Mountain West Plants

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    Astilboides tabularis

    Astilboides tabularis

    This unique species bears large, rounded leaves that resemble lily pads and seem to defy gravity.

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    Golden marguerite

    Anthemis tinctoria

    This clump-forming perennial produces many weeks of daisy-like flowers in summer.

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    Tutsan

    Hypericum androsaemum 'Albury Purple'

    This is a bushy, deciduous shrub with upright branches.

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    ‘Stella De Oro’ daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

    This bright yellow flowered daylily has a long blooming period, producing ruffled flowers over four or five months.

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    Honeylocust

    Gleditsia triacanthos

    Honey locust grows in the wild from Pennsylvania to Iowa and south to Georgia and Texas.

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    Red pine

    Pinus resinosa

    The yellow-green leaves of this pine are 4 to 6 inches long.

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    Beach plum

    Prunus maritima

    A suckering deciduous shrub with a dense, rounded form, beach plum has dull green leaves that are pale green beneath.

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    Alberta beardtongue

    Penstemon albertinus

    Deep blue, delicate spires to 16 inches tall appear late spring and early summer above thick, sturdy leaves.

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    Pasque flower

    Pulsatilla vulgaris

    Pasque flower blooms for 4 to 6 weeks in spring with fuzzy flower buds that open to 1.

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    Sawtooth sunflower

    Helianthus grosse-serratus

    Sawtooth sunflower's abundant yellow daisy flowers bloom from late summer well into fall.