Durable Plants

It may seem like awful timing — with the leaves turning, the wind blowing, and predictions of highs today only in the low 40s — but I need to recommend a new book being published in January (when it will be even less apropos). Durable Plants for the Garden: A Plant Select® Guide describes the 70-odd plants that have been designated by the Plant Select constortium,”a cooperative program administered by Denver Botanic Gardens and Colorado State University in concert with horticulturists and nurseries throughout the Rocky Mountain region and beyond.” Plant Select plants tend to be hardy, well-suited to our Denver growing conditions, and usually drought-resistant.

We have never gone wrong with a Plant Select plant purchased from the Botanic Gardens or a local nursery. This book is definitely going on my pre-order list.