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| Antirrhinum sempervirens ‘P020S’ — Drew’s Folly™ Hardy Snapdragon |
Plant Select, a collaborative effort between Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens and horticulturists around the world, announced three new introductions being promoted for 2021 and is giving additional promotion to other plants that they have previously introduced. Now entering its 24th year, Plant Select is a leading source of plants that thrive in the High Plains and intermountain region and is a non-profit organization. These plants provide gardeners and landscape professionals with smart, stunning and successful gardens using less water and fewer resources, ultimately having a more positive environmental impact. To find out where to buy these plants, see https://plantselect.org/
2021 New Introductions
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| Helichrysum trilineatum ‘P021S’ — SteppeSuns® Hokubetsi |
Hokubetsi is the native Basotho name for Helichrysum trilineatum that grows high up in the Maloti mountain range of southern Africa. SteppeSuns® Hokubetsi is a selection that forms a rounded, dense, silver shrub with clusters of bright yellow strawflowers. Hokubetsi is adaptable, tolerating extremes in temperature, water, and soil types. Fuzzy stems and foliage protect this plant from intense solar radiation and insulate it through bitterly cold winters. Small silver leaves curl up or fall off during winter, leaving a soft ever-silver statement in the garden. It grows to about 3 feet in height and 4 feet in width. During the winter the small silver leaves curl up or fall off, leaving a soft ever-silver statement in the garden.
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Antirrhinum sempervirens ‘P020S’ — Drew’s Folly™ Hardy Snapdragon
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DREW’S FOLLY™ Hardy Snapdragon (Antirrhinum sempervirens ‘P020S’) flowers so heavily that when in full bloom, its foliage is almost completely masked. Drew’s Folly is a natural for the rock garden or edge of a flagstone patio. This plant will thrive in a wide range of soil types, in dry conditions with occasional irrigation, with very little maintenance required. It grows to about 12 inches in height and 16 inches in width.
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| Penstemon strictus ‘PWWG06S’ — Blanca Peak® Rocky Mountain
Beardtongue |
Blanca Peak® Rocky Mountain Beardtongue provides a 3 to 4 week-long eye-catching display of white tubular flowers in late spring. Light green foliage forms a low growing evergreen mat. Blanca Peak® is a long-lived perennial native to the higher elevations of AZ, CO, NM, UT, and WY. Thank you to David Salman for bringing this fantastic penstemon to the Plant Select program. It was Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms staff’s favorite in 2019! It grows to about 20-24 inches in height and 15-18 inches in width.
Past Introductions that Deserve More Planting
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| Acer tataricum ‘GarAnn’ PP15,023 — Hot Wings®
Tatarian Maple |
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Acer tataricum ‘GarAnn’ PP15,023 — Hot Wings® Tatarian Maple
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Acer tataricum ‘GarAnn’ PP15,023 — Hot Wings® Tatarian Maple
Enjoy the contrast of the scarlet red samaras against rich green foliage in midsummer on either a single planting or multi-planting of this small tree. Hot Wings® is adaptable to alkaline soil and will grow in full sun or part shade. A rounded upright growth habit with sturdy branching makes it less prone to storm damage. It grows to about 15 to 18 feet in height and width. Perfect as a single specimen or set in a large-scale shrub border.
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| Viburnum burejaeticum ‘P017S’ — Mini Man™ dwarf Manchurian Viburnum |
Viburnum burejaeticum ‘P017S’ — Mini Man™ dwarf Manchurian Viburnum
This compact form of Manchurian viburnum has clusters of
white flowers in spring followed by persistent red to blue-black fruit. Mini
Man™ is native to Russia and northern China. It grows to about 4 to 6 feet in height and width. A cold hardy, low-water shrub with velvety
green leaves that is adaptable to sun or filtered shade.
