Native Plant Treasure Hunt

Search for hidden gems in the Gardens, mi hearties

1

Creeping Mahonia - Berberis repens

Yarr, these berries taste worse than limes and grapes but will keep the scurvy at bay!

2

Moonflower - Datura wrightii

Thar beauty be bloomin' when the sea drowns the sun.

3

Colorado Blue Spruce - Picea pungens

This tree be as blue as the ocean and lives longer than Blackbeard's legend.

4

Blue Grama - Bouteloua gracilis

Aye, this grama is a landlubber and can go longer than I without water.

5

Claret Cup Cactus - Echinocereus triglochidiatus

These cactus hold fast to the ground like the barnacles on me ship.

6

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat - Eriogonum umbellatum

Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate. Some treasures host butterfly and moth larvae.

7

Big Sagebrush - Artemisia tridentata

When I am back on land, this plant is a breath of fresh air like the smell o' the sea.

8

Apache Plume - Fallugia paradoxa 

The seeds would make a beautiful feather in me hat!