Learn about galls and how to ID them. A fruitful search while we wait for more flowers!

“Landscaping with Field Collected Native Plants” is an article from the September – October edition of Aquilegia.  It is an article written by Stan Metsker about his approach to recreating natural plant communities on a golf course in Colorado Springs.

An excellent guide for the urban and suburban gardeners who need a well-designed native garden.

148 donors contributed $16,573 during the 2022 CO Gives Campaign. These funds will help us continue to offer mission-driven programming all over the state.

CoNPS would like to thank our sponsors for the 2022 Annual Conference

CoNPS comments on the Clinton Reservoir expansion project, which will inundate and destroy some ancient fens.

Continuing our republishing of Aquilegia articles, this one is about the Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid written by William Weber in January 1978.

Silverweed (Argentina anserina) is a native plant which is common along pond and stream margins and in seepage or swampy areas, often in sandy soil from the plains to the montane.

Plains Pricklypear Cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) is a native cactus, found primarily on the plains and semidesert shrublands, but also up into the montane.  Its flowers can be red or yellow and it blooms from June through August.

Rocky Mountain Iris (Iris missouriensis) is a native plant common in moist meadows, along streams, and in aspen forests, scattered across the state. It is found from the plains to the subalpine and blooms in May through August.

Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum) is a Colorado endemic plant, and in spite of that is is only listed in Colorado as imperiled (S2), and globally as aparently secure (G4).  The reason for such low ratings is because it is found in 10 counties with extensive populations that are well protected.  This photo is by Jim Pisarowicz.