Rocky Mountain Gardening: Spring-Summer flowers? What are your favorites?, 1 by pollengarden

pollengarden wrote:
I like Johnny-Jump-ups, too - but I haven't had them volunteer in my yard yet, I still have to plant them.
I like Rocky Mountain penstemon (P. strictus). I started growing it at first because of the nearly evergreen foliage - it doesn't look like a low-water plant. My new reason to like it is that it also attracts Ladybugs and Lacewings. It has spread & volunteered around the yard, and puts on a nice show of blue (its not blooming yet - the photo was taken last year in early June)