Pollinator perennials for the Front Range
High-value perennials for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators on the Colorado Front Range.
94 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
Anise HyssopAgastache foeniculum
Avalanche White Sun DaisyOsteospermum 'Avalanche'
Bellina Pink CornflowerPsephellus simplicicaulis
Cape Forget-Me-NotAnchusa capensis
Cashmere SagePhlomis cashmeriana
DREW'S FOLLY Hardy SnapdragonAntirrhinum sempervirens 'P020S'
European Pasque FlowerPulsatilla vulgaris
False IndigoBaptisia australis
Golden CandlesThermopsis lanceolata
Hopflower OreganoOriganum libanoticum
Indigo Blue DragonheadDracocephalum ruyschiana
Letitia Flannel PlantVerbascum 'Letitia'
LITTLE TRUDY CatmintNepeta 'Psfike'
Moon CarrotSeseli gummiferum
OLYMPUS Gold Leaf SageSalvia chrysophylla
Palace Purple Coral BellsHeuchera micrantha
Pink Cotton Lamb's EarStachys lavandulifolia
PlumbagoCeratostigma plumbaginoides
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
PURPLE MOUNTAIN Sun DaisyOsteospermum barberae 'P005S'
Purple Winter SavorySatureja montana
Red FeathersPontechium maculatum
Regal TorchlilyKniphofia caulescens
Shangri-La SageSalvia moorcroftiana x indica
SKY'S EDGE ScutellariaScutellaria 'Pat Hayward'
SPANISH PEAKS FoxgloveDigitalis thapsi
SUNSET FoxgloveDigitalis obscura 'Sunset'
Sunset HyssopAgastache rupestris
Wee One Dwarf English LavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Wee One'
Whirling ButterfliesGaura lindheimeri