plant collections

The living collections at Denver Botanic Gardens are very diverse with seven major collections identified:

Alpine, which consists of plants that grow in habitats such as rock crevices and exposed locations.
Amenity, which showcases plants of the Rocky Mountain and Plains region, a semi-arid, steppe climate.
Aquatic, also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes, are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments.
Cactus and Succulents, which consist of water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions.
Native, which are plants that occur naturally (pre-European settlement) within the borders of Colorado, but not necessarily exclusive to Colorado.
Steppe are plants from regions located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers with low humidity.
Tropical showcases plants found in the lowland tropical rainforests around the world.