Native Plant Treasure Hunt
Search for hidden gems in the Gardens, mi hearties
01 / 08
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!