Natives - Pacific Northwest

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 10'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen leaves.  White urn-shaped to pinkish flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Spreading shrub forming dense thickets.
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Family:  Gentianaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  British Columbia south into northern California
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height: 30"
Bloom Time:  May to September
Attracts:  Bumblebees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Clumping.  Two inch long, deep blue flowers that face upwards.
Notes: Flowers are held on top of the flat foliage.  Slow growing but long lived.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Geraniaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Geranium 'Salome' x Geranium oxonianum
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 12" tall 3' wide
Attributes:  Deciduous.  1" pink flowers with dark purple center and purple veining.
Notes:  Sprawling habit with sporadically flowering spring through summer.  Introduced by Crug Farms of Wales.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Geraniaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW; Central - southern Washington, Oregon, California
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18" - 30"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple - pink flowers in spring - summer.  Upright stems with deeply divided leaves.
Notes:  Grows in open prairies, and moist woodlands west of the Cascade Mountains.  A great Geranium that merits wider use in the garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 4" - 10"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Triangular fronds, spreading rhizome.
Notes: Apple green new growth.  Spreading ground-cover fern.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 4" - 10"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Triangular fronds, spreading rhizome.
Notes: Apple green new growth.  Spreading ground-cover fern.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 12" - 18"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen, fans of foliage.  Blue-purple flowers.
Notes: Easy and drought tolerant species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot Very Full!

Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: PNW; Washington, Oregon, California
Soil: moist, summer dry, well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 12" - 36" tall
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms early summer.  Yellow blooms spotted dark purple.  Bulb goes summer dormant.
Notes:  A great plant for a hummingbird and butterfly garden.  Will not need supplemental water and should be allowed to go mostly dry in summer.  Plant in a rock garden or wildflower meadow, or along a shady border.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 18'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous, woody twining vine.  Opposite elliptic leaves to four inches long. Orange - yellow to orange - red flowers in clusters from late spring to mid summer.  Orange fruit in fall.
Notes:  Let this climber grow up a tall tree, trellis or fence.  Hummingbirds go mad for the flowers.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

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Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 10'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and birds.
Attributes:  Deciduous shrub.  Yellow flowers with red flower bracts.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Versatile shrub that is great for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Alaska south into Northern California
Soil:  Moist, wet
Light:  sun, part sun, shade
Height:  2' - 6'
Bloom Time:  February to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright yellow flowers late winter into spring.  Huge fleshy green leaves that add a tropical look to the garden.
Notes: Works well with Primula, Rodgersia, Petasites.  In the garden we have them planted in heavy soil that is seasonally saturated.  Cooler climates can get away with growing them in full sun but they look the best with some shade in summer.
 
Pot size:  Deep 2" Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Suckering shrub forming a loose groundcover.  Dark green leaves with yellow flowers and blue fruit.
Notes:  This selection has orange-red flower buds and tends to grow a bit taller.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Suckering shrub forming a loose ground-cover.  Dark green leaves with yellow flowers and blue fruit.
Notes:  This is the standard low selection with purplish winter foliage.  One of the best evergreen shrubs for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

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Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Channel Islands
Soil: Average
Light: Part sun
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Evergreen.  Upright, rounded shrub with smooth, glossy pinnate leaves.  Yellow flowers with blue fruit.
Notes:  A unique spineless species native to southern Oregon to Southern California but this particular cultivar is only found on the Channel Islands of California.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Oregon, California
Soil:  Average-dry, humus rich, Well drained
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 6" - 12"
Attributes: Evergreen suckering shrub.  Brilliant purple, red, blue green foliage when planted in at least half a days worth of sun.  Yellow flowers early summer, blue fruit in fall.
Notes:  I can't say enough about this small Mahonia species.  The color is better than any other of the native Mahonia species and each leaf is ringed with a light colored line.  Forms a loose low clump of foliage.  It often grows in association with Arctostaphylos species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Oregon, California
Soil:  Average-dry, humus rich, Well drained
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 6" - 12"
Attributes: Evergreen suckering shrub.  Brilliant purple, red, blue green foliage when planted in at least half a days worth of sun.  Yellow flowers early summer, blue fruit in fall.
Notes:  I can't say enough about this small Mahonia species.  The color is better than any other of the native Mahonia species and each leaf is ringed with a light colored line.  Rarely taller than 6" and forms a loose low clump of foliage.  It often grows in association with Arctostaphylos species.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Western and Central North America
Soil: Average, dry
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 1' - 2'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen, spreading, stoloniferous shrub.  Upright shrub with pinnate, glossy green leaves.  Yellow flowers with blue fruit.
Notes:  A sturdy low growing species.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Asparagaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, spreading ground-cover.  Single heart shaped leaf with small white held above the foliage.  Red berries in fall.
Notes:  Best suited for larger areas where allowed to become the dominate ground-cover. 
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Shade-sun
Height: 1'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Arching stems with oval leaves to 6" long.  Panicles of small creamy white flowers in summer.  Red fruit in late summer early fall.
Notes:  Smilacina has nice structure and texture and can be used both as a specimen plant or in large groupings.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Shade-sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, alternate light green leaves.  Pinkish - orange urn - shaped flowers in late spring. 
Notes:  In the wild Menziesia grows in woodlands as an understory plant, and along forest clearings.  The appearance is similar to Enkianthus.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 12"
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Cordate leaves with serrated edges to 4" long.  12" tall flower stalks with numerous white fringed flowers.
Notes:This genus is a great plant to have in mas but also so fun to get up close and look at all the detail in the flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained.  Summer Dry
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 6"-10"
Bloom Time:  February to April
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Grass like winter foliage, summer dormant.  Purple - lavender flowers in early spring.
Notes:  Grows in open forest from coast to mid elevations.  In the wild Olsynium douglasii grows in moss with grass, Goodyera, Polypodium and Erythronium.  A great plant for the rock garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 10'
Attributes:  Deciduous, White - green blooms early summer.  Red fruit in fall.  Very large palmate alternately arranged leaves to more than one foot across.
Notes: A bold foliage plant with a dramatic presence in the garden.  Combines well with other tropical looking plants.  In the wild it grows in moist woodlands along stream-banks.  Related to Ginseng, Aralia, Fatsia, Schefflera.  In warmer climates does best in full shade with even moisture. 

This batch of Devil's club is seed grown and are still on the small side.  Surprisingly seedlings need to be protected from slugs.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 

Family:  Oxalidaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height:  6"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark green leaves with light silver mottling.  Wine red underside of the leaf.  White flowers.
Notes: Great ground cover that will do well in deep shade and summer dry.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Oxalidaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height:  6"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark green leaves with silver mottling.  Deep pink flowers.
Notes: This form was introduced form northern California.  Growing beneath old growth Redwoods in deep rich duff.  Darker pink flowers and rich mottling.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 18" - 24"
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Rosette of palmately lobed leaves on spreading rhizomes.  Tall leafless stems with up to 35 white flowers with deep pinkish frills and buds.
Notes:Elegant and graceful flower stems. Mostly found east of the Cascades, growing in moist, dense forest. Thanks to our friend Alex Wright who introduced us to this gem.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist - wet, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 24" tall.  Strange frilly blooms late in the winter, often while there is still snow and frost.  New foliage emerges in the spring, and lasts until fall.
Notes:  This form has gold foliage.  Give them plenty of room to grow.  They do well with lots of bright light, but shade them from the hottest part of the day.  They may wilt in a too hot of a spot but if their roots are kept moist they will bounce up once the day has cooled.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist to average, Drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Numerous, fragrant white flowers in summer.
Notes:  Philadelphus are elated to hydrangeas and are found throughout the northern hemisphere.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  AZ, AK, WA, OR, CA, MT, ID, WY; AB, BC, MB, SK
Soil:  Humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  6" - 12"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Slow growing mounding shrub with dark green, needle-like foliage.  Pink to rose flowers.
Notes:Does best in cool soils that are damp, humus rich and sharp/gritty.  Our collection is from Washing Cascade Range.
 
Pot size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Island)
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gold foliage.
Notes: Grant Hadwin cut this revered tree down in a misguided protest against logging in Canada.  He wondered why people only seemed to care about one tree and not a forest.  A scramble to collect cuttings after the tree was cut down resulted in a few collections.  There was even a book about written about it, The Golden Spruce.  We have a couple of specimens that we have taken subsequent cuttings from.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight crown becoming broad and flattened.  Bark is smooth, becoming furrowed.  Cones maturing in 2 years
Notes: Occurs in the mountains of western north America

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen, long gray needles giving a ghostly appearance.   Massive, heavy symmetrical, dull brown, resinous cone.  Distinct look among Pines.
Notes:  Collected in Northern California along the Trinity River.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Part shade, shade, sun
Attributes:  Late spring deciduous, 12" long arching.  Shallow rhizomes that forms an expanding clump.
Notes: In the wild Polypodium glycyrrhiza grows on Acer macrophyllum and Alnus rubra trunks, or on mossy rocks, old stumps or on the ground where they landed after falling out of a tree.  They lose their fronds as the season dries and grows new ones in summer, keeping them through winter.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 1 - 9
Natural Range: Canada to Mexico
Soil:  Moist, well-drained, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20' - 50'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White bark, deep green leaves that quake in the slightest breeze and bright golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Typically growing in large groupings of the same clone.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Melanthiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Oregon, California
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 4"- 8"
Attributes:  Emerging February to March.  Dormant usually by July.  Blue green leaves often with silvery green pattern along the major veins.  Petals white, sometimes pink, occasionally spotted with darker purple.
Notes:  With they're nearly perfect balance of flower and foliage, Pseudotrillium rivale is one of natures little gems.  Pseudotrillium require little care when established in the garden and can form quite substantial clumps over time.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: North America, Europe
Soil: Average, well drained
Light: Sun to Part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous ferny foliage.  Blue-violet flowers followed by fluffy plume-like seed heads in spherical clusters.
Notes:  Drought tolerant in cooler climates.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot