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Wonderful and Waterwise
Submitted: Sept. 8, 2021, 3:33 p.m.
As we approach fall, the Garden's plantings are working hard to make as many flowers as possible before the temperatures drop. Come take a stroll and enjoy the warm weather while it lasts.
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Lantana (Lantana camara)
While this plant isn't cold hardy to northern Utah, they do produce an abundance of flowers from spring through fall.
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Amethyst Sea Holly (Eryngium amethystinum)
This waterwise Sea Holly is one of the hardiest. It can handle the heat, the dry climate, poor soils...you name it, it can handle it.
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Alpine Willowherb (Epilobium fleischeri)
This beautiful perennial is a much more compact and waterwise cousin to the Utah native Fireweed.
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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Want to make a statement in your yard? This beautiful blue and red Utah native grass is not only waterwise once established, it can also reach six feet high!
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Sideoats Grama Grass (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Another great Utah native grass, watch for bees and wasps as they harvest pollen from these dainty dangling flowers.
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Turkey Tangle (Phyla nodiflora)
This relative of Lantana produces small heads of cute pink, orange, and purple flowers...
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...and once established, it spreads and makes a fantastic low-water lawn replacement that can handle a bit of foot traffic.
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Photos by Glenn Eurick & Jason W. Baker