CSU Extension

Wrapping up our "Plants that thrive in Colorado" series with some stunners! ⬇️

🍫 Chocolate flower (Berlandiera lyrata). Height: 1-2'. Spread: 1-2'. Full sun. Regular, well-drained soil. Good tolerance for heat and drought.

🌬️ Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum). Height: 6-18". Spread: 6-12". Full sun. Dry to medium, well-drained soils. Deer resistant.

✂️ Cutleaf daisy (Erigeron compositus). Height: 6". Spread: 8-10". Full sun to part shade. Well-drained soil. Outstanding in low borders or rock gardens.

🕓 Colorado four o'clock (Mirabilis multiflora). Height: 3'. Spread: 3'. Sun and part shade. Dry, rocky soils. Drought tolerant and useful as ground cover. Pollinator friendly.

🌼 Sulpher-flower buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum). Height: 6-12". Spread: 1-3'. Full sun. Dry to medium, well-drained soils. Drought tolerant. Pollinator friendly.

🏋️ Leadplant (Amorpha canescens). Height: 2-3'. Spread: 2-2.5'. Sun, Part Shade. Well-drained, sandy or rocky soils. Pollinator friendly.

🐰 Rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa). Height: 4-7'. Spread: 4-7'. Full sun. Dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Best grown in groups or massed in areas where colonial spread is not a concern.

🥛 Two-grooved milkvetch (Astragalus bisulcatus). Height: 6-32". Spread: 12-18". Full Sun. Clay, Loam, Rocky, Variable soil type. Drought and deer tolerant. Pollinator friendly.

Photos from Allisa Zurbuchen, El Paso County- Colorado State University Extension

Live, Laugh, Love: Plant Edition 🌱✨ Here are even MORE plants that thrive in Colorado! 👇

🌀 Solitary clematis (Clematis intergrifolia). Height 18-36", spread 24-36". Blooms May-September, full sun to part shade.

🧔‍♂️ Red Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus ruber). Height 18-36", spread 12-24". Blooms in May. Full sun to part shade.

🍊Totally Tangerine Geum (Geum chiloense). Height 18-30", spread 12-18". Blooms May-July. Full sun or part sun.

🏙️ Salvia 'Mystic Spires.' Height 24-30", spread 24-30". Blooms May-October. Full sun to part shade.

😻 Catmint (Nepeta species). Height 12-24", spread 24-48". Blooms May-September. Full sun to part shade.

❣️ Bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis). Height 24-36", spread 18-30". Blooms May-June. Shade.

🌺 Peony (Paeonia species). Height 30-36", spread 24-36". Blooms May-June. Full sun.

Do you have any of these plants in your garden? Let us know in the comments!