Dry Gardens Deserve Showstoppers Too

Add these plants to your grow lists and retail shelves!

Drought doesn’t have to mean dull. Every year, the nonprofit, Plant Select®, introduces a knockout line-up of water-wise plants for western landscapes. Check out a few of the beauties below.

If you’re interested in helping us turn heads, not sprinklers, let’s chat about how you can become a Plant Select licensed grower or retailer. Call Ross Shrigley at (970) 481-3429 or director@plantselect.org.

Meet some of the cool kids of dry gardening

RAMBLER™ mountain fleabane
Erigeron formosissimus 'P022S'

HALF PINT® pineleaf penstemon
Penstemon pinifolius 'Compactum'

PINK ON REPEAT™ lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. microphylla 'Cheyenne'

SARADA'S™ Greek mountain tea
Sideritis syriaca ‘P023S'

Pink Cotton lamb's ear
Stachys lavandulifolia

Indigo Blue dragonhead
Dracoephalum ruyschiana

PURPLE MOUNTAIN® sun daisy
Osteospermum barberae var. compactum 'P005S'

ORANGE CARPET® hummingbird trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii 'PWWG01S'

KANNAH CREEK® buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum 'Psdowns

WAGGON WHEEL® bluemat penstemon
Penstemon caespitosus ‘P022S'

Red birds in a tree
Scrophularia macrantha

WINTER FIRE® sedum
Petrosedum rupestre 'Rice Creek'

Coral Baby penstemon
Penstemon barbatus 'Coral Baby'

DREW’S FOLLY® hardy snapdragon
Antirrhinum sempervirens 'P020S'

CORAL CANYON® twinspur
Diascia integerrima 'P009S'

Golden storksbill
Erodium chrysanthum

Meadow blazing star
(aka, Rocky Mountain blazing star)
Liatris ligulistylus

Regal torchlily
Kniphofia caulescens

What is Plant Select?

Plant Select is a nonprofit collaboration between Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado State University and professional horticulturists across the country (including growers, garden centers and botanic gardens). We find, test and introduce exceptional plants for the high plains and intermountain regions, including native plants, native cultivars and well-adapted plants.

How to become a Plant Select grower or retailer

Please contact Ross Shrigley at (970) 481-3429 or director@plantselect.org. He’s happy to answer your questions.