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Common name: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Zone: (annual)
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3' x 2'
Native to: Idaho and most of the Western U.S.

This outstanding native annual is a magnet for honey bees and native bees alike! Tall stalks end in multiple flowers that look as if they were designed by Dr. Seuss. Once it starts blooming in early to mid-summer, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant just keeps going until fall. More information here.

Dalea purpurea

Common name: Purple Prairie Clover
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 18" x 18"
Native to: Great Plains

Purple Prairie Clover produces lovely purple bottle-brushes on erect stems. Perfect specimen plant or as part of a meadow or prairie planting. Long-lived, with a deep taproot. Often found on eroded, depleted soils, including caliche. Supports bees and butterflies and fixes nitrogen.

Dianthus arenarius

Common name: Sand Pink
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun/part shade
Height x Width: 12 inches x 1-3 feet wide.
Native to: Europe

Sand Pink forms large hummocks packed with narrow evergreen foliage. In late spring it is covered with extremely fragrant little white flowers like snowflakes. Attracts butterflies. Firewise.

Dianthus deltoides ‘Flashing Lights’

Common name: 'Flashing Lights' Dianthus (Pink)
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun/part shade
Height x Width: 6 in. x 10 in.
Native to: Eurasia

‘Flashing Lights’ Dianthus (Pink): This evergreen dianthus is not pink, but a deep, brilliant red. The mound of narrow, dark green, grassy leaves is attractive year-round. Great for low edging at the front edge of a bed or in a rock garden. Attracts butterflies. Firewise.

Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’

Common name: 'Firewitch' Dianthus (Pink)
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun / Part shade
Height x Width: 8 in. x 18 in.
Native to: Eurasia

‘Firewitch’ Dianthus (Pink) is a bouquet of electric magenta flowers with frilly edges over a mound of attractive gray-green foliage. Excellent rock garden plant, or use at the front of a border. Attracts butterflies. Firewise.

Echinacea angustifolia

Common name: Black Samson Coneflower
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 2-3 ft. x 2 ft.
Native to: Central / Eastern US

This tap-rooted perennial is found in open, dry prairies of the Midwest, and is prized for its medicinal value. It is also highly ornamental, with lovely purple coneflowers floating above narrow-leaved stalks. Good nectar plant for butterflies and bees.

Echinacea Pallida

Common name: Pale Purple Coneflower
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 24 in. x 18 in.
Native to: Great Plains US

Thin purple petals of this Conflower drape delicately from a bold brown center. It is lovely in a bouquet and also great for naturalizing en masse in the garden. Its deep taproot allows it to thrive in dry soils. Nectar plant for Monarch and other butterflies. Tolerates clay. Pollinators: bees, butterflies.

Echinacea paradoxa

Common name: Yellow Coneflower
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 30" x 15"
Native to: Ozarks

This is the only Coneflower with yellow rather than purple flowers. Its drooping yellow petals surround large, coppery-brown cones. Nectar plant for Monarch and other butterflies. Tolerates clay.

Echinacea tennesseensis

Common name: Tennesee Coneflower
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 2 ft. x 1 ft.
Native to: Tennessee

Shorter than other Echinaceas, Tennessee Coneflower cheerfully faces the rising sun and blooms like crazy–even despite heat and low water. Native to dry, rocky areas in Tennessee, it does well in the Intermountain West.

Edraianthus serbicus

Common name: Rock Bells, Grassy Bells
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3” and spreading
Native to: Balkans

Grassy Bells, an ideal rock garden plant with small tufts of grassy leaves covered in bell-like flowers. The blossoms are violet-blue, on short, outspreading stems. Perfect for edging or containers.

Ephedra minima

Common name: Dwarf Mormon Tea
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 4 in. x 12 in.
Native to: Asia

This is the prostrate form of the native Mormon Tea shrub. Thin stems intertwine on the ground to gradually form a thick, sprawling, evergreen groundcover. In mid-summer dozens of bright red berry-like flowers appear, nestled down in the foliage. From Tibet, rare.

Epilobium canum

Common name: Hummingbird Trumpet
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 12 in. & sprawling
Native to: Idaho

The red tubular flowers are a magnet for Hummers in the late summer and early autumn, as these tiny birds prepare for their annual migration. Adaptable to many soil types and low water, Hummingbird Trumpet provides a spectacular splash of color in the late season garden.

Epilobium fleischeri

Common name: Alpine Willowherb
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun/Part shade
Height x Width: 18” x 12”
Native to: Europe

This is a miniature European version of our beautiful native Fireweed. We have been reluctant to offer Fireweed itself as it can be very invasive. Alpine Willowherb is much smaller and promises to be better behaved in the garden. Supports honeybees.

Erigeron compositus

Common name: Cutleaf Daisy
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 6 in. x 12 in.
Native to: Idaho

Cutleaf Daisy is a vigorous, long-blooming native Fleabane with dissected leaves and bundles of charming white flowers. Excellent for rock gardens or exposed slopes with good drainage.

Erigeron formosissimus

Common name: Beautiful Fleabane
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 8 in. and spreading
Native to: Rockies

Beautiful Fleabane is a low-growing, early-blooming native daisy. Forms ever-widening patches over the years. Cheerful purple flowers attract pollinators.

Erigeron linearis

Common name: Desert Yellow Fleabane
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 6 in. x 6 in.
Native to: Idaho

Desert Yellow Fleabane is a small native daisy with cheerful yellow flowers in summer. Grows in poor soil with little care.

Erigeron pumilus

Common name: Shaggy Fleabane
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 8" x 8"
Native to: Idaho

Cheerful little Shaggy Fleabane (Shaggy Daisy) is native to the Boise Foothills. It will survive without additional water, but will flower much more vigorously if given a bit of extra moisture.

Erigeron speciosus

Common name: Showy Fleabane
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 24 in. x 12 in.
Native to: Idaho

Showy Fleabane is an erect native Daisy (or Fleabane) with narrow leaves and cheerful purple that flowers in early to mid-summer. Usually occurs in woodland openings or edges. Attracts native bees and butterflies.

Erigeron tweedyi

Common name: Tweedy's Fleabane
Zone: 4 (?)
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 6" x 8"
Native to: Idaho

Tidy mounds of delicate lavender flowers with yellow centers. Choice rock garden or edging plant.

Eriogonum caespitosum

Common name: Mat Buckwheat
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3" x 12"
Native to: Idaho

A beautiful mat-forming buckwheat topped with delicate round flowers–pale yellow, fading to pink or orange. Excellent rock garden plants. Supports native bees. Choice!

Eriogonum compositum

Common name: Arrow Leaf Buckwheat
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 12-18 in. x 12-18 in.
Native to: Idaho

Arrow Leaf Buckwheat has big oval, pointed leaves basal leaves with leafless stems of cream to yellow pom-poms overhead. Thrives in hot, dry and poor soils. Unusually large buckwheat. More information here.

Eriogonum corymbosum

Common name: Lacy or Crisp-Leaf Buckwheat
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3-4 ft. x 3-4 ft.
Native to: Mountain West US

The largest of our Buckwheats, Lacy Buckwheat is an amazing fall bloomer. It forms large domes of finely divided woody branches that are covered with tiny white flowers Sep-Oct. Stunning! Supports honeybees and native bees. Prefers sandy/gravely soils and will tolerate poor soils. More information here.

Eriogonum elatum

Common name: Tall Woolly Buckwheat
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 36" x 18"
Native to: Idaho

An amazingly statuesque Buckwheat! Add elegant structure to your xeric flower garden with this native beauty! Off-white flowers top the long stalks in mid-summer.

Eriogonum flavum

Common name: Alpine Golden Bucklwheat
Zone: 3, 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3" x 6'
Native to: Idaho

A compact high elevation Idaho buckwheat with narrow leaves and charming yellow flowers.

Eriogonum heracleoides

Common name: Whorled, Wyeth or Creamy Buckwheat
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 12-18 in. x 12-18 in.
Native to: Idaho

Whorled Buckwheat has leathery leaves which form a basal mat sending up brilliant white, cream color pom-poms in early summer. Likes well-drained soil. Boise foothills native. Pollinators: butterflies, bees.

Eriogonum jamesii

Common name: James’ Wild Buckwheat
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 5-6 in. x 20 in.
Native to: Mountain West US

This Buckwheat forms large, dense mats covered with cream-colored to yellow flowers. It blooms during the heat of mid-summer when many other Buckwheats are done. Supports native bees.

Eriogonum kennedyi

Common name: Kennedy's Buckwheat
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 1" & spreading
Native to: CA

Dense, flat clusters of tiny, woolly, gray-green leaves sending up spikes of airy white flowers in late summer. This gorgeous little Buckwheat is native to the Sierra and Western Great Basin of California. Lovely in a rock garden.

Eriogonum microthecum

Common name: Slender Buckwheat
Zone: 4?
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 8-10" x 8-10"
Native to: Idaho

This small Idaho native is covered with hundreds of pinkish white flowers in late summer or early fall. Gorgeous rock garden plant.

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Common name: Cushion Buckwheat
Zone: 3-4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 8" x 12-24"
Native to: Idaho

This Buckwheat features white pom-pom like flowers over expanding tuffets on tight gray-green leaves. Choice!

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium

Common name: Cushion Buckwheat
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 8” x 12”
Native to: Idaho

New! This mat-forming perennial growing naturally in rocky areas. Yellow puff-ball flowers appear in summer with orange highlights later in the year. Gray foliage forms small clumps. Prefers sandy/gravely well- drained soils. Will not survive if overwatered.

Eriogonum racemosum

Common name: Redroot Buckwheat
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 16" x 10"
Native to: Southwest

This striking buckwheat bears long racemes of white or white/pink flowers atop tall, leafless stems. In its native habitat of low foothills and mountain dry meadows from New Mexico to Nevada, it can grow in colonies of hundreds or thousands. Supports native bees.

Eriogonum sp.

Common name: Dwarf Sulfur Buckwheat
Zone: 4-5 (?)
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3" x 10"
Native to: Western U.S.

This beautiful little plant appears to be a variety of Sulfur Buckwheat. Its sculpted leaves and diminutive shrubby form make it an outstanding rock garden plant. Blooms earlier than our regular Sulfur Buckwheat.

Eriogonum strictum

Common name: Strict Buckwheat
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 18 in. x 24 in.
Native to: Idaho

Strict Buckwheat has gorgeous sprays of pinkish-white flowers that glow in the late summer/early autumn garden. Supports native bees and is a late season nectar source for honeybees. Boise foothills native. More information here.

Eriogonum umbellatum

Common name: Sulfur Buckwheat
Zone: 3
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 12" x 18"
Native to: Idaho

Sulfur Buckwheat is arguably the best all-around landscape plant native to S. Idaho. Bright yellow flower heads rise over a mat of spoon-shaped leaves and mature into a lovely copper color over the summer. The basal leaves turn reddish-green in the fall and are attractive all winter long. Boise foothills native. Pollinators: butterflies, bees. Firewise.

Eriogonum wrightii

Common name: Wright's Buckwheat
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3" x 12"
Native to: CA, NV

A dense carpet of gray-green leaves topped with a cloud of delicate pinkish-white blossoms. Rock gardens. Tolerates clay.

Eriophyllum lanatum

Common name: Woolly Sunflower
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 3 in. x 6 in.
Native to: Idaho

Woolly Sunflower, also called “Oregon Sunshine” (in Oregon!), is one of the real standouts among native Idaho flowering plants. Relatively abundant but usually small in the wild, Woolly Sunflower grows to impressive size in the garden with a bit of extra water. It puts on a beautiful flush of yellow daisies in the late spring; foliage is semi-evergreen and handsome otherwise.

Erodium chrysanthum

Common name: Yellow Stork’s Bill
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 12in. x 18in.
Native to: Mediterranean

Yellow Stork’s Bill grows into long-lived, beautiful mounds of graceful foliage that are nearly evergreen. Delicate pale yellow flowers pop up in the early summer. Doesn’t mind heat and lean soil.

Eryngium amethystinum

Common name: Amethyst Sea Holly
Zone: 4
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 2 ft. x 18 in.
Native to: Mediterranean

Amethyst Sea Holly has leathery, blue-green leaves with medium-tall stems bearing striking thistle-like, steel-blue flowers and matching bracts. The flowers appear in mid summer and remain effective until fall. An eye-catching garden accent!

Eryngium bourgatii

Common name: Sea Holly
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 18" x 18"
Native to: Mediterranean

This short, squat Sea Holly produces intense blue thistle-like flowers in mid-summer.

Eryngium planum

Common name: Sea Holly
Zone: 5
Exposure: Sun
Height x Width: 2' x 1'
Native to: Europe

Steel blue thistle-like flowers on branched stems. Beautiful garden accent and cut flower. Thrives in poor soils.

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Water-thrifty plants for Idaho and the Intermountain West

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