragrant thin linear gray leaves. The plant is an excellent small scale groundcover for hot, sunny sites in well drained soil. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MorePikes Peak Purple is a superb hybrid variety that blooms most of the summer with large concord grape-purple flowers. The plants are vigorous and have attractive glossy green foliage....
Learn MorePike's Peak Purple Penstemon Pike's Peak Purple hybrid Beardtongue Penstemon mexicali Pike's Peak Purple$10.99 Sale $9.34Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPikes Peak Purple is a superb hybrid variety that blooms most of the summer with large concord grape-purple flowers. The plants are vigorous and have attractive glossy green foliage. A 1999 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreAchillea New Vintage™Violet (New Vintage™Violet Yarrow) is a compact, long-blooming yarrow cultivar with long lasting, eye-popping violet-magenta flowers....
Learn MoreNew Vintage Violet™ Yarrow New Vintage Violet™ Yarrow Achillea New Vintage Violet™$10.99 Sale $9.34Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAchillea New Vintage™Violet (New Vintage™Violet Yarrow) is a compact, long-blooming yarrow cultivar with long lasting, eye-popping violet-magenta flowers.Learn MoreWoolly Thyme is a superb low care groundcover thyme with fuzzy gray foliage and vigorous spreading stems that root as they spread across the soil. It rarely flowers. An ideal crack f...
Learn MoreWoolly Thyme Woolly Thyme Thymus lanuginosusAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotWoolly Thyme is a superb low care groundcover thyme with fuzzy gray foliage and vigorous spreading stems that root as they spread across the soil. It rarely flowers. An ideal crack filler between flagstone and pavers. 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
- 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 Mid-Atlantic 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
- Hummingbird Container Garden
- 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
- 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