Native Plant Descriptions - Native Plant Sale 2017

This year we offer 16 species of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs and perennials including favorites like Red Flowering Currant, Evergreen Huckleberry and some new and noteworthy additions like Pacific Ninebark, Deer Fern, and Blue Elderberry. Some species have been selected particularly for being somewhat drought tolerant. Native plants are beautiful in the garden and landscape, are beneficial for wildlife, and improve habitat and plant diversity. Once established, native plants tend to require less maintenance and fertilizers than other landscape plants.

PLANT NAME

Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga Menziesii)

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Young trees are fast growing, pyramidal, and densely branched. Excellent tree for wildlife gardens.  120'.

MOISTURE

EXPOSURE

Blue Elderberry
(sambucus nigra caerulea)

Deciduous shrub/small tree, multi-stemmed.  Grows up to 18’ across.  Tiny, creamy flowers in late spring to mid-summer. Edible, dark blue berries. Fairly drought tolerant.  Good for wildlife and butterflies. 10-30'.

Big Leaf Maple
(Acer macrophylum)

Large, deciduous tree. Grows in moist, rich humus soils. Leaves up to 1ft across.  The bark supports many mosses, lichens, and other plants.  Flowers are hanging cylindrical clusters appearing with or before leaves. Paired, winged seeds.  Attracts birds, bees, insects, and many others. 100'.

Pacific Ninebark
(Physocarpus capitatus)

Grows in moist, nutrient and mineral rich soil. Erect to spreading shrub up to 13 ft. tall with dark green leaves and clusters of small white flowers in May/June.  Brown, shredding bark.  Reddish bunches of dried inflated follicles with yellow, shiny seeds inside. 13'.

Serviceberry
(Amelanchier alnifolia)

Small to large shrub. Fall color more intense in sunnier sites. White flowers by mid summer followed by sweet purple berry-like fruits. Great for wildlife. Foliage is reddish, becoming dark blue-green in summer, turning brilliant red and gold in fall. 3-15'

Silk Tassel
(Garrya elliptca)

Shrub, sprawling, evergreen, spicy-scented. Beautiful foliage and great for hedgerow or screening. Flowers are small, in clusters. Long-persistent hanging clusters of silky flowers in winter replaced by silky-wooly fruits. Attracts birds. Fixes nitrogen in soil. 20'.

Evergreen Huckleberry
(Vaccinium ovatum)

Bushy evergreen shrub with small shiny green leaves and pinkish white flowers. Does well in shade and provides food for wildlife. Blooms April to July. 4-10'

Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)

Large conifer with swooping branches and a strongly buttressed trunk. Reddish brown and fibrous bark. Grows well on wet sites. 100-230'.

Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)

Moist, neutral to alkaline soils. Perennial herb, all parts have an onion odor.  Leafless stalk w/ pink or white flowers that nod toward the ground.  Grow in clusters from bulbs. 1-3'.

Deer Fern
(Blechnm spicant)

Wet/moist soils. Year round good looks. Sterile leaves often pressed to ground; fertile leaves upright arising from center.  Important winter food for deer in some areas. 3'.

Paper Birch
(Betula papyrifera)

Deciduous tree.  Provides food for some butterfly larvae and attracts insects which attract birds. Bark peeling in papery strips, white to copper-brown.  Male and female catkins 1.5” long flowers before or with emerging leaves. Up to 100'.

Red Flowering Currant
(Ribes sanguineum)

Upright, multi-stemmed shrub with showy clusters of deep pink flowers. Very attractive to hummingbirds and other pollinators. Blooms early; Feb- March. 3-10'.

Red Osier Dogwood
(Cornus stolonifera)

 Spreading, thicket-forming shrub with white flower clusters. Bright red stems provide winter color. Important species for wildlife. Flowers April-June. 15-20'.

Salal
(Gaultheria shallon)

Creeping to erect shrub with hairy branching stems and dark leathery leaves. White bell-shaped flowers. 3-7'.

Broadleaf Stonecrop
(Sedum spathulifolium)

Perennial, succulent herb silvery, blue-green and red clusters w/ bright yellow flowers in flat topped clusters atop leafy, flowering stems.  Good as ground cover, in rock gardens and in rock walls. Flowers attract butterflies. Groundcover.

Nootka Rose
(Rosa nutkana)

Spindly shrub with large pink rose flowers. Provides wildlife with food and shelter. Blooms May-June. 10-15'.