{"id":13691,"date":"2008-10-22T07:04:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T14:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/10\/22\/durable-plants.html"},"modified":"2008-10-22T07:04:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T14:04:19","slug":"durable_plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/22\/durable_plants.html","title":{"rendered":"Durable Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1555915906?&#038;tag=davedoesthebl-20\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Click here to go to Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1555915906.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p>It may seem like awful timing &#8212; with the leaves turning, the wind blowing, and predictions of highs today only in the low 40s &#8212; but I need to recommend a new book being published in January (when it will be even less apropos).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1555915906?&#038;tag=davedoesthebl-20\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Click here to go to Amazon\"><em>Durable Plants for the Garden: A Plant Select&reg; Guide<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>describes the 70-odd plants that have been designated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantselect.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plant Select<\/a> constortium,&#8221;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.&#8221; Plant Select plants tend to be hardy, well-suited to our Denver growing conditions, and usually drought-resistant.<\/p>\n<p>We have never gone wrong with a Plant Select plant purchased from the Botanic Gardens or a local nursery. 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