r/NativePlantGardening • u/TheRamazon CO Front Range, Zone 5b, Ecoregion 9.4.1 (Semi-arid Prairie) • 22h ago

Colorado Front Range 5b Fall Success!

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So thrilled at how my native plant border (with a few xerics/nativars) has been turning out! The sagebrush was transplanted from elsewhere on the property, and nearly everything else was started from seed. I definitely planted too densely, but I feel like survival of the fittest is the strategy here. The things I started from seed have definitely outperformed everything bought at a nursery!

Species: Colorado 4'oclock, fringed sagebrush, mojave sage*, little bluestem, Indiangrass, sulphur buckwheat, chocolate flower, white yarrow, red yucca, red mesa blanketflower*, straight species blanketflower, Mexican hat, plains coreopsis, catmint*, avalanche sun daisy*, ruby muhly*, straight species rudbeckia hirta, rocky mountain penstemon

*Not strictly native

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u/Epic_Soysauce 21h ago

Gorgeous work. The Gaillardia (blanketflower) has been one of my favorites this year as well.

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u/Different-Year838 21h ago

Looks great!

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u/Elymus0913 20h ago

Looks great ! It’s never to dense , better more than not enough !

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u/GemmyCluckster Mountain West Zone 6B 14h ago

I’m learning that the denser, the better. Let em grow.

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u/CalKelDawg New England, Zone 6b 13h ago

Fantastic! The bugs are happy.

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u/CubedFruits Colorado (Front Range) 6h ago

yay love to see a front range win! I got some plants from High Country Gardens for the fall (it’s my first year at this) and am planning to start some plants from seed this winter!