Tag: Lewis and Clark Herbarium

Blue Flax, Linum lewisii

Native plants from Lewis and Clark, found in the Sierra Foothills

Lewis & Clark discoveries we can plant… In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson requested $2500 from Congress to send Meriwether Lewis and William Clark off on the Corps of Discovery expedition.  See how their discoveries influenced the garden world of today in our foothills! Lasting from 1804 to 1806, this was the first exploration of the new…