Durango Plants
A guide to the native plants of the Durango, Colorado area. This guide may also include plants from nearby areas such as Northern New Mexico, Southeast Utah & the rest of Colorado. This site is a free service of miLomedia web design in Durango, Colorado. Our interest in Colorado Native Plants is a fun hobby for us, so don't look to our site for scientific descriptions. I frequenty use words such as "pleasant", "fun", "gorgeous" or "filthy" to describe plants.
Don't Keep Quiet!
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Our goal is to spread awareness in Colorado about the value of using native plants in water wise landscaping, as well as celebrate the beauty of these plants that often go unnoticed. Xeric planting with Native Plants can give you a beautiful landscape which requires less water, is well adapted to our climate, and will entice wildlife.
| Have you seen... Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum have green blueish scaled leaves. The flowers are insignificant and the berries are blue and clumping. They have a whitish film and are quite lovely. Bark peels off in long strips. |
