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A drive on nearly any mountain highway offers a spring and summer display of brightly colored “sulphur flowers” along the roadside. One of the prettiest selections of this genus of buckwheat plants is KANNAH CREEK^® Buckwheat, introduced this season by Plant Select^®. This durable western native was found in the Kannah Creek region of western Colorado in the shadow of Grand Mesa. Kannah Creek rises on Grand Mesa and is a tributary of the Gunnison River.

First time summer visitors to the Rockies are often struck by the abundance of scarlet tubular flowers everywhere you look in the high meadows. One often sees hummingbirds darting from scarlet gilia to penstemons in the summer months, always a highlight for the observant visitor. Many of these mountain plants adapt well to the Xeriscape or border in your home garden.

Looking for a water-wise substitute for maiden grasses? Try this southwestern US native.

This southwestern native shrub thrives with little water, and attracts a wider range of pollinators with its abundant flowers in summer.

How about a bit of the wild, untrammeled West magically transported into your garden?

This western native shrublet will thrive on very little water – give it a try!