We often recognize grasses for their ornamental attributes – textural diversity, dynamic, flowing movement in the breeze, reflecting the dancing light, seasonal transitions, summer screening of unsightly areas, as well as their value in providing food and habitat for wildlife. Large grasses and groupings of smaller ones can share heavily-mulched, low-water, low-maintenance beds with shrubs for plant diversity and visual interest. Grasses also hold the soil, and enrich it, too. [Read More]
Natural and Sustainable Gardening
Harlequin’s Gardens is a family nursery and garden center in Boulder, Colorado dedicated to natural and sustainable gardening for our region.
We specialize in native plants, organic vegetable and herb starts, xeriscape, hardy roses, Colorado-adapted and unusual perennials, fruit trees and berry bushes, groundcovers, hardy cacti, and seeds.
Earth-Friendly Products
We also offer Earth-friendly products to support your plants: soil-building products, composts, mulches, fertilizers; books by local authors; non-toxic pest-management supplies; and good advice.
Harlequin’s Gardens has a country charm and is famous for our customer service, our display gardens and the selection and success of our plants.
Water-Wise Plants for a No-Water Garden
In our 35 years of experience gardening on our two-acre property in the rocky short-grass prairie in far-north Boulder, CO, we have found the plants listed here to grow successfully without supplemental watering once established. The early years of the gardens were blessed with more natural precipitation than we are experiencing now. Some plantings receive more attention than others, but these plants have all managed without irrigation for long [Read More]