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Photo by Ed Ogle / CC BY 2.0

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

Cleome serrulata

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by Andrey Zharklkh / CC BY 2.0

Yellow Bee Flower

Cleome lutea

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / CC BY 2.0

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 6 to 10


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Photo by tdlucas5000 / CC BY-SA 2.0

Bachelor Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by Jeevan Jose / CC BY-SA 4.0

Cosmos

Cosomos sulphureus

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Native to the region

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10


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Common Sunflower

Helianthus annus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Nuttalls Violet

Viola nutalli

Native to the region

Part sun to full shade
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8


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Western Blueflag Iris

Iris missouriensis

Native to the region

Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8


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White-Stemmed Evening Primrose

Oenothera pallida

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Silverleaf Phacelia

Phacelia hastata

Native to the region

Part sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 9


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Thyme

Thymus ssp.

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 8


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Bellflower

Campanula scouleri

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8


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Lavender

Lavendula ssp.

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by Phil Sellens / CC BY 2.0

Self-Heal

Prunella vulgaris

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
All zones


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Hyssop

Agastache ssp.

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by Alex Galt, USFWS / CC BY 2.0

Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10


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Sage

Salvia officinalis

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10


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Photo by Andrey Zharklkh / CC BY 2.0

Rocky Mountain Penstemon

Penstemon strictus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 4 to 8


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Photo by Sten Porse / CC BY-SA 3.0

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8


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Photo by Stan Shebs / CC BY-SA 3.0

Littleleaf Mock Orange

Philadelphus microphyllus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9


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Photo by Billpowellisalive / CC BY-SA 3.0

Hawthorn

Crataegus ssp.

Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9


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Photo by Glennon, USFWS / Public Domain Mark 1.0

Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 4 to 9


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Photo by Patrick Standish / CC BY 2.0

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 7


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Photo by Tristan Loper / CC BY 2.0

California Lilac

Ceanothus ssp.

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10


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Photo by Sten Porse / CC BY-SA 3.0

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 2 to 7


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Photo by born1945 / CC BY 2.0

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9


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Photo by liz west / CC BY 2.0

Rocky Mountain Maple

Acer glabrum

Native to the region

Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9


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Photo by red.raleigh / CC BY 2.0

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.


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Photo by Stephen Horvath ​/ CC BY-ND​ ​2.0

Southern Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9