Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Pink, Purple, Blue, Red, and Orange Flowers

This guide contains pink, purple, blue, red, and orange flowers that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Plains Beebalm ¹
Monarda pectinata

mint-leaf bergamot ²
Monarda fistulosa menthifolia

Wild mint ³
Mentha arvensis

American dragonhead ⁴
Dracocephalum parviflorum

Catnip ⁵
Nepeta cataria

common selfheal ⁶
Prunella vulgaris

Rocky Mountain sage ⁷
Salvia reflexa

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Pink, Purple, Blue, Red, and Orange Flowers

Plains Beebalm 1 Monarda pectinata

mint-leaf bergamot 2 Monarda fistulosa menthifolia

Wild mint 3 Mentha arvensis

American dragonhead 4 Dracocephalum parviflorum

Catnip 5 Nepeta cataria

common selfheal 6 Prunella vulgaris

Rocky Mountain sage 7 Salvia reflexa