Rocky Mountains Native Plants: Tips From the Experts

Deschampsia cespitosa offers attractive foliage and habitat for butterflies

Leymus cinereus, a tall cool-season bunchgrass, brings rugged beauty and wildlife shelter to gardens in the western U.S.

The western North American shrub ‘Ericameria nauseosa’ has masses of tiny flowers that attract pollinators

Alkali sacaton is a beautiful western U.S. bunchgrass for Southwestern gardeners with even the most difficult clay or alkaline soil

Add pizazz to your garden with this native annual. Its vivid pink flower spikes are magnets for butterflies, bees and hummingbirds

Switchgrass adds color through the year and is a natural ‘seed feeder’ for birds

Give long-blooming, towering cutleaf coneflower room to spread in U.S. gardens for maximum rewards

Give your landscape a sense of place, and attract pollinators and songbirds, with these native plants

Plant Acer grandidentatum for cool shade, brilliant autumn colors and songbird habitat

These 3 groups of plants will support masses of beneficial insects come autumn

Threadleaf giant hyssop adds color and fragrance to late-summer and fall xeric gardens

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