ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

These species are on the official plant list for building a certified ABQ Backyard Refuge.
Visit ABQbackyardrefuge.org for an introductory guide, workbook, pdf of the plant list, and many more resources.

All 213

Rocky Mountain penstemon ¹
Penstemon strictus

Palmer's penstemon ²
Penstemon palmeri

Origanum ³

wild bergamot ⁴
Monarda fistulosa

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush ⁵
Castilleja pulchella

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop ⁶
Agastache rupestris

mosquito plant
Agastache cana

pitcher sage
Salvia azurea grandiflora

Darcy's Sage ⁷
Salvia darcyi

Slender Vervain ⁸
Verbena rigida

garden sage ⁹
Salvia officinalis

Wright's Desert Honeysuckle ¹⁰
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii

Wright's beebrush ¹¹
Aloysia wrightii

Canyon Sage ¹⁰
Salvia lycioides

Woolly Butterflybush ¹⁰
Buddleja marrubiifolia

Butterfly bush ¹²
Buddleja davidii

cenizo ¹³
Leucophyllum frutescens

Leucophyllum langmaniae ¹⁴

New Mexico olive ¹⁵
Forestiera pubescens pubescens

Rosemary ¹⁶
Salvia rosmarinus

Germander Sage ¹⁰
Salvia chamaedryoides

Dorr's sage ¹⁷
Salvia dorrii

autumn sage ¹⁸
Salvia greggii

desert willow ¹⁹
Chilopsis linearis

Mojave sage ²⁰
Salvia mohavensis

northern catalpa ²¹
Catalpa speciosa

Fragrant Ash ²²
Fraxinus cuspidata

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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

Rocky Mountain penstemon 1 Penstemon strictus

Palmer's penstemon 2 Penstemon palmeri

Origanum 3

wild bergamot 4 Monarda fistulosa

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush 5 Castilleja pulchella

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop 6 Agastache rupestris

mosquito plant Agastache cana

pitcher sage Salvia azurea grandiflora

Darcy's Sage 7 Salvia darcyi

Slender Vervain 8 Verbena rigida

garden sage 9 Salvia officinalis

Wright's Desert Honeysuckle 10 Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii

Wright's beebrush 11 Aloysia wrightii

Canyon Sage 10 Salvia lycioides

Woolly Butterflybush 10 Buddleja marrubiifolia

Butterfly bush 12 Buddleja davidii

cenizo 13 Leucophyllum frutescens

Leucophyllum langmaniae 14

New Mexico olive 15 Forestiera pubescens pubescens

Rosemary 16 Salvia rosmarinus

Germander Sage 10 Salvia chamaedryoides

Dorr's sage 17 Salvia dorrii

autumn sage 18 Salvia greggii

desert willow 19 Chilopsis linearis

Mojave sage 20 Salvia mohavensis

northern catalpa 21 Catalpa speciosa

Fragrant Ash 22 Fraxinus cuspidata