(Catmint, Pineleaf Penstemon, and Royal Blue Penstemon)
I maintain a rooftop garden, designed to look like a meadow, that is located at the University of Utah. The rooftop garden has been extremely difficult to maintain mainly due to difficulties with irrigation and the sandy, light soil required for such an application. I think that the design, however, is beautiful and the plants used would be perfect for a front yard meadow. Here is a plant list:
Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)
Blue Moor Grass (Sesleria caerlea)
Catmint (Nepeta faaseennii)
Daffodils (Narcissus species)
Garden Sage (Salvia officinalis)
Hameln Dwarf Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln')
Firecracker Penstemon (Penstemon eatonii)
Hardy Dwarf Broom (Genista lydia)
Karl Foerster Feather Grass (Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster')
Legacy Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides 'Legacy')
Moonshine Yarrow (Achillea 'Moonshine')
Morning Light Maiden Grass (Miscanthus siniensis 'Morning Light')
Pineleaf Penstemon (Penstemon pinifolius)
Royal Blue Penstemon (Penstemon strictus 'Rocky Mountain')
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Sulphurflower Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
Wasatch Penstemon (Penstemon cyananthus)
Wild Hyssop (Agastache cana)
