Colorado native perennials for the Front Range
Native perennials adapted to Front Range soils and rainfall — low-maintenance color that supports local ecosystems.
64 plants
alpine mouse-earCerastium alpinum
bearded irisIris germanica
Bee Balm/HorsemintMonarda fistulosa
Bigelow's TansyasterMachaeranthera bigelovii
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
BlanketflowerGaillardia aristata
Blue FlaxLinum lewisii
Blue Mist PenstemonPenstemon virens
Bush SunflowerHelianthus pumilus
Butterfly MillkweedAsclepias tuberosa
Chocolate FlowerBerlandiera lyrata
common or gardenSalvia officinalis
Common YarrowAchillea millefolium
dayliliesHemerocallis sp.
Desert Four O’ClockMirabilis multiflora
evening primroseOenothera speciosa
Firecracker PenstemonPenstemon eatonii
Fringed SageArtemisia frigida
GayfeatherLiatris punctata
Geyer’s onionAllium geyeri
Golden ColumbineAquilegia chrysantha
Golden FleeceSolidago sphacelata
HarebellsCampanula rotundifolia
heartleaf bergenia,Bergenia cordifolia
Howard’s Evening-PrimroseOenothera howardii
Jupiter’s beardCentranthus ruber
Lady’s mantleAlchemilla mollis
Little Bluestem GrassSchizachyrium scoparium
Missouri Evening PrimroseOenothera macrocarpa
nodding onionAllium cernuum
northern bedstrawGalium boreale
Oriental poppyPapaver orientale
Pacific WindflowerAnemone multifida
Pineleaf PenstemonPenstemon pinifolius
Pitcher SageSalvia azurea
plains coreopsisCoreopsis tinctoria
poppy mallowCallirhoe involucrata
Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
Prairie Dropseed GrassSporobolus heterolepis
Prairie SageArtemisia ludoviciana
prairie smokeGeum triflorum
Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpurea
red hot pokerKniphofia uvaria
Regel’s jointfirEphedra regeliana
Rigid GoldenrodSolidago rigida
Rocky Mountain ColumbineAquilegia coerulea
Rocky Mountain PenstemonPenstemon strictus
rosy pussytoesAntennaria rosea
Sandia Coral BellsHeuchera pulchella
saxifrageSaxifraga hirsuta
sea thriftArmeria maritima
Showy FleabaneErigeron speciosus
Showy MilkweedAsclepias speciosa
Side-bells PenstemonPenstemon secundiflorus
silvery lupineLupinus argenteus
Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
Star Flower/Blazing-StarMentzelia decapetala
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
Utah milkvetchAstragalus utahensis
wallflowerErysimum linifolium
western springClaytonia lanceolata
western wallflowerErysimum capitatum
White-tufted Evening-PrimroseOenothera caespitosa
winter creeperEuonymus fortunei