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High Country Gardens is renowned for our unique plant introductions - especially cold-hardy, waterwise plants that come from rugged landscapes, high elevations, and harsh climates. Founder and Chief Horticulturalist David Salman carefully selects and develops plants for their beauty and improved garden performance, including unique flower color, improved disease resistance, or exceptional value to pollinators. High Country Gardens Exclusives are plants, gardens, and collections that you won’t find anywhere else!

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Penstemon pinifolius ‚FlowerKisser® Citrus Surprise‚ WWGPIN (Beardtongue) is a unique light-orange-flowering cultivar of this favorite native perennial. Pineleaf Penstem...
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FlowerKisser® Citrus Surprise Penstemon 'FlowerKisser® Citrus Surprise' Beardtongue Penstemon pinifolius 'WWGPIN'

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Per Plant - 2.5" Pot

Penstemon pinifolius 'FlowerKisser® Citrus Surprise' WWGPIN (Beardtongue) is a unique light-orange-flowering cultivar of this favorite native perennial. Pineleaf Penstemon features handsome evergreen foliage that grows in a tidy mound. Hummingbirds love to pollinate the nectar-rich flowers. It's easy-to-grow, requiring only plentiful sun, a lean well drained soil. This resilient, drought-tolerant perennial needs only occasional deep soakings in dry weather. A High Country Gardens Introduction. Exclusive.
Muhlenbergia rigens ‚Undaunted® Girl Next Door‚ USPP (Deer Grass) is the most cold-hardy form of Muhlenbergia, a xeric Southwestern-native favored for garden and landsca...
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Undaunted® Girl Next Door Deer Grass Undaunted® Girl Next Door Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens Undaunted® Girl Next Door
$14.99
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Muhlenbergia rigens 'Undaunted® Girl Next Door' USPP (Deer Grass) is the most cold-hardy form of Muhlenbergia, a xeric Southwestern-native favored for garden and landscape design. Despite its common name, is deer resistant. This perennial grows with a graceful mound of sage-green foliage, and sends up fireworks of long-lasting tawny plumes that capture the light and wave in the breeze. Add a vibrant airy texture to complement summer flowers and light up a sunny, dry planting. A High Country Gardens exclusive.
Our High Country Gardens Signature Collection features four of our most highly recommended perennials that exemplify our goals for sustainable, habitat-friendly gardens, including Ag...
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High Country Gardens Signature Collection High Country Gardens Signature Collection

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Per Collection of 4

Our High Country Gardens Signature Collection features four of our most highly recommended perennials that exemplify our goals for sustainable, habitat-friendly gardens, including Agastache, Penstemon, Prairie Zinnia, and Grama Grass introductions. High Country Gardens shows gardeners the possibilities of xeriscaping with native drought-resistant plants. Our plants are chosen for their hardiness, beauty, and support of habitat creation for wildlife and pollinators. Collection of 4 plants.
Agastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid...
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Ava Agastache Ava's Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Ava
As low as $14.99 Sale $13.49
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Agastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid Hummingbird Mint blooms for many months beginning in mid-summer. 2005 Plant of the Year.
Our Best In Show Agastache Collection features five Hummingbird Mint cultivars introduced by High Country Gardens Founder, David Salman. He was passionate about Agastache plants: &ld...
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Best In Show Agastache Collection Agastache Best In Show Collection
As low as $67.99
Per Collection of 5

Our Best In Show Agastache Collection features five Hummingbird Mint cultivars introduced by High Country Gardens Founder, David Salman. He was passionate about Agastache plants: “They have everything I love in a perennial: aromatic flowers and foliage, stunning spikes of tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, they bloom in summer and fall, extending the seasons of color in my xeriscapes, and they are North American native plants.” Collection of 5 or 15 plants.
Agastache rupestris ‚Glowing Embers®‚ (Hummingbird Mint) is a fantastic selection of Licorice Mint Hyssop with fragrant foliage and glowing orange-red tubular flower...
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Glowing Embers® Agastache 'Glowing Embers®'Licorice Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache rupestris
As low as $13.99 Sale $12.59
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Agastache rupestris 'Glowing Embers®' (Hummingbird Mint) is a fantastic selection of Licorice Mint Hyssop with fragrant foliage and glowing orange-red tubular flowers that are a favorite with hummingbirds. Plant in containers to enjoy this plant in the eastern U.S. Exclusive. 24-26" tall x 24-28" wide.
Bouteloua gracilis ‚Blonde Ambition‚ PP#22,048 (Blue Grama Grass) is a native ornamental grass with a completely new look. The horizontal eyelash-like chartreuse flowers ...
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Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass Bouteloua gracilis Blonde Ambition PP#22,048
As low as $15.99 Sale $12.79
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP#22,048 (Blue Grama Grass) is a native ornamental grass with a completely new look. The horizontal eyelash-like chartreuse flowers appear in mid-summer and age to blonde seed heads by fall. They are held on the plant right through the winter to provide many months of interest. 2011 Plant of The Year
Lavandula angustifolia ‚FlowerKisser® After Midnight‚ (English Lavender) has stunning, dark colored flower spikes with deep indigo-blue calyxes and large violet-purple f...
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FlowerKisser® After Midnight English Lavender 'FlowerKisser® After Midnight' English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia 'WWG002'
As low as $15.49 Sale $13.94
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Lavandula angustifolia 'FlowerKisser® After Midnight' (English Lavender) has stunning, dark colored flower spikes with deep indigo-blue calyxes and large violet-purple flowers on a medium sized plant with gray-green foliage. 2019 Plant of the Year.
Lavandula angustifolia ‚Wee One‚ (English Lavender) is a special dwarf variety that blooms with a wonderful display of short blue flower spikes only 10„ tall. It is...
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Wee One Dwarf English Lavender Wee One Dwarf English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Wee One
As low as $13.49
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' (English Lavender) is a special dwarf variety that blooms with a wonderful display of short blue flower spikes only 10" tall. It is the most compact Lavender cultivar in cultivation.
Enjoy lovely Lavender all season long! Our Lavender Collection includes carefully selected fragrant, hardy and long-blooming varieties. Enjoy Lavender blooms from late spring through...
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Long Blooming Lavender Collection Long Blooming Lavender Collection
As low as $66.99 Sale $60.29
Per Collection of 5

Enjoy lovely Lavender all season long! Our Lavender Collection includes carefully selected fragrant, hardy and long-blooming varieties. Enjoy Lavender blooms from late spring through fall with this carefully chosen combination of English and French hybrid Lavenders. Choice of 5 or 15 plants.
Our Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden has been a bestseller for decades! Perfect for hot, dry, sunny gardens, this eye-catching combination of long-blooming perennials will light up...
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Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden
As low as $225.99 Sale $180.79
Per Garden of 18

Our Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden has been a bestseller for decades! Perfect for hot, dry, sunny gardens, this eye-catching combination of long-blooming perennials will light up the landscape with bright, clear colors. Grow more flowers and foliage while using less water. Easy-care plants feature inedible foliage to keep rabbits and deer away. Large garden of 27 plants covers 190 sq ft, small garden of 18 plants covers 100 sq ft. This Pre-Planned Garden comes with a garden layout map to make planting easy. (For gardeners in coastal CA, OR, and WA, plant the Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden For The West Coast)
Exclusive. Cotula x ‚Tiffindell Gold‚ (Creeping Gold Buttons) is a lush looking groundcover that can be used in flower beds or as a lawn substitute. This South African na...
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Creeping Gold Buttons (Cotula) Creeping Gold Buttons Cotula Tiffindell Gold
As low as $9.99
Per Plant - 2.5" Pot

Exclusive. Cotula x 'Tiffindell Gold' (Creeping Gold Buttons) is a lush looking groundcover that can be used in flower beds or as a lawn substitute. This South African native has bright green, finely textured foliage and a profuse display of yellow button-like flowers in mid-summer. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). A High Country Gardens introduction.
With our Privacy Shrub Collection For The West, you can easily create a backyard oasis with these attractive native shrubs. Enjoy berries, blooms, and the gorgeous colors and texture...
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Privacy Shrub Collection For The West Privacy Shrub Collection For The West
$81.99
Per Collection of 9

With our Privacy Shrub Collection For The West, you can easily create a backyard oasis with these attractive native shrubs. Enjoy berries, blooms, and the gorgeous colors and textures of the foliage for year-round interest in your landscape. This native hedge will attract pollinators and provide food and habitat for songbirds and wildlife. Collection of 9 plants.
Zauschneria garrettii ‚Orange Carpet®‚ (Fire Chalice) is a vigorous perennial groundcover that blooms in mid- to late summer with a profusion of bright orange trumpet...
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Orange Carpet® Creeping Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria) Creeping Hummingbird Trumpet Orange Carpet® (Fire Chalice) Zauschneria garrettii Orange Carpet®
$12.99
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Zauschneria garrettii 'Orange Carpet®' (Fire Chalice) is a vigorous perennial groundcover that blooms in mid- to late summer with a profusion of bright orange trumpet shaped flowers. Spreading with underground stems, this beauty is perfect for slopes and cascading over the edges of raised beds. 2001 Plant Select Winner 4-6" tall x 15-18" wide.
Salvia ‚FlowerKisser® Dark Shadows‚ (Sage) is a stunning hybrid Texas bush sage with dark purple flowers and sweetly aromatic foliage; a favorite nectar source for hu...
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FlowerKisser® Dark Shadows Salvia FlowerKisser® 'Dark Shadows' Sage Salvia x 'WWG01'

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Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Salvia 'FlowerKisser® Dark Shadows' (Sage) is a stunning hybrid Texas bush sage with dark purple flowers and sweetly aromatic foliage; a favorite nectar source for hummingbirds and bumblebees.
Salvia greggii ‚Flower Kisser® Coral-Pink‚ (Sage) has eye-catching non-stop coral-pink flowers, starting in late spring and continuing into the fall. A medium sized w...
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FlowerKisser® Coral-Pink Salvia 'FlowerKisser® Coral-Pink' Sage Salvia greggii 'WWG003'

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Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Salvia greggii 'Flower Kisser® Coral-Pink' (Sage) has eye-catching non-stop coral-pink flowers, starting in late spring and continuing into the fall. A medium sized woody shrublet that loves poor soils and hot, dry growing conditions.
Our Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden offers a quick solution to that shady, bare area typically found at the base of trees or shrubs. Two colorful, easy-to-grow groundcovers will natu...
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Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden For Shade Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden For Shade

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Per Garden of 15

Our Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden offers a quick solution to that shady, bare area typically found at the base of trees or shrubs. Two colorful, easy-to-grow groundcovers will naturally spread to create a mat of foliage, and a shade-tolerant ornamental grass adds texture and a vertical element. Garden of 15 plants. This Pre-Planned Garden comes with a garden layout map to make planting easy.
A new native hybrid sage, Salvia ‚FlowerKisser® Royal Rose’ is enjoyed for its sumptuous deep rose pink flowers. This Salvia is an exceptionally long bloomer, attracting...
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FlowerKisser® Royal Rose Salvia 'FlowerKisser® Royal Rose' Sage Salvia x 'WWG04'

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$13.99 Sale $12.59
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

A new native hybrid sage, Salvia 'FlowerKisser® Royal Rose’ is enjoyed for its sumptuous deep rose pink flowers. This Salvia is an exceptionally long bloomer, attracting pollinating hummingbirds and bumblebees from late spring through early fall. The foliage is delightfully aromatic, releasing a pleasing sweet herbal scent when brushed or touched. Discovered by HCG Chief Horticulturist David Salman, and available exclusively from High Country Gardens.
Agastache x ‚Desert Sunrise®‚ (Hummingbird Mint) is a hybrid native wildflower that blooms for months with tall spikes of orange and pink tubular flowers. The nectar-ric...
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Desert Sunrise® Agastache 'Desert Sunrise®' Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache x
As low as $14.99 Sale $13.49
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Agastache x 'Desert Sunrise®' (Hummingbird Mint) is a hybrid native wildflower that blooms for months with tall spikes of orange and pink tubular flowers. The nectar-rich flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds. The plant has aromatic, mint-scented foliage and flowers.
Nepeta faassenii ‚Walker‚s Deep Blue‚ (Catmint) is just like ‚Walker‚s Low‚--long blooming and easily grown--but with noticeably darker blue flowe...
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Walker's Deep Blue Nepeta Walker's Deep Blue Nepeta Nepeta 'Walker's Deep Blue'
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Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Deep Blue' (Catmint) is just like 'Walker's Low'--long blooming and easily grown--but with noticeably darker blue flowers.
The flower spikes of Agastache ‚Desert Solstice‚ (Hummingbird Mint) are remarkable for their fullness, large size, and exotic colorization. The plant is like a semi-dwarf...
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Desert Solstice Agastache Desert Solstice Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Desert Solstice
As low as $14.49 Sale $13.04
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

The flower spikes of Agastache 'Desert Solstice' (Hummingbird Mint) are remarkable for their fullness, large size, and exotic colorization. The plant is like a semi-dwarf form of our best selling 'Desert Sunrise' but with more flowers. A High Country Gardens introduction.
Nepeta faassenii ‚Select Blue‚ (Catmint) is a fantastic xeric perennial with dramatic lavender-blue flowers and handsome gray-green foliage. A recurrent bloomer, the firs...
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Select Blue Nepeta Select Blue Catmint Nepeta faassenii Select Blue
As low as $12.99 Sale $10.39
Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Nepeta faassenii '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.
Our Western Native Penstemon Collection will brighten your garden with jewel-toned blooms from mid-spring to early summer. A favorite of hummingbirds, Penstemons are low-maintenance ...
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Western Native Penstemon Collection Western Native Penstemon Collection

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$138.99 Sale $125.09
Per Collection of 12

Our Western Native Penstemon Collection will brighten your garden with jewel-toned blooms from mid-spring to early summer. A favorite of hummingbirds, Penstemons are low-maintenance native wildflowers with abundant blooms, and these four native cultivars are favorites for Western gardens. They’re deer and rabbit resistant, and love hot, dry growing conditions, so they’re an easy-to-grow addition to rock gardens and challenging sunny sites that need a pop of color to attract pollinators. Collection of 12 plants.
Agastache neomexicana (New Mexico Hummingbird Mint) is a smaller growing species with narrow spikes of aromatic lavender-pink flowers. A very upright grower, Agastache neomexicana at...
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Agastache neomexicana New Mexico Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache neomexicana

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Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot

Agastache neomexicana (New Mexico Hummingbird Mint) is a smaller growing species with narrow spikes of aromatic lavender-pink flowers. A very upright grower, Agastache neomexicana attracts butterflies and bees to its nectar rich flowers.

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