Colorado native shrubs for the Front Range
Native shrubs adapted to Front Range conditions — tough, water-wise, and valuable for pollinators and birds.
37 plants
American plumPrunus americana
Apache plumeFallugia paradoxa
Beardlip penstemonPenstemon barbatus
Big sagebrushArtemisia tridentata
Cliff fendlerbushFendlera rupicola
Cliff jamesia / waxflowerJamesia americana
Cliff roseCowania mexicana
CliffrosePurshia mexicana
Common snowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Curlleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus ledifolius
Dwarf wild indigoAmorpha nana
FernbushChamaebatiaria millefolium
Fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescens
Fragrant sumacRhus aromatica
Golden currantRibes aureum
LeadplantAmorpha canescens
Leadplant / false indigo bushAmorpha fruticosa
Lewis's mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii
Littleleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus intricatus
Mountain mahoganyCercocarpus montanus
New Mexico privetForestiera neomexicana
Red twig / red osier dogwoodCornus sericea
Rockspirea / mountain sprayHolodiscus dumosus
Rubber rabbitbrushEricameria nauseosa
Sand cherryPrunus pumila
Sand sagebrushArtemisia filifolia
Shrubby cinquefoilPotentilla fruticosa
Silver buffaloberryShepherdia argentea
Small soapweed / Great Plains yuccaYucca glauca
Smooth sumacRhus glabra
Three-leaf sumacRhus trilobata
Utah serviceberryAmelanchier utahensis
Wax currantRibes cereum
Western sand cherryPrunus besseyi
Western snowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalis
WinterfatKrascheninnikovia lanata
Wood's wild roseRosa woodsii