Mountain West Plants
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Plant GuideHighbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry provides four seasons of fanfare, starting with twisted, peeling stems in winter; profuse white or pink blossoms in spring; savory blue fruit in summer; and long-lasting foliage the…
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Plant GuidePoppy
Papaver orientale ‘Flamenco Dancer’The 4- to 6-inch-wide blooms of 'Flamenco Dancer' poppy stand out in late spring and early summer with their true red color and fanciful fringes.
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Plant GuideNinebark
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Center Glow'
This ninebark's new leaves unfurl a golden yellow and then mature to a rosy red-burgundy.
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Plant GuideAmerican cranberry bush
Viburnum trilobumThis deciduous, rounded shrub grows to 15 feet tall with maple-like, lobed, dark green leaves that turn shades of red, yellow, and purple in autumn.
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Plant Guide
Orienpet lily
Lilium henryi × Lilium speciosum var. rubrumThe brilliant blooms of these hybrid lilies boast the fragrance of Oriental lilies and the vitality and large size of trumpet lilies but with “hybrid vigor”—more strength and disease resistance and…
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Plant GuideEuropean larch
Larix decidua and cvs.
A deciduous conifer with a pyramidal growth habit, European larch has pendulous lower branches.
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Plant GuideCommon bearberry, Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiThis is a fine plant for cascading over the edge of a wall.
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Plant GuideApple serviceberry
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
This shrubby tree has leaves that emerge bronze, mature green, and fade to orange and red in autumn.
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Plant GuideNorway maple
Acer platanoides and cvs.This vigorous maple has large, broadly ovate, dark green leaves that turn yellow or red in autumn.
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Plant Guide
Creeping dogwood
Cornus canadensisA spreading subshrub, Cornus canadensis has whorls of leathery mid-green leaves that turn purple in the winter.
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