Grow Native Plant Sale

Our biannual Grow Native Plant Sale is an event that celebrates the native Arizona landscape. This event encourages the community to landscape with native and regionally native, low water use plants. THANK YOU to the our Presenting Sponsor the City of Prescott.

All proceeds support the Highlands Center’s educational programming.

Plant Sale Details

Our spring and fall Grow Native Plant Sales encourage the public to plant native trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses for the variety of benefits that they afford our ecological community. As in the past, we encourage our member community to landscape with native and regionally native, low water use plants. Highlands Center staff and naturalists will be available to answer any questions you may have by email, plantsale@highlandscenter.org, when purchasing native plants.

Participants can expect

For this sale HCNH staff will select your plants from the assortment prior to pick-up. Have faith!
For this sale, we will be selling a reduced number of plants, subject to availability.
Due to the limited capacity of the sale, participants will be asked to limit their orders to what will fit in their vehicle.

The sale will begin on April 5th, 2022, and ends on May 5th.

Drive-through pick-up May 6th and 7th at the Highlands Center. Friday and Saturday 8 am – 4 pm.

Payment will be completed in advance during online order submissions. All orders are subject to availability. If an order cannot be completed as submitted, an alternative will be proposed or payment will be adjusted.

Presenting Sponsors:

Supporting Sponsors:

Spring 2022 Online Plant Sale

Thank you for your participation in the Spring Grow Native! Plant Sale. Proceeds from the sale support education at the Center and planting native plants ecologically benefits our community. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Current supply issues have led to reduced availability. However, we’ll be adding new plants to the sale as they become available to check back weekly. Look below to see the plants we currently have available.

Click the buttons below to identify your USDA Zone.

USDA Zones

This year’s online sale has concluded. Check back soon for details on when to purchase remaining inventory at the Highlands Center.

Little Bluestem (1 gal.)
Andropogon scoparius

Type: Grass
Zone: 4
Elevation: Up to 10,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 2-4′ tall
Growth Rate: Moderate
Resists:
Attracts: Birds
Seed is eaten by songbirds and upland gamebirds.

Flame Acanthus (5 gal.)
Anisacanthus quad V. Wrighti Mexican Fire

Type: Shrub
Zone: 7-11
Elevation: 2,000 – 5,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low to Moderate
Size: 3-5’x3-5′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Resists:
Attracts: Butterflies, hummingbirds
Hummingbirds love the flowers, native to Texas

Bear Grass (1 gal.)
Nolina microcarpa

Type: Succulent
Zone: 7-9
Elevation: 3,000-6,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low
Size: 3-5’x4-7′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Resists: Deer
Flowers plumelike, often bending or crooked

Blanket Flower (1 gal.)
Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’

Type: Perennial
Zone: 3-10
Elevation: below 9,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low to Moderate
Size: 1’x1′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Resists: Deer, rabbit
Attracts: Butterflies, bees

Fourwing Saltbush (1 gal.)
Atriplex canescens

Type: Shrub
Zone: 3-11
Elevation: 300-6,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 3-10’x3-10′
Growth Rate: Variable
Resists:
Attracts: Small and large mammals
Has deep roots that help with erosion control.

Blonde Ambition Blue Grama (1 gal.)
Bouteloua gracilis blonde

Type: Grass
Zone: 4
Elevation: around 6,800 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 3’x3′
Growth Rate: Fast
Attracts: Birds
Older clumps may die in center leaving a ring of active growth.

Chocolate Flower (1 gal.)
Berlandiera lyrata

Type: Perennial
Zone: 4-10
Elevation: 4,000-7,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 1-2’x1-2′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Resists: Deer
Attracts: Butterflies, birds, bees
Smells like chocolate, beautiful

Globe Mallow (1 gal.)
Sphaeralcea ambigua

Type: Perennial
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 500–8,200 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 3’x2-3′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Attracts: Butterflies, moths, bees
Very drought tolerant

Arizona Rosewood (5 gal.)
Vauquelinia californica

Type: Shrub/tree
Zone: 1-6
Elevation: 2,500-5,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 15-20’x10-15′
Growth Rate: Slow
Attracts: Butterflies, birds, bees

Autumn Sage (1 gal.)
Salvia greggii

Type: Shrub
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 5,000 to 9,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 2-3’x2-3′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Resists: Rabbits
Attracts: Butterflies, birds, bees

Sand Sage (1 gal.)
Artemisia filifolia

Type: Evergreen Shrub
Zone: 3-7
Elevation: 4,000-6,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low then None
Size: 3-4’x3-4′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Resists: Deer, Rabbit
Attracts: Birds
Rounded shrubs with faintly aromatic herbage

Rock Penstemon (1 gal.)
Penstemon Baccharifolius ‘Diablo’

Zone: 1-7
Elevation: 2,000-7,500 ft
Exposure: Sun-PS
Water Needs: Low
Size: 2’x2′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Attracts: Hummingbirds, bees
Native to: South Texas, Northern Mexico

New Mexico Olive (5 gal.)
Forestiera neomexicana

Type: Tree
Zone: 4-9
Elevation: 4,500-6,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water Needs: Low- Moderate
Size: 12-18’H
Attracts: Birds, mammals, and insects

Banana Yucca (5 gal.)
Yucca baccata

Type: Succulent
Zone: 6-11
Elevation: up to 8,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
Water Needs: Low
Size: 4’x6′
Growth Rate: Slow
Attracts: Yucca moth
Very drought tolerant

Monarch Butterfly in the Discovery Gardens

Pink Evening Primrose (5 gal.)
Oenothera speciosa

Type: Forb
Zone: 4-9
Elevation: Up to 9,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Part shade
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 1’x3′
Growth Rate: Fast
glorious displays of pink blossoms.

Rabbitbrush (1 gal.)
Ericameria nauseosa

Type: Shrub
Zone: 4-9
Elevation: 2,000-8,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 6′-6′
Growth Rate: Moderate- Fast
Stunning bloom of dense masses of golden clusters of flower heads consisting of 4 to 6 disc flowers. Strongly scented.

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Pink Cloud Gaura (1 gal.)
Gaura lindeheimeri ‘pink cloud’

Type: Shrub
Zone: 5-9
Elevation: 500-5,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun – Part Shade
Water Needs: Moderate – High
Size: 3’x3′
Growth Rate: Fast
Wispy, beautiful pink flowers. Hummingbird attractant. Native to Texas

Pam’s Pink Honeysuckle (5 gal.)
Lonicera X Americana ‘Pam’s Pink’

Type: Vine
Zone: 5-10
Elevation:
Exposure: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 4-5’x6′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Attracts: nectar seeking insects and birds
has a bush appearance

Ultraviolet Sage (5 gal.)
Salvia x ultra violet

Type: Shrub
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 5,000 to 9,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 2’x2′
Growth Rate: Fast
Resists: Rabbits and deer
Attracts: Hummingbirds

Cleveland Sage (1 gal.)
Salvia clevelandii

Type: Shrub
Zone: 8-11
Elevation: up to 7,600 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water Needs: Low
Size: 4’x8′
Growth Rate: Fast-Moderate
Resists: Deer
Attracts: Hummingbirds and insects

Grey Sotol (5 gal.)
Anisacanthus quad

Type: Succulent
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 3,000-6,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 5-6′ x 5-6′
Growth Rate: Slow-Moderate
Resists: Deer
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Southern Arizona, Chihuahuan Desert

Giant Hesperaloe (5 gal.)
Hesperaloe funifera

Type: Succulent
Zone: 6
Elevation: 500-1,000
Exposure: Full Sun (reflected heat)
Water Needs: Low
Size: 6’x8′
Growth Rate: Moderately slow
Native to NW Mexico, hardy to -10°

Pink Autumn Sage (5 gal.)
Salvia greggii sierra linda

Type: Shrub
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 5,000 to 9,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 3’x3′
Growth Rate: Fast
Resists: Rabbits
Attracts: Hummingbirds

Desert Marigold (1 gal.)
Baileya multiradiata

Type: Perennial
Zone: 6
Elevation: below 5,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 1’x1′
Growth Rate: Moderate-fast
Prefers sandy, gravelly areas

Feather Reed Grass (5 gal.)
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foreseter’

Type: Grass
Zone: 4
Elevation: up to 7000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 4’x3′
Growth Rate: Fast
Attracts: Birds

Damianita (5 gal.)
Chrysactinia Mexicana

Type: Evergreen shrub
Zone: 7-11
Elevation: 500-7,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 2’x2′
Growth Rate: Slow
Attracts: Nectar drinking insects
Daisy flower native to the southwest.

Angelita Daisy (1 gal.)
Tetraneuris acaulis

Type: Perennial
Zone: 4-9
Elevation: 4,000-7,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water Needs: Moderate
Size: 12″x15-18″
Growth Rate: Fast
Resists: Deer, rabbit
Attracts: Butterflies

Apache Plume (5 gal.)
Fallugia paradoxa

Type: Shrub
Zone: 6-10
Elevation: 3,000 to 8,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 4-6’x4-6′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Resists:
Attracts: Birds, mammals, insects
Usually winter-deciduous

Blue Gramma (1 gal.)
Bouteloua gracilis

Type: Grass
Zone: 4
Elevation: 1,000- 7,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 2’x2′
Growth Rate: Fast
Attracts: Birds
Older clumps may die in center leaving a ring of active growth.

Canyon Penstemon (1 gal.)
Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Type: Evergreen Perrenial
Zone: 5-8
Elevation: 2,000- 7,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size: 1-3’H
Attracts: Hummingbirds and insects

Firecracker Penstemon (1 gal.)
Penstemon eatoni

Type: Perennial
Zone: 4-9
Elevation: 3,000-7,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Low
Size:1’x1′
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Slender wand-shaped stems, red flower songbirds

Desert Willow (5 gal.)
Chilopsis linearis

Type: Deciduous Tree
Zone: 5-9
Elevation: below 5,500 ft
Exposure: Full Sun- Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low-Moderate
Size: 25’x25′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Attracts: Hummingbirds, bees
Flowers are attractive, orchid-like, fragrant and showy.

Aster Purple (1 gal.)
Aster purple

Type: Perennial
Zone: 5-8
Elevation: 3,400-9,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Needs: Moderate
Size: 3-5’x3′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, and Birds
Flowers are a vibrant purple

Yellow Columbine (1 gal.)
Aquilegia chrysantha

Type: Perennial
Zone: 3-9
Elevation: 3,000-11,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun- Partial Shade
Water Needs: Moderate
Size: 2-4’x1-1.5′
Growth Rate: Moderate-Fast
Resists: Deer, Rabbit
Attracts: Butterflies, hummingbirds
Large, drooping, bright yellow three inch wide flowers

Golden Currant (3 gal.)
Ribes aureum

Type: Shrub
Zone: 3-8
Elevation: 4,000-7,000 ft
Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade
Water Needs: Moderate
Size: 6-10’x5-10′
Growth Rate: Fast
Attracts: Mammals, birds, insects
Marble-sized fruits vary in color, ranging from yellow to orange when fresh and red to black to purplish-black when ripe.