Teller County Plant Chart

Perennials

sun= 6-8 hours direct
p shade= 3-6 hours or filtered
shade=3 hours or less
Botanical Name	Sun Exposure	Deer Resistant	Xeric (X) Native (N)	Butterfly	Bloom Time
Achillea – Yarrow (cultivars)	sun	X	X		M
Aconitum – Monkshood (cultivars)	sun / p shade		N		L
Aegopodium – Snow on the Mountain	sun / p shade				N/A
Ajuga – Bugleweed	p shade				M
Alcea – Hollyhock	sun		X		L
Alchemilla – Lady’s Mantle	sun / p shade				M
Anemone – Pasque Flower	sun				E
Antennaria – Pussytoes	sun		X/N		M
Aquilegia – Columbine (cultivars)	p shade	X	N		E
Armeria – Sea Thrift	sun	X			M
Artemisia – Fringed	sun	X	X/N		M
Artemisia – Silver Mound	sun				M
Aster (cultivars)	sun	X	N	X	L
Astilbe	p shade	X			L
Aurinia – Basket of Gold	sun			X	E
Bergenia	shade / p shade				E
Campanula	sun / p shade	X	(N)		E-M
Campanula glomerata	sun / p shade				M
Centaurea – Mt. Bluet	sun	X			E
Centranthus – Red Valerian	sun				M
Cerastium – Snow in Summer	sun	X			E
Chives (Allium)	sun				E
Delphinium (cultivars)	sun / p shade	X	N		E-M
Dianthus barbatus – Sweet William	sun			X	E-M
Dianthus deltoides	sun				E-M
Dianthus	sun				E-M
Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’	sun				E-M
Dicentra – Bleeding Heart	p shade	X			E-M
Echinacea – Purple Coneflower (cultivars)	sun	X	X/N	X	M-L
Galium – Sweet Woodruff	p shade				E
Gaillardia – Blanket Flower	sun	X	X/N	X	M
Geranium (cultivars)	sun	X	N	X	M-L
Grass – Blue Fescue	sun				M
Helictotrichon Blue Avena / Oats Grass	sun	X	X		M
Gypsophila – Baby’s Breath	sun	X			M
Hemerocallis – Daylily	sun	X	X		M-L
Heuchera – Coral Bells	p shade				E
Hosta	shade / p shade	X			M-L
Iberis – Candytuft	sun / p shade	X			E
Iris, German Bearded	sun		X		E
Iris, Siberian	sun		X		M
Kinnikinnick	p shade	X	X/N		E
Lamium – Deadnettle	sun / p shade	X			M
Lavendula – Lavender	sun	X			M
Leucanthemum – Shasta Daisy	sun				M
Lilium – Tiger Lily	sun				M
Linum – Blue Flax (cultivars)	sun	X	X/N		M-L
Lupine (cultivars)	sun / p shade	X	N		M
Lychnis – Maltese Cross	sun	X			L
Monarda – Bee Balm	sun	X	N	X	M-L
Nepeta – Catmint	sun	X	X	X	M-L
Papaver orientale – Oriental Poppy	sun	X	X		E
Papaver nudicaule – Icelandic Poppy	sun				E-L
Paeonia – Peony	sun				M
Penstemon varieties	sun / p shade	X		X	E-M
Penstemon native	sun		X/N		E-M
Penstemon pinifolius	sun		X		M
Perovskia – Russian Sage	sun	X	X		L
Phlox subulata – Creeping Phlox	sun	X			E
Polemonium – Jacob’s Ladder	sun / p shade				M
Polygonum affine – Himalayan Border Jewel	sun / p shade				E-L
Potentilla – creeping	sun / p shade		X		M
Pulmonaria – Lungwort	p shade				E
Rhubarb	sun / p shade			X	N/A
Rudbeckia – Black Eyed Susan	sun	X	X		L
Salvia	sun	X	X		M-L
Saponaria – Soapwort	sun				E-M
Sedum – Stonecrop	sun	X	X		M
Sedum – Autumn Joy	sun	X	X	X	M-L
Sedum – Red Dragon’s Blood	sun	X	X		M
Sidalcea – False Mallow	sun / p shade				M
Stachys – Lamb’s Ear	sun	X	X		M
Strawberry (Fragaria)	sun / p shade				E
Thymus – Creeping Thyme	sun	X			M
Thymus – Wooly Thyme	sun				M
Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’	sun	X			M
Veronica liwanensis – Creeping Veronica	sun / p shade				M
Veronica pectinata – Wooly Veronica	sun				M
Vinca minor – Periwinkle, Myrtle	p shade	X			M-L
Viola	sun / p shade	X			E

Shrubs

sun= 6-8 hours direct
p shade= 3-6 hours or filtered
shade=3 hours or less
Botanical Name	Sun Exposure	Deer Resistant	Xeric (X) Native (N)	Butterfly	Bloom Time
Acer glabrum – Rocky Mt. Maple	sun / p shade		N
Amelanchier – Serviceberry	sun		N		E
Artemisia – Sage Brush	sun	x			M
Berberis – Barberry	sun		X		E
Caragana – Siberian Peashrub	sun	x			M
Caryopteris – Blue Mist Spirea	sun	x	X	x	L
Cercocarpus – Mountain Mahogany	sun	x	X/N		M-L
Chrysothamnus – Rabbitbrush	sun		X/N	x
Cornus sericea – Red Twig Dogwood	sun / p shade				E-M
Cotoneaster (lucidious)	sun / p shade	(x)			E-M
Fallugia – Apache Plume	sun	x	X/N		E-L
Forsythia ‘Meadowlark’	sun				E
Holodiscus – Rock Spirea	sun		X/N
Juniper varieties	sun	x
Lonicera invol. – Twinberry	sun / p shade		N
Lonicera – Honeysuckle ‘Tiny Trumpets’	sun	x			M
Lonicera – Honeysuckle ‘Zabel’s’	sun		X		E-M
Mugo Pine	sun	x
Physocarpus monogynus	sun / p shade		N
Physocarpus – Ninebark ‘Dart’s Gold’	sun				E-M
Potentilla	sun	x	N		M-L
Prunus besseyii ‘Pawnee Buttes’	sun				E-M
Prunus cistena – Purpleleaf Sandcherry	sun				E-M
Prunus tomentosa – Nanking Cherry	sun				E-M
Prunus trilobata – Double Flowering Plum	sun / p shade				E-M
Prunus virginiana – Chokecherry	sun / p shade	(x)	N		E
Rhamnus – Buckthorn ‘Smithii’	sun		X/N
Ribes – Alpine Currant / Gooseberry	sun / p shade		X/N		E-M
Robina – Locust	sun				E
Rose ‘Austrian Copper’	sun				E
Rose woodsii	sun		X/N
Rubus – Boulder Raspberry	sun / p shade		X/N		E
Rubus – Raspberry	sun / p shade		N		E
Salix – Willow, Arctic	sun		X/N
Salix – Willow, Sandbar	sun		N
Spirea ‘Froebel’	sun / p shade	x			M
Spirea ‘Gold Flame’	sun / p shade	x			M
Spirea ‘Gold Mound’	sun / p shade	x			M
Spirea ‘Snowmound’	sun / p shade	x			E-M
Spirea van Houtte – Bridalwreath	sun / p shade	x			E-M
Symphoricarpos albus – Snowberry	sun		X/N		E-M
Syringa – Common Lilac	sun	x		x	E
Yucca	sun	x	X/N		E-M

Trees

sun= 6-8 hours direct
p shade= 3-6 hours or filtered
shade=3 hours or less
Botanical Name	Sun Exposure	Deer Resistant	Xeric (X) Native (N)	Bloom Time
Abies – White Fir	sun / p shade
Alnus – Alder	sun / p shade		N
Fraxinus – Ash	sun
Malus – Crabapple	sun / p shade			E
Picea – Blue Spruce	sun / p shade	x	N
Pinus aristata – Bristlecone Pine	sun / p shade		X/N
Pinus flexilis – Limber Pine	sun / p shade
Ponderosa Pine	sun	x	X/N
Pinion Pine	sun		X/N
Prunus – Newport Plum	sun / p shade			E
Prunus – Canada Red Chokecherry	sun / p shade			E
Pseudotsuga – Douglas Fir	sun	x	N

Vines

sun= 6-8 hours direct
p shade= 3-6 hours or filtered
shade=3 hours or less
Botanical Name	Deer Resistant	Bloom Time
Campsis radicans – Trumpet Vine		M-L
Clematis ‘Chinese Lantern’	x	M-L
Parthenocissus – Virginia Creeper