Lawn and Garden Month!

April is Lawn and Garden Month! Curb appeal is a huge factor in real estate, so to ensure that you lawns and gardens stay lush and blooming all year long, here is a list of Utah native plants!

http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-ut.htm

home  |  plants  |  how-to  |  nursery  |  community  |  professional       NATIVE PLANT LIST - UTAH and WESTERN COLORADO        This is a "starter" list of native plants for Utah and Western Colorado. It is intended for residential or commercial landscapers who want to create attractive and varied native landscapes. 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Sun Exposure F = Full Sun P = Part Sun S = Shade Drought Tol. E = Excellent G = Good M = Moderate P = Poor Deciduous or Evergreen D = Deciduous E = Evergreen Shrubs Common Name Scientific Name Sun DT D/E Ht.     Comments Utah Serviceberry Silver Sagebrush Fringed Sage Big Sagebrush Sand Sage Four-wing Saltbush Snowbrush Ceanothus Winterfat Curl-leaf Mtn Mohogany Birchleaf Mtn Mohogany Fernbrush Rubber Rabbitbrush Red-osier Dogwood Indigo Bush Mormon Tea Apache Plume Creosotebush Utah Honeysuckle Purple Sage Chokecherry Cliffrose Bitterbrush Shrub Live Oak Wavyleaf Oak Squawbush Sumac Golden Currant Woods Rose Sandbar Willow Blue Elderberry Greaswood Roundleaf Buffaloberry Snowberry Canyon Wild Grape Soap Tree Yucca Yucca Amelanchier utahensis Artemesia cana Artemesia frigida Artemesia tridentata Artemisin filifolia Atriplex canescens Ceanothus velutinus Ceratoides lanata Cercocarpus ledifolius Cercocarpus montanus Chamaebatiaria millefol. Chrysothamnus nauseo. Cornus sericea Dalea fremontii Ephedra nevadensis Fallugia paradoxa Larrea tridentata Lonicera utahensis Poliomintha incana Prunus virginiana Purshia mexiciana Purshia tridentata Quercus turbinella Quercus undulata Rhus trilobata Ribes aureum Rosa woodsii Salix exigua Sambucus caerulea Sarcobatus vermiculatus Shepherdia rotundifolia Symphoricarpas species Vitis arizonica Yucca elata Yucca harrimaniae F F F F F F F F F F F F P F F F F S S P F F F F F P F F F F F P F F F G E E E E E M E E E E E P E E G E G E G E E E G E M G P P E E G G E E D D E D D E E D E D D D E P E E D E D D D E E E D D D E D E E D D E E 6-15' 2-5' 1-2' 2-5' 4' 4-6' 1-3' 1-3' 8-12' 4-9' 6-8' 2-6' 10-15' 3' 2-4' 3-6' 4-10' 2-5' 3' 15-20' 6' 2-6' 4-8 4-8' 2-6' 4-6' 2-6' 5-15' 6-12' 2-6' 3-4' 3 vine 6' 2-3' Spring flowers, purple berries, muted fall colors Silvery, aromatic foliage; seeds,cover for animals Delicate silvery gray foliage; seeds for birds Silvery, aromatic foliage; seeds,cover for animals Lovely, feathery foliage; seeds for birds Rose-hued fruits on female plants; great bird seed Glossy leaves and spring flowers; nectar plant Profuse fruits in fall; winter food for birds Ornamental spiralled seeds; winter deer food Ornamental seed heads and fall color Long-lasting mid-summer flowers; fernlike leaves Yellow fall cover; seeds and cover for birds Spring flowers; fall white berries; winter red twigs Profuse fragrant purple flowers; nectar plant Interesting shrub accent; seeds attract quail White flowers in spring; seed heads fall and winter Screen or wind break; nectar plant; cover for birds Yellow flowers late spring; fruit for birds Blue/purple flowers all summer; nectar plant Spring flowers; dark purple fruit; red-orange color Fragrant yellow summer flowers; fall seed plumes Spring yellow flowers; winter browse for deer Attractive evergreen shrub; food and cover for birds Attractive evergreen shrub; quail, chipmunk food Red fall color; red fall fruit; food and cover for birds Yellow spring berries; red fall color; fruit for birds Spring pink flowers; fall red hips; winter animal food Great branch color in fall; dense cover for wildlife White spring flowers; showy dark blue fruit Light green foliage; year-round cover small animals Reflective, silvery leaves; quail, chipmunk food. White berries in fall and winter; fruit for birds Colorful fruit for birds; bark for nests Creamy white blossoms; nectar for moths Creamy flowers on tall stalks; nectar for moths For more info, enter a plant name  Find a Nursery in Utah Find a Community Org in Utah Check Neighboring States? Sun Exposure F = Full Sun P = Part Sun S = Shade Drought Tol. E = Excellent G = Good M = Moderate P = Poor Deciduous or Evergreen D = Deciduous E = Evergreen Flowering Perennials Common Name Scientific Name Color Bloom Ht.      Comments Butterfly Weed Desert Marigold Arrowleaf Balsamroot Indian Paintbrush Skyrocket Gilia Rock Mountain Beeplant Aspen Daisy Sulpher Buckwheat Wild Geranium Sunflower Western Sunflower Blue Flax Silvery Lupine Prairie Aster Four O'Clock Bee Balm Evening Primrose Wasatch Penstemon Firecracker Penstemon Palmer Penstemon Rocky Mt. Penstemon Scarlet Globemallow Globemallow Asclepias tuberosa Baileya multiradiata Balsamorhiza sagittate Castilleja linariaefolia Cilia aggregate Cleome serrulata Erigeron speciosus Eriogonum umbellatum Geranium viscosissimum Helianthus annuus Helianthus anomalus Linum lewisii Lupinus argenteus Machaeranth tanacetifo. Mirabilis multipflora Monarda species Oenothera caespitose Penstemon cyananthus Penstemon eatoni Penstemon palmeri Penstemon strictus Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea  grossulariaefolia Orange Yellow Yellow Red Orange Pink/Purple Purple Wht/Yellow Pink Yellow Yellow Blue Blue Purple Purple Purple Wht/Pink Blue Red Cream/Pink Blue/Purple Orange Red/Orange Su All Su Sp Su Su Sp-Su Su Su Su-F LSu LSu Su Su Su-F All Su All Su ESu Su Sp-ESu ESu ESu Sp-F Sp-F 36" 18-24" 16-30" 12-40" 12-18" 36" 12-24" 6-12" 12-36" 72" 72" 24" 12-24" 12-18" 24" 24" 8" 18-36" 24" 36-48" 24" 6-12" 24-36" Attracts butterflies Very drought tolerant and showy Early season color; large plant Difficult to establish; attracts hummingbirds Attracts hummingbirds Attracts bees Showy, aster-like flowers Attracts bees, seeds in F/W, matted ground cover Long blooming season Provides bird seed for fall and winter Provides bird seed in fall Prolific bloomer; spreads rapidly-use in large area Attracts butterflies Blooms late into season Stunning ornamental; attracts hummingbirds Attracts bees and butterflies Very drought-tolerant/tough/fragrant/attracts moths Showy ornamental Attracts hummingbirds Very fragrant, tubular summer flowers Hardy; easy to grow Flowers resemble small hollyhocks Very hardy; blooms all summer For more info, enter a plant name  Find a Nursery in Utah Find a Community Org in Utah Check Neighboring States? Sun Exposure F = Full Sun P = Part Sun S = Shade Drought Tol. E = Excellent G = Good M = Moderate P = Poor Deciduous or Evergreen D = Deciduous E = Evergreen Grasses Common Name Scientific Name C/W DT B/S Ht.     Side-oats Grama Blue Grama Saltgrass Great Basin Wildrye Western Wheatgrass Bluebunch Wheatgrass Slender Wheatgrass Sheep Fescue Galleta Prairie Junegrass Sandberg Bluegrass Alakali Sacaton Sand Dropseed Needle and Thread Indian Ricegrass Desert Needlegrass Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua gracilis Distichlis spicata Elymus cinereus Elymus smithii Elymus spicatus Elymus trachycaulus Festuca ovina Hilaria jamesii Koeleria macrantha Poa secunda Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus cryptandrus Stipa comate Stipa hymenoides Stipa speciosa W W W C C C C C W C C W W C C C E E E E E G M M E G E E E E E G  B B/S S B S B S B B/S B B B B B B B  12-24" 12-18" 6-20" 24-36" 12-24" 12-24" 12-24" 12-24" 6-12" 12-24" 12-24" 12-24" 12-24" 24-36" 12-24" 12-24" C/W C = Cool Season W = Warm Season B/S B = Bunch S = Sod