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It's not easy being a green thumb in Colorado. Between the scant amount of rainfall, the cold winters, and the soil, many plants need help to thrive in a Mile High garden. Lawns need watering and aerating more often. But if you choose your grass type and plants wisely, you can have a garden full of color and visual interest with little work. Here are six low-maintenance plants perfect for your Denver garden.
1. Blue columbine
Nothing says Colorado like the state flower, the Rocky Mountain columbine, or blue columbine. It's a native plant that produces beautiful blue, lavender, and white blooms without maintenance. Other varieties produce pink or yellow blossoms, but the blue columbine is the iconic Mile High flower. It's a smaller plant, growing only about 8 inches high. It's well adapted to the Rocky Mountain West's cool nights and dry days.
2. Desert four o'clock
Desert four o'clock is a hardy perennial that produces bright pink, red, and yellow flowers. It is also as low-maintenance as it gets in Colorado, reappearing like clockwork yearly. The trumpet-shaped blooms open in the late afternoon—thus the name—and give your garden a brilliant pop of color with little maintenance.
3. Yucca
The yucca brings visual interest to your landscape with zero effort from you once it is planted. Its long, sword-shaped leaves are unmistakable in your yard. Since it's native to Colorado, it's well-suited to the amount of rain Denver gets and the extreme temperatures. The yucca produces long spikes of ivory-colored flowers as well.
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4. Penstemon
The penstemon comes in a rainbow of colors — perfect whether you have a color theme or you're going for a random wildflower rainbow look. You can find this Colorado flower in blue, white, pink, purple, red, and other colors. The plants grow about a foot high and attract birds to your yard. The penstemon is also drought-tolerant and likes lots of sun — which is good in a state with more than 300 days of sunshine yearly.
5. Poppy Mallow
Winecup is another name for the poppy mallow. This magenta wine-colored flower is drought tolerant and is great in a xeriscaped yard or as a ground cover. The shrub can grow to two to three feet across, and the flowers open during the day but then close up at night. This low-maintenance plant will be a hit in your garden all summer long.
6. Purple coneflower
