Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Cleome serrulata
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Yellow Bee Flower
Cleome lutea
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Native to the region
Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 6 to 10
Bachelor Button
Centaurea cyanus
Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Cosmos
Cosomos sulphureus
Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Native to the region
Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10
Common Sunflower
Helianthus annus
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Nuttalls Violet
Viola nutalli
Native to the region
Part sun to full shade
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8
Western Blueflag Iris
Iris missouriensis
Native to the region
Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8
White-Stemmed Evening Primrose
Oenothera pallida
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Silverleaf Phacelia
Phacelia hastata
Native to the region
Part sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 9
Thyme
Thymus ssp.
Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 8
Bellflower
Campanula scouleri
Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8
Lavender
Lavendula ssp.
Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10
Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
Native to the region
Part shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
All zones
Hyssop
Agastache ssp.
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Sage
Salvia officinalis
Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Penstemon strictus
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 4 to 8
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8
Littleleaf Mock Orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9
Hawthorn
Crataegus ssp.
Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9
Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 4 to 9
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 7
California Lilac
Ceanothus ssp.
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Native to the region
Full shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 2 to 7
Black Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
Native to the region
Full shade to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9
Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Native to the region
Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
Native to the region
Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10
Note: Not recommended as a landscape tree. Better suited for unvisited hedgerows and shelterbelts.
Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
Native to the region
Partial to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9