CHESHIRE AND BEYOND PLANT LIST
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Very low Tree or Large White flowers (Monthly watering Shrub Late spring into except in times of Full Sun Sandy or average soils Height: 6-15 ft early summer extreme heat or drought)
UTAH SERVICEBERRY Photo: Tony Frates Amelanchier utahensis
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Tree Moderate Height: N/A (Monthly to Full sun Well-drained rich soils 72-100 ft weekly watering)
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE Photo: Max Licher Picea pungens
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Moderate Shrub Pink flowers in (Monthly to Part shade Sandy to fine clay soils Height: 1-3 ft summer weekly watering) to full sun
WOODS ROSE Photo: Max Licher Rosa woodsii
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Shrub or Small Low Tree Cream or white (Monthly watering Full sun Well-drained soils Height: 8 to 20 ft flowers in spring except in times of Note: year-round extreme heat or evergreen leaves drought)
MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY Cercocarpus montanus
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Yellow flowers Moderate Perennial (Monthly to Part shade Late spring into Volcanic clay soils Height: 1-3 ft weekly watering) fall
GOLDEN COLUMBINE Photo: Wasowski Collection Aquilegia chrysantha
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FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Perennial Yellow flowers in Moderate to low Part shade (Monthly to Sandy, clay, average soils Height: spring and or full sun 10-12 inches summer weekly watering)
WOOLY CINQUEFOIL Photo: Wasowski Collection Potentilla hippiana
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
White flowers in Moderate Perennial spring followed Part shade Well-drained sandy or Height: to 1ft (Monthly to to full sun by small fruit in weekly watering) heavy clay soils late summer
WILD STRAWBERRY Photo: Thomas Muller Fragaria ovalis
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Pink to magenta Shrub Moderate flowers (Monthly to Part shade Sandy soils, average soils Height: 1-3 ft Late summer weekly watering) into fall
CORAL BELLS Photo: Sue Carnahan Heuchera sanguinea
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Perennial Moderate Purple flowers in Height: 8-24 (Monthly to Part shade Well-drained rich soils late summer inches weekly watering)
WHIPPLE’S PENSTEMON Photo: Patrick Alexander Penstemon whippleanus
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Yellow to orange Moderate Perennial flowers in late (Monthly to Full sun Well-drained gritty soils Height: to 1 ft summer weekly watering)
ORANGE SNEEZEWEED Photo: Max Licher Hymenoxys hoopesii
LOW WATER LANDSCAPE REBATE PROGRAM CHESHIRE AND BEYOND PLANT LIST
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Violet, purple, or Perennial Low to moderate pink flowers (Monthly to Full sun Well-drained rich soils Height: 1-2 ft Summer into fall weekly watering)
MEXICALI PENSTEMON Penstemon x Mexicali
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Perennial Purple flowers Moderate Full sun to Thrives in a wide range of Height: 2-4 ft (Monthly to Note: a favorite of summer to fall weekly watering) part shade soils pollinators
BEEBALM OR WILD BERGAMOT Monarda fistulosa Photo: W.D. and Dolphia Bransford
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Perennial Purple flowers (Monthly watering Full sun to except in times of Well-drained sandy soils Height: 1-3 ft summer into fall extreme heat or part shade drought)
PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea purpurea
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Sedge Moderate Shade to N/A (Monthly to Moist soils Height: 1-3 ft weekly watering) part sun
WESTERN SEDGE Photo: Max Licher Carex occidentalis
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Grass (Monthly watering N/A except in times of Part shade Rocky soils Height: 1-3 ft extreme heat or drought)
MOUNTAIN MUHLY Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Muhlenbergia montana Service (retired), Bug-wood.org
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NATIVE PLANT WATER USE BLOOM COLOR BLOOM TIME TYPE
BEEBALM OR MODERATE PURPLE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL WILD BERGAMOT
COLORADO MODERATE NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING TREE BLUE SPRUCE
CORAL PINK TO MODERATE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL BELLS MAGENTA
GOLDEN LATE SPRING TO MODERATE YELLOW PERENNIAL COLUMBINE FALL
MEXICALI VIOLET, PURPLE MODERATE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL PENSTEMON OR PINK
MOUNTAIN LOW CREAM OR WHITE SPRING SHRUB MAHOGANY
MOUNTAIN LOW NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING GRASS MUHLY
ORANGE YELLOW TO MODERATE LATE SUMMER PERENNIAL SNEEZEWEED ORANGE
PURPLE LOW PURPLE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL CONEFLOWER
UTAH LATE SPRING LOW WHITE TREE OR SHRUB SERVICEBERRY TO SUMMER
WESTERN MODERATE NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING SEDGE SEDGE
WHIPPLE’S MODERATE PURPLE LATE SUMMER PERENNIAL PENSTEMON
WILD WHITE TURNING SRRING TO MODERATE PERENNIAL STRAWBERRY INTO FRUIT LATE SUMMER
WOOD’S MODERATE PINK SUMMER SHRUB ROSE
WOOLY MODERATE YELLOW SPRING TO PERENNIAL CINQUEFOIL SUMMER
LOW WATER LANDSCAPE REBATE PROGRAM