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A charming canary-yellow wildflower with exploding seed capsules. Occurring across much of Western North America, the canary violet grows up to a d...

One of the best grass-substitutes for combining with wildflower plantings. While most sedges have specific associations with wetlands or wet enviro...

Also known as chocolate lily or rice root, this is a sublime, but challenging to grow plant of Northwestern prairies, oak savannahs, and shore pine...

Named for enormous underground tubers that can grow to the size of an adult human, this exceptional native cucumber relative is a perennial vine. ...

In the dry season of late summer when few other wildflowers are still blooming, this high-quality pollen source can continue to feed bees over many...

This is a one of those rare gems of forest clearings and open meadows that was likely much more common in the past. Along with habitat loss, this p...

Native across much of the West, the stunning violet-blue flowers of camas historically lit up prairies, marshes, and oak savannas in the spring. Wh...

The most important historical native food plant in the Northwest Native across the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, the stunning violet...

Named for the obvious similarity of the flowerhead to the head of a violin, this occasionally common annual plant is one of our few native wildflow...

One of our best pollinator plants! At up to 7 feet in height with massive white umbels and large leaves over a foot in width, this is not your aver...

Possibly one of the least common and least understood of our native Western clovers, creek clover is an annual, historically occurring from southwe...

As the common name makes clear, this is a rush-like plant that "creeps" or spreads by underground rhizomes. The scientific name is a bit more elega...

An exceptionally showy grass-like rush, with striking copper-colored ‘pom-pom’ flowers and seedheads. Daggerleaf rush is one of the plants that is...

With spade or diamond-shaped bright pink petals, and anthers bearing blue-grey pollen, this nice annual is striking to look at. Even better, it’s t...

A milkweed relative, dogbane hemp is possibly the pre-eminent wild fiber plant of North America, producing tough fibrous stems that were rolled and...

One of the latest blooming wildflowers in the Northwest. Rising up to 3 or 4 feet in height with purple/blue/white flowers, this hardy plant adapts...

We love this plant! Native to Oregon and California, but adaptable across the maritime Northwest, this gorgeous low growing annual is an incredible...

The optimal wildflower for seasonally wet sites, such as rain gardens or bioswales. This very showy annual naturally occurs in vernal pools and oth...

This is our only regional member of the obscure Tofieldiaceae family, a group of lily-like plants. False asphodel made headlines in 2021 when it wa...

An arching woodland perennial, for ground cover, pollinator value, and wildlife habitat. Widespread across most of temperate North America, false S...

Our most dramatic summer annual for mass planting. For a spectacular mid-summer neon wildflower show, almost nothing compares to the stunning impac...

An ancient and modern herbal remedy and wild food plant. Extremely long-lived and very early blooming – Fernleaf biscuit root sometimes flowers sho...

Not to be confused with non-native mints such as spearmint, peppermint, pennyroyal, and others, this is our beautifully fragrant native wild mint, ...

There's much that could be said about humble yet glorious fireweed. The classic colonizer of wildfire scarred landscapes (hence the name), recently...