Shrubs

The plants in this sortable list are suited for the climate of Colorado’s front range. They are perennial, xeric and prefer well-drained soil and full sun.
🦋 = attracts butterflies or moths, 🐝 = attracts bees, 🦌 = resistant or somewhat resistant to deer, 🐇 resistant or somewhat resistant to rabbits. Color squares indicate the color of blooms, berries or seasonal leaves.

Shrubs, full sun (at least 6 hours of sun per day)
Photo	Scientific name	Common name	Native	Height	Spread	Blooms	🦋	🐝	🦌	🐇	▉	▉	▉	▉	▉	▉	▉	⬜
	Amorpha canescens	leadplant	Yes	24-36″	24-36″	July – August	🦋	🐝						▉	▉	▉
	Artemisia cana	silver artemisia	Yes	36-72″	36-72″	August – September		🐝					▉
	Artemisia tridentata	big sage	No	36-108″	36-120″	August – September	🦋	🐝					▉
	Atriplex canescens	saltbush, chamiso, chamiza, four wing saltbush	Yes	36-72″	48-96″	April – May	🦋	🐝	🦌				▉
	Caryopteris x clandonensis	blue mist spirea, bluebeard	No	24-36″	24-36″	July – September	🦋	🐝							▉	▉
	Cercocarpus ledifolius	curlleaf mountain-mahogany	Yes	120-240″	120-144″	April – May	🦋	🐝										⬜
	Cercocarpus montanus	alderleaf mountain mahogany	Yes			April – May	🦋											⬜
	Chamaebatiaria millefolium	fernbush, desert sweet	No	48-72″	48-72″	June – September	🦋	🐝	🦌				▉
	Chrysothamnus spp.	rabbitbrush	Yes	48-84″	48-84″	August – September	🦋	🐝					▉
	Cornus sericea	red twig dogwood, red osier dogwood	Yes	72-144″	72-144″	June – September	🦋	🐝										⬜
	Dasiphora fruticosa, Potentilla fruticosa	shrubby cinquefoil, potentilla, golden hardhack	Yes	36-48″	36-48″	June – Frost	🦋						▉
	Ephedra viridis	green ephedra, mormon tea, Brigham tea	Yes	12-36″	12-36″	March – May							▉
image	Ericameria nauseosa	gray rabbitbrush, rubber rabbitbrush	Yes	48-72″	48-72″	August – November		🐝					▉
	Fallugia paradoxa	Apache plume	Yes	24-72″	24-72″	May – September	🦋	🐝									▉	⬜
image	Fendlera rupicola	cliff fendlerbush	Yes	46-72″	46-60″	May – September	🦋	🐝										⬜
	Forestiera pubescens Nutt.	New Mexican privet, desert olive, stretchberry, elbowbush, spring herald, tanglewood, devil’s elbow, spring goldenglow, Texas forsythia	Yes	72-144″	72-144″	January – June	🦋						▉	▉
	Holodiscus dumosus	rock spirea	Yes	48-120″	48-120″	May – June		🐝										⬜
	Prunus pumila var. besseyi	western sand cherry, sand cherry	Yes	46-72″	46-72″	April – May	🦋	🐝									▉	⬜
image	Prunus virginiana	chokecherry, common chokecherry	Yes	240-360″	240-360″	April – July	🦋	🐝										⬜
	Purshia mexicana	cliff rose, Mexican cliffrose	No	60-72″	60-72″	April – May	🦋	🐝										⬜
	Rhus aromatica	fragrant sumac	Yes	18-24″	72-84″	March – April	🦋	🐝			▉		▉
	Rhus glabra	smooth sumac	Yes	120-240″	120-240″	April – August	🦋				▉	▉	▉
	Rhus trilobata	three-leaf sumac, skunkbush, fragrant sumac, basketbush, squawbush	Yes	36-72″	36-72″	April – June		🐝					▉					⬜
	Rosa woodsii	cative pink rose, Woods’ rose, Western wild rose	Yes	72-120″	72-120″	June	🦋	🐝									▉	⬜
	Rubus deliciosus	Boulder raspberry	Yes	46-72″	46-72″	June		🐝									▉	⬜
image	Shepherdia argentea	silver buffaloberry	No	180-240″	180-240″	April – May		🐝			▉	▉	▉
	Symphoricarpos albus	snowberry	Yes	36-72″	36-72″	June	🦋										▉	⬜
	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	coralberry, Indian currant, buckbrush	No	48-72″	48-72″	April – September		🐝	🦌								▉	⬜
	Syringa vulgaris	common lilac	No	144-192″	96-144″	April – May	🦋								▉	▉	▉	⬜
image	Viburnum lantana	wayfaring tree viburnum	No	120-180″	120-180″	May	🦋	🐝	🦌		▉							⬜