Aubrieta x 'Cascade Purple' Cascade Purple Rock Cress, 3”x 15” zones 4-8, profuse purple flowers in early spring rise above a handsome mat of semi-evergreen foliage.
Photo: High Country Gardens
Penstemon virens Blue Mist Beardtongue, 8” x 8-10”, zones 4-8, spikes of blue, lavender-throated flowers rise above evergreen foliage. Native to eastern CO and WY. Xeric. A beautiful and stunning addition to your perennial border.
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Veronica pectinata Blue Woolly Speedwell, 2” x 18” zones 4-9, in early spring a profusion of white-eyed, true-blue flowers covers a dense carpet of evergreen gray-green leaves. Xeric.
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Berlandiera lyrata Chocolate Flower 1-2’ to 6,000’ This sweetly fragrant native has pale yellow flowers, blooms summer through fall. Xeric. Considered an annual in Basalt.
Photo: Lisa DiNardo
Agastache aurantiaca Coronado 15”-18”x15” hardy: 7,000’ 2001 Plant Select, Native to the U.S. southwest, silvery green leaves on slender, branched stems with numerous eye-catching pale orange flowers from mid- summer to fall. Very attractive. Has a pleasing minty fragrance when touched.