 The following is a production of New Mexico State University. For over 50 years, the Denver Botanic Gardens have been among America's leading public parks. Today, we're focusing on one special collection. Panioti Kaleides is showing us the rock garden here, the Rock Alpine Garden. You're on the board of the North American Rock Garden Society. That's right. I'm my second term curves, and it's great to have you here. I'm going to show you some really spectacular things. What's this beautiful blue flower? That's Anchusa capensis. It's the Latin name. It's the Cape, forget me not. Cape, that's from South Africa. It's from South Africa, and it's usually considered an annual, but we discovered that it's perfectly hardy, and we're planting quite a few more of them along here because that blue is so dazzling. Right next to it, here's a beautiful pink. The pink you'll see all along this border is a Diasia, a twin spur, and they're usually thought of as being very delicate plants that need a lot of water and moisture, but I collected this from a hot, dry part in the Cape, and this one really likes our Southwestern conditions. Another very famous Southwestern plant is this ice plant here. This is one we're calling Table Mountain, and we just released that this year for the first time. You know, Cooperite, but this is a little bit softer color. It's not that really harsh purple, and the foliage on this remains even more attractive in the wintertime. We think it's a better plant. Throughout the Southwest? I would say throughout the United States, actually. That's performed very well, even in the Midwest and the East Coast. Wow, and then this one? The paper flowers or straw flowers are found all over Eurasia, but the greatest concentration is in South Africa, where they have about 300 different kinds. Wow. And this is one I collected seed of in South Africa, and it blooms all summer with these funny, papery flowers. If you touch them, they kind of rustle. I like those. They drive very well. They do indeed. See, it looks like a lavender here. Yes, Curtis, that's a little bit different. You're probably mostly familiar with English lavender. What's this? French lavender. It's a hybrid, and this is what they actually do, the lavender oil comes from this. It's striking in contrast with the red penstemon here. Of course, the penstemons are mostly spring bloomers, but there's a few that bloom later in the year, and this is one from New Mexico. It should make you feel right at home. I feel a lot better now. And as I look over, I see another plant that reminds me of New Mexico, a yucca. Well, it's not your state flower. That one's a little miniature yucca, and you can see clustered right here up against a rock. That's how we like to grow things in a rock garden. And of course, we like the tiny forms. How big will this get ultimately? Well, that's it. You're looking at a granddaddy here. It's actually popping around. You can see little babies that have popped up. This is a very special one from Utah. And then what's this? I see this showing up in a lot of different places. The oregano, oregano is an ornamental one. This is not one we use in cooking. This is one from Lebanon. But it's very ornamental. It looks like hops. Over here, though, it looks like another kind of oregano. Now, this one you can cook with. This is the true wild marjoram, which is used in herbs. And the bees love it. They do indeed. Well, there's more to see yet. So let's keep on going and see some other things. This is the common status you see in gardens, sea status. There's another one right there. That's the German status, which is a much paler and warfare form. This is good for dried arrangements, isn't it? Both of them, if you cut them, they dry beautifully. And what's this? It looks just like a petunia, but it's actually in a tropical family. But this is one that's very hardy. It's the hardy petunia. It loves it hot and dry. We've got plenty of that in the Southwest. And the oregano over here is really spectacular. This is one of the many sea orringos. And that blue color is just electric, isn't it? Yes. That's really nice. It looks good against the rocks here, which in a rock garden you'd expect. Well, this is a rock outcrop I'm particularly proud of. And it makes me feel like I'm really bringing a little bit of the Southwest back home. Thank you for showing this to us. Thank you, Curtis. Really appreciate your coming. It's great.