Mountain Garden
Common Name	Latin Name	Type	Usual Height X Width	Ornamental Value
Antelope Bitterbrush, Greasewood	Purshia tridentata	S	5 feet X 5 feet	Fragrant with yellow flowers
Baccharifolius Beardtongue	Penstemon baccharifolius	P	2 feet X 2 feet	Red trumpet shaped flowers June through September
Big Berry Manzanita	Arctostaphylos glauca	S	10 feet X 6 feet	White to pink flowers
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus montanus	S	12 feet X 4 feet	White to pink fragrant flowers
Bird's-foot Cliffbrake	Pellaea mucronata	S	1 foot X 1 foot	Green, fern-like
Black Oak	Quercus kelloggii	T	25 feet X 25 feet	Dapple shade, deciduous, leaves red in fall
Black Sage	Salvia mellifera	S	1 foot X 1 foot	Fragrant with lavender flowers
Blackfoot Daisy	Melampodium leucanthum	P	6 inches X one foot	White one inch daisies
Buck Brush	Ceanothus cuneatus	S	8 feet X 9 feet	White to light blue flower in late winter to mid-spring
Bush Beardtongue	Keckiella breviflora	P	5 feet X 5 feet	White flowers line with purple, pink, or red streaks in spring and fall, fragrant
California Fremontia, Flannelbush	Fremontodendron californicum	T	12 feet X 15 feet	1 to 2 inch yellow flowers in spring
California Laurel	Umbellularia californica	Y	40 feet X 20 feet	Inconspicuous yellow flowers December through May, fragrant leaves
California Lilac	Ceanothus greggii vestitus	S	6 feet X 6 feet	White flowers in spring through summer
California Melic	Melica imperfecta	P	2 feet X 8 inches	Clump grass, prefers shade, does well under large trees
California Walnut	Juglans californica	T	20 feet X 20 feet	Yellow blooms the March through May resulting in edible nuts, full shade
Canyon Live Oak, Goldencup Oak	Quercus chrysolepis	T	30 feet X 25 feet	Shade, evergreen, large acorns
Canyon Silktassel	Garrya veatchii	S	6 feet X 6 feet	Showy male flowers hang in long white catkins from the end of the branches late winter to spring
Cliff Rose, Mexican Cliffrose, Bitterbrush	Purshia mexicana	S	8 feet X 5 feet	Fragrant white aromatic flowers with long yellow stamens
Coast Live Oak	Quercus agrifolia	T	20 feet X 40 feet	Deep shade
Colorado Four O'clock	Mirabilis multiflora	P	1 foot X 1 foot	Green leaves, purple flowers in July and August
Coulter Pine	Pinus coulteri	T	40 feet X 20 feet	Long dark green needles
Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	T	12 feet X 12 feet	Inconspicuous flowers but eye catching spiral silver-haired seed plumes, plant has spicy aroma
Desert Mariposa Lily	Calochortus kennedyi	P	to 8 inches	Orange, yellow, or white flowers from April to June
Feather Dalea, Feather Plume	Dalea formosa	P	1 foot X 2 feet	Bloom fall through spring with small purple and white or cream flowers
Fragrant Evening Primrose	Neriserenia camporum	P	8 inches X one foot	White to pale pink flowers in spring
Gilia Beardtongue	Penstemon ambiguus	P	2 feet X 2 feet	Uniquely showy light-pink flowered species for its extravagant late spring display
Goldenball Leadtree, Lemonball	Leucaena retusa	T	25 feet X 25 feet	Golden fluffy balls of flowers after rains
Golden Yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum	P	2 feet	Mat of bright yellow flowers
Hairy Goldenaster	Heterotheca villosa	P	1 foot X 1 foot	Yellow to gold flowers June through October
Hairy Yerba Santa	Eriodictyon trichocalyx	S	6 feet X 6 feet	White to purple flowers in spring
Hollyleaf Cherry	Prunus ilicifolia	T	8 feet X 8 feet	White flower spikes, showy red cherries
Incense Cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	T	40 feet X 20 feet	Long dark green needles, fragrant
Interior Live Oak	Quercus wislizenii	T	10 feet X 20 feet	Deep shade
Jeffrey Pine	Pinus jeffreyi	T	60 feet X 40 feet	Long dark green needles, bark has vanilla aroma
Lewis Flax	Linum lewisii	P	3 feet X 3 feet	Lavender flowers spring until summer
Littleleaf Mock Orange, June Bride	Philadelphus microphyllus	S	1 foot X 1 foot	Dark green leaves, small white flowers have fragrance of pineapples
Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus intricatus	T	6 feet X 6 feet	Small yellow flowers in mid-spring, evergreen rosemary-like leaves
Lodgepole Pine	Pinus contorta	T	40 feet X 15 feet	Dark green needles, slender conical shape
Mormon Tea	Ephedra trifurca or E. viridus	S	4 feet X 6 feet	Texture of stems, yellow flowers on males in spring
Mountain Desert Sage, Rose Sage	Salvia pachyphylla	S	2 feet X 2 feet,	Two-tone red and purple large flowers, evergreen grey-green leaves
New Mexico Locust	Robinia neomexicana	T	5 feet X 6 feet	Green leaves, purplish to pink flowers are fragrant
Palmer's Penstemon, Baloon Flower	Penstemon palmeri	P	2 feet X 1 foot	Showy pink flowers in spring, aromatic
Parish's Bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	P	3 feet X 3 feet	Showy blue fragrant flowers in spring
Pineleaf Penstemon, Pineneedle Beardtongue	Penstemon pinifolius	P	1 foot X 1 foot	Showy red flowers in late spring, summer
Pipestem Clematis	Clematis lasiantha	P	To 20 feet	Small white to tan blooms late spring to mid-summer, vine to 20 feet
Ponderosa Pine, Yellow Pine	Pinus ponderosa	T	100 feet X 30 feet	Dark green needles
Purple Nightshade	Solanum xanti	P	3 feet X 3 feet	One inch blue to purple flowers bloom from late winter to early summer
Rockspirea, Mountainspray	Holodiscus dumosus	S	8 feet X 5 feet	White spray of flowers in July, fruits in October
Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	T	40 feet X 20 feet	Long dark green needles, fragrant
Sand Penstemon, Gilia Beardtongue	Penstemon ambiguus	P	1 foot X 1 foot	Green leaves, white flowers in spring
Scarlet Bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	P	1 feet X 2 feet	Showy red flowers in spring
Silver Lupine	Lupinus albifrons	P	5 feet X 5 feet	Light blue to purple flowers in summer
Snapdragon Penstemon	Keckiella breviflora	P	6 feet X 3 feet	Wonderfully fragrant, bright yellow flowers and elegant foliage
Southern Honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata denudata	S	8 feet and spreading	White to yellow flowers spring to summer, climbing
Wavyleaf Soap Plant	Chlorogalum pomeridianum	P	To 3 feet	Summer white lilies, dies out in late summer
White Fir	Albies concolor	T	30 feet X 12 feet	Evergreen, popular Christmas tree, leaves have lemony fragrance
White Sagebrush	Artemisia ludoviciana	P	1 foot X 3 feet	Fragrant silver foliage, insignificant yellow flowers July to October
Winterfat	Ceratoides lanata	S	2 feet X 3 feet	Silvery leaves, white hairs on leaves
Yarrow	Achillea millefolium californica	P	3 feet X 3 feet	White to near white, sometimes pink, flat topped cluster of small flowers from mid-spring to early winter, fragrant

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