It is planting season – plant “smart” trees

June 5, 2024

It is planting season – plant “smart” trees

Now is a great time to visit your local nursery or garden center and check out some of spring’s best “smart” plants.

Local nurseries and garden centers do a great job of bringing in plants that are “smart” for this area, plants that have been shown to work in Colorado. In this dry climate we need to plant trees and plants that will thrive.

Plant native and drought-resistant plants and trees. These can handle the heat, the clay, and the lack of moisture we have and still thrive.

5 Examples of “smart” trees and plants:

1. Western or Northern Catalpa
2. Gambel Oak
3. Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush
4. Arnold Red Honeysuckle
5. Yellow flowering or Golden Current

With warmer weather now here get your drought-tolerant, xeric and native plants in the ground as soon as you can!