High Country Gardens | Sustainable Gardening

High Country Gardens | Sustainable Gardening

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High Country Gardens | Sustainable Gardening
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Great HCG Plants
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Great HCG Plants / These are some of our favorite plant superstars!
BEES
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BEES / At High Country Gardens we love to celebrate pollinators that help our gardens grow. Here are tips and plants that can make your garden bee friendly!
Alternative Lawns
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Alternative Lawns / Some inspiration and ideas for a non-turf lawn. Have fun with these groundcover and landscaping alternatives.
Award-Winning
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Award-Winning / The plants in this section have exceptional merit. Characteristics I feel are important include vigor, cold hardiness, long bloom time and adaptability to the rigorous climates of the Western US. You’ll also find all my favorites
New Plants For 2018
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New Plants For 2018
The Xeric Gardener: Gardening Tips From David Salman
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The Xeric Gardener: Gardening Tips From David Salman / Gardening tips & know-how from our chief horticulturist David Salman and occasional guest experts.
Wildflower Gardens
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Wildflower Gardens / Create an inspirational meadow with beautiful native wildflowers.
Garden Quotes & Fun
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Garden Quotes & Fun
Butterfly Gardens
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Butterfly Gardens / Create a garden that will attract beautiful butterflies!
Sustainable Lawns
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Sustainable Lawns / Want to save time and money with a sustainable lawn? Replace that water-sucking blue grass lawn with one of our low-water varieties. Some never need mowing!
Moon Gardens
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Moon Gardens / Inspiration for creating beautiful moon gardens. By choosing bold shapes, pale colors, and moonbeam-catching textures, you can create a dreamy nighttime garden.
Cacti & Succulents
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Cacti & Succulents / Water-wise, unique and colorful these beautiful plants are the perfect addition to your landscape.
Container Gardens
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Container Gardens
Purple and Picturesque
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Purple and Picturesque / A collection of plants and gardens in plum-colored shades
Backyard Ideas and Inspiration
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Backyard Ideas and Inspiration / A collection of ideas to inspire the creative gardener!
Agastache | Hummingbird Mint
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Agastache | Hummingbird Mint / The Hummingbird Mint (Agastache) are a showy, fragrant group of perennial herbs. Agastache need low fertility, well-drained soils. they prefer gravel mulches and appreciate deep but infrequent watering after becoming established.
Rabbit Resistant Plants
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Rabbit Resistant Plants / Protect your garden from browsing animals like rabbits and deer. These plants are all highly rabbit resistant.
Echinacea & Coneflowers
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Echinacea & Coneflowers
Early Spring Bloomers
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Early Spring Bloomers
Top 24 Xeric Plants
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Top 24 Xeric Plants
Santa Fe Greenhouses
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Santa Fe Greenhouses / Santa Fe Greenhouses was the pre-curser to High Country Gardens. No longer open to the public, many of our new plants are developed there by horticulturist David Salman. High Country Gardens specializes in waterwise (xeric) plants that need little or no extra water once established and we offer a broad selection of award-winning and exclusive plants.
Daylilies
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Daylilies
Garden Designs & Collections
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Garden Designs & Collections / Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by all the possible combinations of plants you could choose from? With our Pre-Planned Garden Designs & Collections, we've done all the planning for you! With these collections, you can easily create a beautify yard.
Fall-Planted Flower Bulbs - Bloom in Spring
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Fall-Planted Flower Bulbs - Bloom in Spring / Our bulbs are chosen for their ability to naturalize, which means they will multiply and spread, increasing your enjoyment for years to come. They are virtually care-free once established. Plant once, enjoy the blooms every spring!
Soft Colors Inferno Strip Garden Design
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Soft Colors Inferno Strip Garden Design / Pre-planned garden design for hot and dry areas, perfect for planting in the utility strip between the sidewalk and road.
August Afternoons Pre-Planned Garden
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August Afternoons Pre-Planned Garden / When the rest of your garden is taking a late summer snooze, the August Afternoons perennial garden will wake you up with its engaging display of pinks and blues. By combining a pleasing mixture of grasses, flower forms, and colors, this hummingbird and butterfly-attracting garden comes into bloom in August and continues through September. These easy-care plants thrive in most parts of the US and grow well in ordinary garden soil with full sun. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
Butterfly Paradise Pre-Planned Cottage Garden
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Butterfly Paradise Pre-Planned Cottage Garden
Bold Lifestyle
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Bold Lifestyle
Homemade things
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Homemade things
New Introductions for 2014
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New Introductions for 2014 / You don't need the latest gadget to be 'cutting edge.' Your friends will be just as impressed when you show off one of our great new selections for 2014.
Gifts for Gardeners
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Gifts for Gardeners / Great gift ideas for the Gardeners in your life.
Photo Contest Winter 2014-15
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Photo Contest Winter 2014-15 / Here are the eight finalists from our Winter 2014-15 Photo Contest. From March 5-15, 2015 You can vote for your favorite shot and help choose our grand prize winner! http://www.highcountrygardens.com/gardening/photo-contest/
Bearded Iris Beauty
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Bearded Iris Beauty / Iris plants are easy to grow, bursting with color, and water thrifty. Perennial Iris are tough, hardy perennials and a welcome sign of summer. We're excited to be carrying a variety of re-blooming varieties for summer 2017 planting.
Customer Photos & Gardens
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Customer Photos & Gardens
2017 Summer/Fall Photo Contest Finalists
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2017 Summer/Fall Photo Contest Finalists / Garden photo contest finalists. https://www.highcountrygardens.com/gardening/photo-contest/
Gardening Tips
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Gardening Tips
Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden
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Jumbo Waterwise Pre-Planned Garden
25th Anniversary Garden Giveaway
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25th Anniversary Garden Giveaway / Enter to win your favorite Pre-Planned Garden* (awarded weekly through April 30!) or a Grand Prize of a $1000 High Country Gardens Gift Card plus a one-hour professional garden consultation with Horticulturist David Salman (by phone).