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High Country Gardens Planting Guides

Thank you for buying your plants from High Country Gardens! For decades, we’ve been growing and gardening with perennial plants in the challenging high desert climate. Our planting guides feature the best tried-and-true techniques for successfully transplanting and growing our hearty plants.

GARDENING VIDEOS

Watch and learn from David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens.

Perennial Growing Guides

Raspberry Delight Salvia in peak bloom

How To Plant Waterwise Perennials

Raspberry Delight Salvia in peak bloom

How To Grow Sage
(Salvia)

Lavender aungustifolia mass planted

How To Grow Lavender (Lavandula)

A hummingbird sips nectar from an agastache flower

How To Grow Hummingbird Mint (Agastache)

How To Grow Milkweed & Butterfly Weed (Asclepias)

Pallida variegata Bearded Irises in bloom

How To Grow Bearded Iris (Iris germanica)

Nepeta lines the sidewalk in front of a beautiful home and perennial garden

How To Grow Catmint (Nepeta)

Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria millefolium

How To Grow Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria)

Jacob Cline bright red bee balm (monarda) flowers

How To Grow Bee Balm (Monarda)

Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium) in bloom

How To Grow Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium)

Coconino County Penstemon in the garden. Photo by Emmis Oure.

How To Grow Beardtongue
(Penstemon)

Gardeners enjoy growing Pulsatilla (Pasque Flowers) for their fabulous early spring blooms. Rosen Pasque Flower

How To Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)

claret-cup-cactus-blackchinned-hummingbird

How To Grow Cold Hardy Cacti & Succulents

Bright yellow Chrysothamnus shrub (Rabbitbrush) in bloom

8 Tips For Growing Healthy Shrubs & Trees

Asclepias root bundle

How To Care For Dormant Plants

The Advantages Of Fall Planting

Learn More About The Advantages Of Fall Planting

Sustainable Lawn Planting Guides

The Pros & Cons Of Lawns

The Pros & Cons Of Lawns

Lawn Replacement

Lawn Replacement Instructions

Before & After: Planting Dog Tuff Grass Plugs

Before & After - Planting Dog Tuff Grass Plugs

About Buffalo Grass Plugs: Summer Is The Time To Establish Native Grass Lawns

About Buffalo Grass Plugs: Summer Is The Time To Establish Native Grass Lawns

How To Choose Warm Season Grass vs. Cool Season Grass

How To Choose Warm Season vs. Cool Season Grass

Early Spring Maintenance For Native Grass Lawns

Early Spring Maintenance For Native Grass Lawns

Summer Lawn Care

All Natural Summer Lawn Care

Wildflower & Meadow Planting Guides

Wildflower meadow in bloom

How To Grow Wildflowers

Wildflower meadow in bloom

Planting Native Grass Seed For Prairie & Meadow Restoration

Fall-Planted Bulb Growing Guides

Trench Planting Spring Blooming Bulbs

Quick & Easy Trench Planting Spring Blooming Bulbs

Lasagna Planting Flower Bulbs

Lasagna Planting Fall-Planted Bulbs For Layers Of Spring Blooms

Alliums & Centranthus

How To Mix Perennials & Fall-Planted Bulbs To Extend The Seasons Of Color In Your Garden

Bumblebee and Allium

The Best Fall-Planted Bulbs For Dry Areas

Daffodils & Other Deer Resistant Spring-Blooming Bulbs

Choosing Deer-Resistant Flower Bulbs

Crocus Flowers

How To Grow Crocus

Daffodils

How To Grow Daffodils

How To Grow Grape Hyacinth

How To Grow Grape Hyacinth (Muscari)

Purple flowers of Hyacinth "Miss Saigon"

How To Grow Hyacinth

How To Choose & How To Grow Tulips

How To Choose & How To Grow Tulips

Saffron flowers in bloom in fall

How To Grow Saffron Crocus

Spring-Planted Bulb Growing Guides

White Casa Blanca Oriental Lily

How To Grow Asiatic & Oriental Lilies

Red and Orange Callas

How To Grow Calla Lilies

Canna Lily

How To Grow Cannas

Red Nuit D'ete Cactus Dahlia

How To Grow Dahlias

Foxtail Lilies

How To Grow Foxtail Lilies (Eremerus)

LIght pink Gladiolus blooms in a perennial garden with Agastache

How To Grow Gladiolus

How To Grow Mexican Shell Flower (Tigridia)

How To Grow Mexican Shell Flower (Tigridia)

More Helpful Garden Guides From High Country Gardens

Hardy Plumbago

Recommended Plants For Shade & Part Shade

First & Last Frost Dates For Garden Planning

First & Last Frost Dates For Garden Planning

Xeric Garden

How To Create Well-Drained Soil For Waterwise Plants

Soil Preparation: Building Your Soil Health Naturally & Organically

Soil Preparation: Building Your Soil Health Naturally & Organically

A waterwise garden fills the yard in front of a beautiful home

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