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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"

Scabiosa columbaria

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Common Name: Pincushion 'nana'
Bloom Season: Midsummer to frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 10"
Description:

Nice compact plant, blooms nicely, good for feeding butterflies. Can deadhead occasionally to prolong bloom. Very hardy, dependable.


Scabiosa caucasica

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Common Name: Pincushion 'perfecta clear blue'
Bloom Season: Midsummer to frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

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

Clear blue flowers, Hardy perennial for border or cut flower, deadheading ensures longer blooming. Classic blooms for butterflies.


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.

Salvia farinacea

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Common Name: Victoria Blue
Bloom Season: Spring to Frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:

Deep blue flowers, long bloom season When deadheaded. Cut to new growth early spring. Long lived.


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.


Ratibida columnaris

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Common Name: Mexican Hat Yellow
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

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

Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom.


Ratibida columnaris

Common Name: Mexican Hat Red
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

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

Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom.


Oenothera macrocarpa missouriensis

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Common Name: Missouri Evening Primrose
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Fragrant 4" wide blooms open late in the day. Drought tolerant once established. Likes extra water to bloom all summer.