Where to find Colorado Native Plants
Here is our list of great places where you can find native plants for your Colorado landscape.
Native Plant Nurseries
& Seed Companies
Harlequin's Gardens
4795 N, 26th St
Boulder, CO 80301
So many native plants that
it's hard to choose.
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Southwest Gardens
4114 Harlan st
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303-423-5606
Great selection of native cactuses, and other native plants for your rock garden or xeric garden.
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Botanical Interests
Broomfield, CO
Great selection of native seeds.
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High Country Gardens
Based in Colorado
highcountrygardens.com
Great selection of native plants and complete pollinator gardens that you can order online.
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Western Native Seed
Coaldale, CO westernnativeseed.com
Native Plant Seed Sources
& Native Plant Sales
Denver Botanic Gardens
Spring Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale
1007 York St
Denver, CO 80206
Visit their annual plant sales to find lots of native plants. You can also see a lot of these native plants growing at the gardens year-round, which is great for learning about how plants look throughout the year. They also host other plant sales including the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society's yearly sale. Check their calendar for upcoming events.
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High Plains
Environmental Center
Spring Native Plant Sale
2698 Bluestem Willow Dr.
Loveland, CO 80538
high-plains-environmental-center.square.site
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Native Plant Articles
Read our articles about gardening with native plants in Colorado:
Seasons Greetings, Colorado Gardener readers and friends!
Dec 21, 2022
Longing for color the other day, I went to my local garden center, The Flower Bin in Longmont. I was expecting to see Christmas cacti in...
Finding Pollinator Safe Plants – a Summary
Sep 13, 2021
Amid increasing concern about the immediate as well as long-term, cumulative effects of sytemic pesticides, especially neonicotinoids, on...
Nowhere to Go: Alpine Environments in Peril
Aug 27, 2021
PHOTOS: Todd Winslow Pierce/BFAG Covering just 15% of the Earth’s land surface, the alpine environment is defined both by the climate...
Native Plant Events
Aug 26, 2021
The Colorado Native Plant Society’s Annual Conference is in Trinidad, CO this year, Sept 10-12, or you can attend virtually. It’s a great...
Super Bloom!
Apr 12, 2022
Trust The Seed By Penn Parmenter: Ask the earth about the shelf life of seeds and she will answer in wildflowers you’ve never seen...
New Buzz about Ways to Help Threatened Pollinators
Aug 27, 2021
By: R. Gary Raham: As we all know, bees visit flowers and inadvertently help the plants producing those flowers to consummate their sex...
Late Summer Bloomers that can Take the Heat
Aug 26, 2021
When July and August heat rises into the upper 90’s day after day only perennials best adapted to the west can bloom, cheering up the...
SHRUB PROFILE: New Mexican Privet
May 5, 2021
By Mikl Brawner: New Mexican Privet: Forestiera pubescens var. neomexicana Photo: Keith Williamson This Colorado native small tree or...
Nature’s Best Hope
Apr 12, 2022
Doug Tallamy, renowned ecologist and entomologist, spoke at the CO Native Plant Society Conference last September. Here are some...
Mulch Zones for Three Kinds of Garden
Aug 27, 2021
By Kenton Seth: Above: Cactus and desert plants are archetypical of the gravel zone. PHOTOS: Kenton Seth The Lazy Greedy Gardeners...
Hooked on Rock Gardening
Aug 26, 2021
By Jane Shellenberger: Mike Smedley doesn’t have fond childhood garden memories. He remembers the hot, sweaty, hand-blistering job of...
The New Wave of Gardening
May 5, 2021
By Panayoti Kelaidis: Above: Kelly D Norris' home garden in Des Moines, Three Oaks Garden. This prairie planting is juxtaposed against a...
Why garden with native plants?
Native plants do not require fertilizers and require fewer pesticides than lawns. Native plants also require less water and maintenance than lawns and help prevent erosion. most importantly, native plants provide shelter and food for wildlife. Learn more about native plants in our articles below.