Perennial, Full Sun, Moderate Water, Butterflies, Deer Resistant


Teucrium aroanium

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Common Name: Gray Creeping Germander
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Lilac
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 15"

Salvia officinalis

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Common Name: Sage
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Herb used for seasoning. Violet blooms attract small butterflies. Attractive plant. Gray-green leaves.


Salvia jurisicii

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Common Name: European Cutleaf Sage
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 4"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:

Vigorous plants with ferny foliage. Upside down blue flowers.


Garden Notes: Plant out small.

Rudbeckia fulgida

Common Name: Goldstrum
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Denver Botanical Gardens Plant Select 1999 Large, long blooming plant covered with yellow blooms in summer. Gets bigger and better each year.


Lonicera x hecktrottii

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Common Name: Coral Honeysuckle
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Coral with Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 12'
Mature Width: 48"
Description:

Vigorous to 12 feet. Blue green leaves. Blooms summer to frost- Blue-green leaves. Deciduous or semi evergreen. Good for Hummingbirds


Garden Notes: I have had this plant for many years. It has performed very well each year.

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue'

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Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea 'Longwood Blue'
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Choice, deepest violet-blue selection, plants with silvery foliage. Great late summer color.


Caryopteris x clandonensis

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Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue-Purple
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Nice small shrub. Considerable drought tolerance, long bloom period. Cut back to 1/3 its height in spring to encourage heaviest bloom.


Garden Notes: Somewhat short-lived shrub. Can die for no apparent reason. Very long bloom season and neat appearance until that time makes it a shrub worth growing.

Buddleia 'PETITE PURPLE'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Lovely dwarf plant.Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to Nanhoe Blue.


Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.

Buddleia nanhoensis 'NANHO BLUE'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to B. Petite Purple.


Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.

Buddleia daviddii 'BLACK KNIGHT'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Deep Violet
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deep violet, almost black flowers from summer to fall.