Lush, Water-Wise Entry Garden in Colorado Springs

Thriving Between Driveway and Walkway

Hemmed by a driveway and brick walk, Peggy Ives and Roger Heroux's entry garden in Colorado Springs bursts with colorful, unthirsty plants. Landscape architect Jeanie Sims selected tough plants for this windy, sun-drenched, deer- and rabbit-prone site. Two years later, the grown-in garden won a Xeriscape contest.

Plant Highlights

Silvery lamb's ears, black-eyed Susans, and red daylilies flank the driveway. Goldenrod and blue mist spiraea fill the bed along the flagstone path. Near the house, purple 'Black Knight' butterfly bush and feather reed grass add height. A ponderosa pine anchors a showy display where burnt-orange Mexican sunflower plays off lavender Russian sage.