Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Boulder Colorado area landscapes {Plant of the Month Series} Purple Leaf Sand Cherry or Prunus x cistena is a medium to large shrub with beautiful burgundy leaves in summer and small white flowers in spring. It has an open growing habit with lanky branches if left unpruned. It can be shaped, … More June 2021 Plant of the Month for Boulder Colorado landscapes
Trees and Shrubs Winter Watering Boulder Colorado landscapes – Plant of the Month Series Winter watering of evergreen trees and shrubs is as important to maintaining a healthy landscape as watering in the summer. It is especially true with evergreens, because, unlike deciduous plants that lose their leaves in the winter, evergreens will continue to … More February 2021 Plant of the Month for Boulder Colorado landscapes
October 2020: Japanese Blood Grass Boulder Colorado landscapes – plant of the month Japanese Blood Grass or Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’ is an attractive perennial grass that can spread into wet areas in the landscape on its own in Colorado. It spreads via rhizomes (roots), not by seed propagation. It has vibrant red tips set against … More Japanese Blood Grass is October 2020 Plant of the Month
July, 2020: Yucca Boulder Colorado area landscapes – plant of the month Yucca is an extremely drought tolerant plant. Narrow leaf Yucca is the most common in our natural landscapes along the Front Range of Colorado. There are larger and smaller varieties as well as variegated ones. They have a fleshy long tap root that … More Yucca is July 2020 Plant of the Month
March, 2020: Douglas Fir Boulder Colorado area landscapes – plant of the month Douglas Fir or Pseudotsuga menziesii is a very large conifer tree that grows native in three areas of the Americas: The coast ranges of California, north through Oregon and Washington and into British Columbia (variant menziessi); the Rocky Mountains (variant glauca); and … More Douglas Fir is the March 2020 Plant of the Month
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