Plants For Western Gardens

Plants For Western Gardens
High Country Gardens is known for developing low-water plants especially for western gardens. Our garden-tested western plants thrive in poor soils and harsh climates. If you garden in west, you can be assured that these plants will be well-suited for your landscape. Learn more about waterwise gardening in the West: Water Saving Gardening Tips.
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Lavandula 'Grosso' is a large growing French hybrid lavender with dark blue flower spikes in mid-summer. An impressive profuse bloomer ideal for drying or culinary use....
Learn MoreGrosso French Lavender Grosso French Lavender Lavandula intermedia GrossoAs low as $11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotLavandula 'Grosso' is a large growing French hybrid lavender with dark blue flower spikes in mid-summer. An impressive profuse bloomer ideal for drying or culinary use.Learn MoreLiatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star, Button Blazing Star, Gayfeather) is a large growing, showy drought tolerant species from the Mid-West. The large pink flowers are highly attractiv...
Learn MoreRough Blazing Star (Liatris) Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera$7.99 Sale $6.79Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 2.5" PotLiatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star, Button Blazing Star, Gayfeather) is a large growing, showy drought tolerant species from the Mid-West. The large pink flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. Drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric).Learn MoreEchinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) is a garden classic perennial plant and one of our most popular native wildflowers. Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) has a large center c...
Learn MoreEchinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea$9.99 Sale $8.49Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotEchinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) is a garden classic perennial plant and one of our most popular native wildflowers. Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) has a large center cone, surrounded by pink-purple petals and brighten the garden in mid-summer.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 $11.99Per 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 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 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 $6.79Sale Price I Save 15%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 More‘Royal Velvet’ English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet) is very showy in bloom. It is covered with long stemmed, dark navy blue and lavender flower spikes. The 3 to...
Learn MoreRoyal Velvet English Lavender Royal Velvet English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot‘Royal Velvet’ English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet) is very showy in bloom. It is covered with long stemmed, dark navy blue and lavender flower spikes. The 3 to 4-inch long flower spikes, which are much longer than ‘Hidcote’, hold their dark color superbly as a dried flower.Learn MoreDianthus Firewitch is a great Garden Pink with strongly fragrant rose-pink flowers and attractive gray-blue evergreen foliage. The 2005 Perennial Plant Assoc. Plant of the Year. Drou...
Learn MoreFirewitch Dianthus Firewitch Garden Pinks Dianthus gratianopolitanus Firewitch$8.99 Sale $7.64Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotDianthus Firewitch is a great Garden Pink with strongly fragrant rose-pink flowers and attractive gray-blue evergreen foliage. The 2005 Perennial Plant Assoc. Plant of the Year. Drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric).Learn MoreVoodoo Red Leaf Sedum (Sedum spurium Voodoo) is a showy, low water groundcover that makes a show in the landscape with its deep red, evergreen foliage, and showy rose-pink summer flo...
Learn MoreVoodoo Sedum Voodoo Stonecrop Sedum spurium Voodoo$9.49Per Plant - 2.5" PotVoodoo Red Leaf Sedum (Sedum spurium Voodoo) is a showy, low water groundcover that makes a show in the landscape with its deep red, evergreen foliage, and showy rose-pink summer flowers.Learn MoreGranita® Orange Cold Hardy Ice Plant (Delosperma) blooms in mid- to late spring with stunning pure orange flowers which sit right on top of its tidy mat of evergreen foliage....
Learn MoreGranita® Orange Ice Plant Granita® Orange Cold Hardy Ice Plant Delosperma Granita® OrangeAs low as $8.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotGranita® Orange Cold Hardy Ice Plant (Delosperma) blooms in mid- to late spring with stunning pure orange flowers which sit right on top of its tidy mat of evergreen foliage.Learn MoreGranita Raspberry Ice Plant (Delosperma Granita Raspberry) is a hybrid Ice Plant that blooms in late spring with stunning raspberry-red flowers. The plant is very cold hardy with eve...
Learn MoreGranita® Raspberry Ice Plant Granita® Raspberry Ice Plant Delosperma Granita® RaspberryAs low as $8.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotGranita Raspberry Ice Plant (Delosperma Granita Raspberry) is a hybrid Ice Plant that blooms in late spring with stunning raspberry-red flowers. The plant is very cold hardy with evergreen stems and foliage.Learn MoreDark Towers Hybrid Beardtongue (Penstemon 'Dark Towers' PP 20,013) is a tall hybrid Penstemon that blooms in late spring with large, light pink flowers that are held over wine-red fo...
Learn MoreDark Towers Penstemon Dark Towers Beardtongue Penstemon Dark Towers PP#20,013$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotDark Towers Hybrid Beardtongue (Penstemon 'Dark Towers' PP 20,013) is a tall hybrid Penstemon that blooms in late spring with large, light pink flowers that are held over wine-red foliage. Well adapted to the moister growing conditions in the eastern half of the US.Learn MoreElfin Pink is a showy beardtongue with tall, late spring blooming spikes of bright pink flowers. 'Elfin Pink' is more tolerant of richer soils and moister conditions than most bea...
Learn MoreElfin Pink Penstemon Elfin Pink Beardtongue Penstemon barbatus Elfin Pink$10.99 Sale $9.34Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotElfin Pink is a showy beardtongue with tall, late spring blooming spikes of bright pink flowers. 'Elfin Pink' is more tolerant of richer soils and moister conditions than most beardtongues making it a great choice for much of the U.S. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More15-18" tall x 12-18" wide. Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' is a beautiful, durable, perennial geranium with large, true blue flowers blooming from late spring into mid-summer. Drought re...
Learn MoreJohnson's Blue Geranium Johnson's Blue Crane's Bill Geranium Johnson's Blue$11.99 Sale $10.19Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot15-18" tall x 12-18" wide. Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' is a beautiful, durable, perennial geranium with large, true blue flowers blooming from late spring into mid-summer. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreTufted Ice Plant, a miniature gem of the South African mesembs, is a fabulous cold hardy succulent for use in rock gardens and containers....
Learn MoreTufted Ice Plant Tufted Ice Plant Delosperma sphalmanthoides$7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotTufted Ice Plant, a miniature gem of the South African mesembs, is a fabulous cold hardy succulent for use in rock gardens and containers.Learn MorePersian Stonecress is a fragrant Old World wildflower with pink, late spring flowers held over attractive blue-green foliage. It thrives in heat and full sun in well-drained soils. ...
Learn MoreFragrant Persian Stonecress (Aethionema) Fragrant Persian Stonecress Aethionema schistosum$7.99 Sale $6.79Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 2.5" PotPersian Stonecress is a fragrant Old World wildflower with pink, late spring flowers held over attractive blue-green foliage. It thrives in heat and full sun in well-drained soils. 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$12.99Per 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 MoreYellow Flowering Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow') is a beautiful, uncommon yellow-flowered form of Texas Red Yucca, a low-water garden favorite. Plant it with other Hespe...
Learn MoreYellow Flowering Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe) Yellow Flowering Texas Yucca Hesperaloe parviflora Yellow$12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotYellow Flowering Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow') is a beautiful, uncommon yellow-flowered form of Texas Red Yucca, a low-water garden favorite. Plant it with other Hesperaloes to create superb bi-colored combinations that are sure to draw hummingbirds to your garden.Learn MoreHerman's Pride Variegated Yellow Archangel is one of our best Old World groundcovers for shade and semi-shade. Lamiastrum galeobdoblon Herman's Pride features short spikes of bright ...
Learn MoreHerman's Pride Archangel (Lamiastrum) Herman's Pride Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon Herman's PrideAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotHerman's Pride Variegated Yellow Archangel is one of our best Old World groundcovers for shade and semi-shade. Lamiastrum galeobdoblon Herman's Pride features short spikes of bright yellow flower are held over variegated silver and green foliage, Blooms in late spring.Learn MoreEryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ (Blue Glitter Sea Holly) is an outstanding perennial that thrives in hot dry planting situations and blooms in summer with tall stems of spiny, g...
Learn MoreBlue Glitter Sea Holly (Eryngium) Blue Glitter Sea Holly Eryngium planum Blue Glitter$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotEryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ (Blue Glitter Sea Holly) is an outstanding perennial that thrives in hot dry planting situations and blooms in summer with tall stems of spiny, glistening blue flowers. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreBlackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) is a German-bred cultivar of the ever-popular Black-Eyed Susan is that is both reliably perennial and longer blooming than the uni...
Learn MoreBlackjack Gold Black Eyed Susan Blackjack Gold Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Blackjack Gold$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) is a German-bred cultivar of the ever-popular Black-Eyed Susan is that is both reliably perennial and longer blooming than the unimproved species. It adds cheerful yellow flowers to the late summer garden.Learn MoreBlue Blazes is a large growing hybrid hummingbird mint with lavender-purple flower spikes. Very long blooming, its flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees making it an es...
Learn MoreBlue Blazes Agastache Blue Blazes Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Blue Blazes$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlue Blazes is a large growing hybrid hummingbird mint with lavender-purple flower spikes. Very long blooming, its flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees making it an essential perennial for pollinators.Learn MoreCaradonna’ is a beautiful Old World sage with tall, very dark purple flower stems and stunning blue-violet flowers. The plant has a strong vertical habit and is a superb nectar sou...
Learn MoreCaradonna Salvia Caradonna Meadow Sage Salvia sylvestris Caradonna$10.99 Sale $9.34Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotCaradonna’ is a beautiful Old World sage with tall, very dark purple flower stems and stunning blue-violet flowers. The plant has a strong vertical habit and is a superb nectar source for honeybees.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 More
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- New Mexico Century Plant (Agave)
- Davis Showy Milkweed
- Parry's Century Plant (Agave)
- Golden Eye Prairie Zinnia
- West Texas Grass Salvia
- Summer Skies Texas Grass Salvia
- Lemhi Purple Creeping Phlox
- Kashmir False Sage (Phlomis)
- Double Red Shades Oriental Poppy
- Kintzley's Ghost® Honeysuckle Vine
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Purple Ribbon Spanish Lavender
- Western Sundancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Hantamberg Orange Gazania
- Prolific Sulphur Buckwheat
- Yellow Twig Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus)
- Dwarf Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Jones' Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Compact Joshua Tree (Yucca)
- Blue Flame Giant Purple Salvia
- Platinum® Dwarf Silver Leaf Salvia
- Yellow Prairie Coneflower
- Autumn Magic Pollinator Collection
- Hummingbird Container Garden
- Container Garden For Full Sun
- Monarch Magic Collection
- My Soil Is Like A Beach Collection
- Native Wildscape Collection
- Salt-Tolerant Ornamental Grass Collection
- Beargrass (Nolina)
- Boulder Mountain Pussy Toes (Antenaria)
- Firecracker Penstemon
- Purple Chip Salvia
- Hill's Hardy Rosemary
- Colorado Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Arizona Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Horse Crippler Cactus (Echinocactus)
- Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Sea Urchin Cactus (Coryphantha)
- Peach Springs Century Plant (Agave)
- Shin Dagger Century Plant (Agave)
- White Sands Giant Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Lee's Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Common Sotol (Dasylirion)
- Texas Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Kaibab Plateau Century Plant (Agave)
- Utah Century Plant (Agave)
- Redshift Coreopsis
- Large Flowered Stonecress (Aethionema)
- Takilma Gold Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum)
- Red Buckwheat
- Hope Desert Willow
- Lauren's Cold Hardy Giant Feather Grass
- Karley Rose Fountain Grass
- Regal Mist® Pink Muhly Grass
- Sonoma Coast Yarrow
- Fremont's Mahonia
- Artemisia filifolia
- Shades of Pink Creeping Phlox
- Profuse Pink False Pennyroyal (Hedeoma)
- Nodding Texas Yucca
- Gold Ball Basket Of Gold (Alyssum)
- 25th Anniversary Cacti Collection
- Superb Coral Penstemon
- Fred Boutin Hedge Lavender
- Mountain Mist Grass
- Giant Feather Grass
- Deep Pink Fall Blooming Allium
- Mountain Ball Cactus (Pediocactus)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Dwarf White Lace Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Night-Blooming Ice Plant (Stomatium)
- Schott's Yucca
- New Mexico Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Bushy Bulbine
- Lace Aloe
- Red Hedgehog Agave
- Gold On Blue Prairie Zinnia
- Prairie Zinnia
- Silver Ironweed (Vernonia)
- Utah Fleabane (Erigeron)
- Pink Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe)
- Lucretia Hamilton Desert Willow
- Black Currant (Ribes)
- Gold Standard Coreopsis
- Golden Flowered Century Plant (Agave)
- Joshua Tree (Yucca)
- Butterfly Weed (Clay Form)
- Western Gold Butterfly Weed Mix
- High Plains Yellow Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Zagreb Coreopsis
- Prairie Smoke (Geum)
- Texas Red Yucca (Hesperaloe)
- Sol Dancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Undaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass
- Robust Gray Great Basin Salvia
- Thin Man Indian Grass
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Partridge Feather (Tanacetum)
- Reiter Creeping Thyme
- Woolly Turkish Veronica
- Jumping Jack Perennial Viola
- Compact Banana Yucca
- Spanish Dagger Tree Yucca
- Plains Yucca
- Blue Doll House Yucca
- Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden
- Drought Resistant Collection For The West
- Sullivant's Prairie Milkweed
- Miniature Chin Cactus (Gymnocalycium)
- Texas Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Columbine Meadow Rue (Thalictrum)
- Chumby Silky Rock Jasmine (Androsace)
- FlowerKisser™ Arizona Beauty Coyote Mint (Monardella)
- Ocotillo (Fouquieria)
- Red Dwarf Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium)
- Serene Shade Pre-Planned Garden
- Ladybug Red Big Bluestem Grass
- Summer's Swan Song Ironweed (Vernonia)
- Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus
- Great Basin Wildrye
- Alpine Lady's Mantle
- Northern Dragonhead
- Margarita Gelsemium
- Perfect Pink Santa Fe Phlox
- The Blues Little Bluestem Grass
- Fringed Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe)
- Desert Purple Salvia
- FlowerKisser™ Arizona Snow Agastache
- Banana Yucca
- Red October Big Bluestem Grass
- Claremont Flowering Currant (Ribes)
- Buzz® Hot Raspberry Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
- SunSparkler® Wildfire Sedum
- FlowerKisser™ Weeping Pink Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe)
- Edelweiss Lavender
- David's Dependable Desert Plant Collection