From Master Gardener Pam:
Plants I'll always plant: Perennials, low water, deer and rabbit resistant, attract pollinators and hummingbirds. Butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa,) Hyssop (hyssopus officinalis,) Caryoperis, Lavender cotton (santolina chamaecyparissus,) Kannah Creek buckwheat (eriognum umbellatum v. aureum,) Penstemon, Sedum, Yarrow (achillea,) Lavender, Tickseed (coreopsis,) Salvia, Rudebeckia, Pincushion flower, Blue fescue (Festuca glauca,) Dwarf fragrant sumac (rhus aromatic,) Lemon lace elderberry (sambucus racemosa,) Hostas, Sweet woodruff (gallum ororatum,) Roses – I usually look for zone 4 or Canadian. Morden Sunrise and Dainty Bess from Hi Country Roses are favorites.
Plants I'm itching to try: Salvia ‘maraschino’, Lead plant (amorpha canescens), Englemann’s daisy (englemannia peristenia)
Forget about it: Oregano, New Mexican privet
