Denver Botanic Gardens

Sagebrush, rabbitbrush and piñon on a dryland mesa under red sandstone, alpines among granite boulders, lotus and water lilies in the Monet Pool, and a tea house in Shofu-en.

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Gardens and biomes

• Tropical conservatory dome
• Japanese garden (Shofu-en)
• Water gardens and Monet Pool
• Rock Alpine Garden
• Dryland mesa and Western Panoramas
• PlantAsia

Landmarks, buildings and water

• North–south walk
• Conservatory floor
• Conservatory pool
• Boettcher Tropical Conservatory (1966)
• Water garden terrace
• Monet Pool
• Lily pool
• Shofu-en (Garden of Pine Wind)
• Pond
• Island
• Tea house (Ken Chi Tei)
• Bridge
• Stone lantern
• Rock Alpine Garden (scree)
• Granite boulder
• Plains Garden (shortgrass prairie)
• Dryland Mesa (gravel)
• Western Panoramas (red sandstone)
• Western Panoramas waterfall
• Mountain pool
• PlantAsia
• Asian pavilion
• The Ellipse (formal lawn)
• Ellipse fountain

Plants in this garden

• Adam's needle (yucca) Yucca filamentosa · 16
• African oil palm Elaeis guineensis · 1
• Aubrieta Aubrieta deltoidea · 16
• Banana Musa x paradisiaca · 2
• Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 14
• Big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata · 14
• Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 14
• Blanket flower Gaillardia x grandiflora · 24
• Blue fescue Festuca glauca · 12
• Blue water lily (blue lotus of Egypt) Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea · 4
• Broadleaf cattail (bulrush) Typha latifolia · 4
• Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa · 8
• Cacao Theobroma cacao · 2
• California poppy Eschscholzia californica · 30
• Chinese flowering crabapple (haitang) Malus spectabilis · 2
• Clustering fishtail palm Caryota mitis · 2
• Common houseleek Sempervivum tectorum · 24
• Common juniper Juniperus communis · 6
• Dense blazing star Liatris spicata · 12
• Desert marigold Baileya multiradiata · 12
• Dwarf mountain pine Pinus mugo · 4
• Early lilac (Chinese lilac) Syringa oblata · 3
• Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana · 1
• Edelweiss Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum · 16
• Encrusted saxifrage Saxifraga paniculata · 16
• European white water lily Nymphaea alba · 3
• Flamingo flower Anthurium andraeanum · 6
• Garden rose Rosa x hybrida · 42
• Giant taro (elephant ear) Alocasia macrorrhizos · 3
• Golden bamboo Phyllostachys aurea · 4
• Hanging lobster claw (heliconia) Heliconia rostrata · 5
• Hardy water lily (Marliac hybrids) Nymphaea × marliacea · 9
• Hosta Hosta spp. · 8
• Japanese black pine Pinus thunbergii · 1
• Japanese forest grass Hakonechloa macra · 10
• Japanese iris Iris ensata · 8
• Japanese maple Acer palmatum · 1
• Lacebark pine Pinus bungeana · 1
• Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 24
• Mexican feather grass Nassella tenuissima · 24
• Moon orchid (moth orchid) Phalaenopsis amabilis · 8
• Moss phlox (creeping phlox) Phlox subulata · 20
• Mountain avens Dryas octopetala · 8
• Parry's agave Agave parryi · 20
• Pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris · 16
• Peacock plant Goeppertia makoyana · 8
• Penstemon (beardtongue) Penstemon digitalis · 30
• Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea · 14
• Rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium · 6
• Red ginger Alpinia purpurata · 4
• Rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa · 14
• Sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera · 4
• Santa Cruz water lily Victoria cruziana · 1
• Satsuki azalea Rhododendron indicum · 8
• Spring gentian Gentiana verna · 12
• Stemless gentian Gentiana acaulis · 12
• Swiss cheese plant Monstera deliciosa · 3
• Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 8
• Thrift (sea pink) Armeria maritima · 16
• Torch ginger Etlingera elatior · 2
• Tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa · 6
• Two-needle piñon Pinus edulis · 3
• Urn plant (silver vase bromeliad) Aechmea fasciata · 6
• Velvet mesquite Prosopis velutina · 1

A design inspired by Denver Botanic Gardens (York Street, Colorado), scaled to fit, built from Garden ME's reference plant data. It is not a survey or a map of the real garden.