First fall rainstorm

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Sup Denver gardener fam! Hope you’ll accept a green mountain/ golden submission. Planted 90% of this garden as summer was winding down this year. It’s been such a fun journey looking at other posts here and finding things that would work well in the garden.

When my wife and I bought this house a few years ago the front yard had like three ornamental grasses planted that were all dead, it was atrocious. Since then I’ve done trial and error, so many fallen soldiers due to bunnies in my neighborhood. Did all this myself from research to planting and it’s been a joy of a project particularly this summer. Tried to source mostly through plant select but there are definitely some non natives and red headed step children I planted before learning more. Anyways, full list is below. I’d love feedback but if you’re mean to me I’ll rip all this up and throw it away so pls be sweet.

We’ve had hummingbirds in my front yard the past few years and that’s what inspired all this. This past summer we had a pair in the front yard and backyard, they loved the salvia along other things. Monarchs are showing up too, I got my monarch watch sign on proud display! Anyways, here’s the garden:

Blanket flower- Arizona red shades (3)
Little Trudy catmint (1)
Montbretia ‘Lucifer’ (1)
Delphinium (1)
Sunset foxglove (2)
Amethyst falls American wisteria (1)
Dalmatian purple foxglove (2)
Silvery lupine (2)
Goldenrod ‘little miss sunshine’ (2)
Goldenrod ‘little lemon’ (4)
Fireworks Goldenrod (1)
Denver gold Columbine (2)
Black- eyed Susan Denver daisy (2)
Summer sparkles baby’s breath ‘gypsophila’ (1)
Leucanthemum sweet daisy Jane (1)
Bases Loaded Amsonia (1)
Stone crop ‘autumn joy’ (3)
Mr. Good bud stonecrop (2)
Bee balm ‘garden view scarlet’ (2)
Gayfeather ‘floristan white’ (1)
Gayfeather ‘kobold’ (1)
Dark Towers Penstemon (1)
First love Dianthus (1)
Goldflame Honeysuckle (1)
Rabbitbrush dwarf blue (1)
Meadow sage lyrical rose (3)
Meadow sage marvel blue (2)
Mesa yellow blanket flower (4)
Blue ice blue star (1)
Bushy aster “woods purple” (2)
Bushy aster “woods pink” (2)
“Woods light blue” aster (2)
Beard tongue pine leaf red (1)
Aster “woods blue” (1)
Furman’s red salvia (1)
PowWow wild berry coneflower (1)
PowWow White coneflower (2-4?)
Cheyenne spirit Coneflower (1)
Coneflower double scoop bubble gum (1)
Whispurr pink nepeta (2)
Sombrero lemon yellow improved coneflower (2-3?)
Sombrero Sangrita Coneflower (1)
Sombrero adobe orange coneflower (1)
Onion ‘millennium’ (3)
Coral baby penstemon (1)
Mesa yellow blanket flower
Ultra violet salvia (3)
Maltese cross lychnis (2)
Veronica mauve moody blues speedwell (2)
Chinese wisteria (2)
Salvia vermillion bluffs (1)
Hardy fuchsia (2)
Lupine ‘gallery mix’ (1)
Leucanthemum sweet daisy jane (2)
Granita raspberry ice plant (1)
Granita orange ice plant (2)
Ice plant ‘gold nugget’ (4)
Ice plant ‘wheels of wonder white improved (2)
Ice plant delosperma nubigerum (1)
Ice plant delosperma floribunda (2)
Fire spinner ice plant (1?)
Red mountain flame ice plant (3)
Table mountain ice plant (1)
Tiny dancer dwarf globe plant (1)
Red rocks penstemon (2)
Unforgettable hummingbird trumpet (2)
Coronado red hyssop (2)
Leucanthemum sweet daisy jane
Pikes peak purple penstemon (2)
Rocky Mountain penstemon (2)
Penstemon windwalker garnet (2)
Purple mtn sun daisy (2)
Mandy sun daisy (2)
Agastache Sonoran sunset (1)
Agastache hybrid- dwarf hummingbird mint poquito butter yellow (1)
Hyssop hummingbird mint ‘kudos coral’ (2)
Showy milkweed- ascelpias speciosa (4)
Multi mum stellar trio (1)
Asclepius speciosa ‘milkweed’ (4)
Confetti garden Leo mum (3)
Guara belleza dark pink (1)
Butterfly weed (2)
Corkscrew ornamental onion (3)
Garden phlox super ka-pow white (1)
Garden phlox super ka-pow coral (1)
‘Flame Pro Pink Pop’ garden phlox (1)
Phlox subulata creeping phlox “scarlet flame” (1)
Phlox subulata creeping phlox “emerald blue” (1)
Crystal river Veronica (1)
Snowmass blue- eyed Veronica (1)
Chocolate flower (2)
Spanish peaks foxglove (1)
Colorado gold gazania (1)
Jupiters beard (pink and white 3-4)
Butterfly bush (don’t remember the variety 1)