February 5, 2011 – High Country Garden Order 1-800-925-9387
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Item # 58690 – Heuchera sanguinea ‘Firefly’ Coral Bells – page 63
TOLERATES SOME SHADE
Description: 18” x 15” wide, (seed propagated). Heuchera is a western wildflower that has been bred and improved …. The bright red flowers are held high on long thin wands over the tidy mounds of scalloped foliage. Heavy blooming in well-drained, compost enriched soil, flowering is prolonged by deadheading of faded flowering spikes. Best in part sun and shade in hot climates, but will do well in full sun at higher altitudes with cooler summer weather. Water regularly for the best show of flowers.
Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Hummingbirds — Water regularly for the best show of flowers.
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Item # 42410 – Diascia integerrima ‘Coral Canyon’® Coral Canyon® Twinspur – page 63
TOLERATES SOME SHADE
Description: 15” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated). 2000 Plant Select Winner. A cold hardy Twinspur, Coral Canyon® Twinspur is a vigorous perennial that blooms throughout the summer months. The salmon-pink flowers are held above the foliage on wiry stems. Originally from the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, this superb plant has proven itself to be a stand-out in our western landscapes! Coral Canyon® Twinspur thrives in enriched garden soils and appreciates regular watering.
Special Notes: Compact, longblooming summer performer.
PINK – Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Medium – 12in. to 36in.
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Item # 70992 – Monarda ‘Violet Queen’ Violet Queen Bee Balm – page 66
CENTERPIECE PLANT – tolerates some shade
Description: 42” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated). Stunning! A large clump of “Violet Queen” in full flower will be the highlight of your summer garden. The deep lavender-pink flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. The fuzzy green foliage has excellent mildew resistance. “Violet Queen” like other Monarda varieties enjoys fertile garden soils. Mulch well and water regularly to keep the soil moist. Plant with Silene ‘Prairie Fire’ for a dazzling combination.
Bloom Time Summer Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Attracts Attract Bees, Attract Butterflies, Attract Hummingbirds
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Item # 82930 – Rudbeckia ‘Henry Eilers’ – Henry Eilers Quilled Brown Eye Susan – page 36 – YELLOW – tolerates some shade
Description: 4-5’ x 18-24” wide A remarkable late 20th century discovery made by Henry Eilers, this unusual native plant was found growing in an Illinois prairie remnant along an abandoned rail road track. A towering perennial once mature, the plant blooms in late summer with numerous clusters of distinctly quilled, light-yellow petaled flowers. The foliage releases a mild anise fragrance when brushed. Great cut flower too! Catalog/Website only. Compost Enriched Garden Loam
Bloom Time Summer, Early Fall Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Attracts Attract Butterflies Resists Resists Deer Fragrant Fragrant Flowers
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Item # 10090 – Achillea ‘Paprika’ Paprika Yarrow – page 47 – coral/peach – tolerates some shade
Description: 24” x 30” wide, (cutting propagated). This Galaxy hybrid selection is renowned for its large clusters of bright red flowers. Each individual flower in the cluster also has a distinctive yellow eye. As is the case with all Yarrows, the flowers fade as they age; “Paprika” fades from red to pink. Planting in afternoon shade will slow the fading a bit. Adding to its good looks is the fern-like deep green foliage. “Paprika” is everblooming with regular deadheading and is best used in the perennial border where it enjoys enriched soil and regular watering.
Bloom Time Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 23530 – Aster oblongifolius ‘Dream of Beauty’ Fragrant Aster – NOT IN BOOK – CARPET LOW SPREADER – full and afternoon sun – lavender and white
Description: 12” x 24”+ wide, (cutting propagated). Aster ‘Dream of Beauty’ is a superb high plains native. Introduced in 1960 by the visionary Great Plains plantsman Claude Barr for its vigorous, low-spreading habit and amazing fall display of sugar-pink flowers with burnt orange centers. Growing in a wide range of soil types, including clay, ‘Dream of Beauty’ spreads to form a dense carpet of flowers and foliage; so give it room!
Bloom Time Early Fall Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Clay Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Small – up to 12in.
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Item # 20811 – Aquilegia caerulea Rocky Mountain Columbine – page 64
WILL TAKE FULL SHADE
Description: 18” x 15” wide, (seed propagated). Rocky Mountain Columbine is the state flower of Colorado, and is treasured for its big blue and white flowers. A must for mountain gardeners, this plant is at its best in cool, higher altitude areas of the West. At lower elevations, place in cool shady beds that receive regular watering. Not recommended for hot , humid climates
Bloom Time Late Spring Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade, All Day Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Hummingbirds Resists Resists Rabbits
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Item # 76613 – Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Blue Spires‘ – Blue Spires Russian Sage – PAGE 46
Description: 4’ x 4’ wide, (cutting propagated). Russian sage has taken the gardening world by storm, rising from obscurity to enormous popularity in the past decade. Along the way, however, a number of different forms of the plant were introduced, resulting in a variety of good and not-so-good Russian Sage plants. Be assured that ‘Blue Spires’, a European cultivar, is a vigorous, well-shaped grower with attractive dark-blue flower spikes.
Bloom Time Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Clay Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Attracts Attract Bees Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 10045 – Achillea ‘Moonshine’ – Moonshine Yarrow – PAGE 33
Description: 18” x 24” wide, (cutting propagated). We recommend ‘Moonshine’ as one of the best garden perennials currently available. It can be used in both xeric and non-xeric perennial borders, as it is highly adaptable in its soil and water needs. The distinctive silver-gray foliage is a fine backdrop for the lemon-yellow flower clusters that keep coming all summer.
Bloom Time Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Clay Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 84780 – Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’ – May Night Meadow Sage – purple – PAGE 33
Description: 18” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated). Selected as the 1997 Perennial Plant of the Year. Outstanding for its compact growth habit, profuse deep purple flower spikes and vigorous re-blooming nature. “May Night” thrives in hot, sunny planting sites. The first flush of flowers comes in late spring. Deadheading and a little extra watering assures heavy re-blooming.
Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Bees Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 59001 – Hymenoxys acaulis – Sundancer Daisy (yellow) – page 15
Description: 15” x 15” wide (seed propagated). This fantastic, ever-blooming western wildflower is a must for any xeriscape. The plant has attractive thread-leaf foliage, which is covered by large, bright yellow, long-stemmed daisies from late spring through fall. Remarkably adapted to arid regions, Sundancer Daisy grows well from the low desert to the mountains above. Plant in any lean, well-drained non-clay soil.
Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer, Early Fall, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Butterflies Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 59005 – Hymenoxys scaposa – Thrift-leaf Perky Sue (yellow – SHORT) – page 22
Description: 5” x 8” wide, (seed propagated). A wonderful everblooming yellow daisy that is both heat loving and drought tolerant. The foliage is evergreen and looks just like Armeria. A vigorous reseeder, it quickly colonizes harsh areas of the garden. Perky Sue loves gravel mulch. We use it to interplant with cold hardy cacti. Provide lean, well-drained soil. Once established Hymenoxys scaposa is very xeric, needing little extra water. A Choice Plant!
Plant with Ruschia and cold hardy cacti! Provide lean, well-drained soil. Once established Hymenoxis scaposa is very xeric, needing little extra water. Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Very Xeric Height Small – up to 12in. Attracts Attract Butterflies Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 77103 – Phlomis cashmeriana – Kashmir Sage – page 16
TOLEARATES FULL SHADE
Description: 36-48” x 18-24” wide, (seed propagated). Native to the drier areas of the western Himalayas and Kashmir, this outstanding performer is right at home in western gardens where its stately architecture, large, handsome gray-green foliage and showy spikes of lavender-pink verticillasters (whorled flower clusters) make Kashmir Sage a highlight of the summer garden.
This plant is invaluable for use in both sun and shade. Easily grown in most any well-drained soil. You can thank Panayoti Kelaidis of Denver Botanic Garden for his long time advocacy of this undeservedly obscure plant.
Bloom Time Late Spring Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade, All Day Shade Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Resists Resists Deer
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Item # 20812 – Aquilegia caerulea ‘Red Hobbit’ – Red Hobbit Columbine – page 64
SEMI SHADE BORDER or ALL SHADE– PROTECT FROM AFTERNOON SUN
Description: 12-14” x 12” wide, (seed propagated). A delightful addition to the semi-shade border, Red Hobbit is a dwarf Danish selection with eye-catching red and white flowers. Hybridized from our native Rocky Mt. Columbine, it likes compost-enriched soil with regular irrigation and protection from the afternoon sun. This stable hybrid comes true to color when reseeding in the garden, unlike many other hybrid varieties.
Bloom Time Late Spring Sun Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade, All Day Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Hummingbirds Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 84782 – Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ – Caradonna Blue Sage – page 21
Description: 24” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated). ‘Caradonna’ is a distinctive, award winning cultivar developed at Zillmer Nursery in Germany. Unique with its tall, very dark purple flower stems and stunning blue-violet flowers, ‘Caradonna’ blooms for many weeks beginning in late spring. The nemorosa type sages thrive in a wide range of soils (including clay), and provide a strong vertical element with their uniformly upright flower spikes. They thrive with minimal care
Bloom Time Late Spring Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Clay Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Bees Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 11821 – Agastache ‘Ava’ – Ava’s Hummingbird Mint – page 7
CENTERPIECE PLANT – PINK/RED
Description: 4-5’ x 24” wide, (cutting propagated). Of all the hummingbird mints varieties High Country Gardens has released (and they are our specialty), this is our finest introduction. This stately hybrid between Agastache cana and Agastache barberi will be the centerpiece of any planting with its huge spikes of deep rose-pink flowers, raspberry-red calyxes and sweetly scented foliage.
Flowering begins in mid-summer and continues for months, the spikes elongate up to a foot or more in length and intensifying in color with each passing week. Unlike any other Agastache I’ve grown, Ava’s calyxes retain their intense coloration keeping the plant beautiful until hard frost. Or like fine dark-flowered Lavender, it can be picked and dried to make a fragrant everlasting flower.
This plant takes two to three growing seasons to reach mature size and will live for many years when happy. Plant in enriched, well-drained garden soil. Fertilize annually in mid-fall with Yum Yum Mix and leave the stems standing through winter. Cut it back in mid-spring.
Bloom Time Summer, Early Fall, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Attracts Attract Hummingbirds Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits Fragrant Fragrant Flowers, Fragrant Foliage
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Item # 30715 – Caryopteris clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’ – Blue Mist Spirea – page 78
SMALLER SHRUB – can tolerate afternoon shade
Description: 3-4’ x 4’ wide, (cutting propagated). One of the best Blue Mist Spirea varieties, “Dark Knight” has the deepest blue color of them all. Its tidy, upright growth habit and profusion of flowering spikes make it an essential part of the summer landscape. A reliable performer, “Dark Knight” flowers heavily every year. Of modest size, it can be used in front of low walls, as a hedge or in groups around the base of larger shrubs, small trees and upright evergreens. Avoid heavy wet clay soils.
Bloom Time Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Large – 36in. to 5ft. Attracts Attract Bees, Attract Butterflies Resists Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
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Item # 82702 – Rosa ‘Darlow’s Enigma’ – SHADE TOLEARANT (needs morning sun) WHITE CLIMBING ROSE – page 84
Description: 6-8’x 4’ wide. A fabulous rose of mysterious origins, ‘Darlow’s Enigma’ is an outstanding climbing rose that is both shade tolerant (an unusual trait in roses) and long blooming. This beauty comes into flower in early summer with floribunda-like clusters of single white flowers that bring fragrance to the garden with its light but lingering perfume. Flowering continues into fall!
‘Darlow’s Enigma’ also has a nice display of small red hips to give the plant fall and winter interest.
Special Notes: A climbing rose. Shade tolerant (unusual trait for a rose).
Bloom Time Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Extra Large – over 5ft. Fragrant Fragrant Flowers
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Item # 82721 – Rosa ‘John Cabot’ – Canadian Explorer Series Hybrid Climber – page 84
Description: 8-10’ x 3-4’ wide (cutting propagated) Climbing growth habit. Medium-sized double-deep fuchsia-pink flowers highlight this big climber. Blooming all summer with heaviest blooming in late spring, “John Cabot” should be used where it can grow to its full size. Cover big fences and tall empty walls with this vigorous variety. Super cold-hardy canes.
Special Notes: Plant with ‘Dark Knight’ Blue Mist Spirea or ‘Black Knight’ Butterfly Bush for a dramatic combination! Super cold-hardy canes.
Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Regular Water Height Extra Large – over 5ft. Fragrant Fragrant Flowers
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Item # 75764 – Penstemon pinifolius ‘Mersea Yellow’ – Yellow Pineleaf Penstemon – page 25
Description: 12” x 15” wide (cutting propagated). This unusual color variant (or “sport”) was discovered in an English garden in 1980. Hundreds of soft yellow tubular flowers cover the plant for many weeks in midsummer. Originally, we expected ‘Mersea Yellow’ to not be as vigorous and heat tolerant as orange-flowered Penstemon pinifolius, but its performance in our gardens has proved otherwise. This plant does appreciate a little extra water, and can be grown in both lean and enriched garden soils as long as the drainage is good. Needs afternoon shade in hot desert climates. Yellow Penstemons are a great rarity in this huge genus.
This plant does appreciate a little extra water, and can be grown in both lean and enriched garden soils as long as the drainage is good. Needs afternoon shade in hot desert climates.
Hot desert — Bloom Time Late Spring, Summer Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Hummingbirds Resists Resists Rabbits
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Item # 75797 – Penstemon mexicali ‘Pikes Peak Purple’ – Pikes Peak Purple™ Beardtongue – NOT IN CATALOG
Description: 18” x 15” wide (cutting propagated) 1999 Plant Select® winner. This, the companion to Penstemon Red Rocks™ with concord grape-colored flowers, Pikes Peak Purple™ is long blooming and easy to grow. I like to plant it with yellow-flowered perennials like Coreopsis ‘Sunray’ and Sundrops (Calylophus). This is a vigorous grower that performs best in moderately fertile, but well-drained soils. Will flower most vigorously with regular watering.
HOT DESERT – Bloom Time Late Spring, Longblooming Sun Full and Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun and Afternoon Shade Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil Moisture Xeric Height Medium – 12in. to 36in. Attracts Attract Bees, Attract Hummingbirds Resists Resists Rabbits
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