Denver County Native Plants Demonstration Garden
Garden Location
888 E. Iliff Avenue, Denver, Colorado
Installed June 27, 2023
Key
Bed D – West of Bench
- BB Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
- CC Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- DD Rocky Mountain Beebalm (Cleome serrulata)
- EE Sulphur Flower (Eriogonum umbellatum)
- FF Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue Eyes’)
- GG Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- HH Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata)
- II Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Bed C – Center
- D Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
- F Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
- H Fringed Sage (Artemisia frigida)
- M Hoary Verbena (Verbena stricta)
- P Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- RR Rubberbush (Ericameria nauseosa)
- TT Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- UU Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
- VV Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
- WW Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)
- XX Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)
- YY Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
Bed B – South of Stairs
- D Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
- H Fringed Sage (Artemisia frigida)
- I Pasque Flower (Anemone patens)
- J Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- O Sulphur Flower (Eriogonum umbellatum)
- P Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- Q Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
- S Front Range Penstemon (Penstemon virens)
- T Jones’s Bluestar (Amsonia jonesii)
- U Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)
- V Boulder Raspberry (Rubus deliciosus)
- W Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- X Oregon-Grape (Berberis repens)
- Y Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa)
- Z Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera cespitosa)
- AA Manzanita (Arctostaphylos x coloradensis ‘Chieftain’)
- AA Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii)
Bed E – Bordering Lawn
- L Palmer’s Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri)
- M Hoary Verbena (Verbena stricta)
- CC Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- DD Rocky Mountain Beebalm (Cleome serrulata)
- EE Blueberry Delight Juniper (J. communis var. depressa ‘AmiDak’)
- FF Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- JJ Lead plant (Amorpha canescens)
- KK Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata)
- LL Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- MM Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’)
- NN Showy Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus)
- OO Spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)
- QQ Tiger Beardtongue (Penstemon mensarum)
- RR Prairie Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)
Bed A – North of Stairs
- A Regent Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’)
- B Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- C Desert Four O’clock (Mirabilis multiflora)
- D Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
- E Small-leaf Pussytoes (Antennaria parvifolia)
- F Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
- G Rocky Mountain Penstemon (Penstemon strictus)
- H Fringed Sage (Artemisia frigida)
- I Pasque Flower (Anemone patens)
- J Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- K Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
- L Palmer’s Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri)
- M Hoary Verbena (Verbena stricta)
- N Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)