{"title":"Inland Northwest","description":"Restore the inland Northwest's incredible grassland legacy with species adapted to the beautiful, ever-changing, topography, precipitation zones, and altitudes of this magnificent region.","products":[{"product_id":"showy-milkweed-seeds-asclepias-speciosa","title":"Showy Milkweed Seeds (Asclepias speciosa)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only native host plant for monarch butterflies west of the Cascade Mountains!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShowy milkweed’s thick fleshy stems and leaves make it a unique addition to any landscape, and the large, showy, globe-like pink flowers attract clouds of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. In the Northwest, showy milkweed does best in open sunny habitats with moist, fertile soils, and low competition from taller plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile monarch butterfly numbers have declined by more than 80% over the past 20 years, the past few years have seen regular reports of them appearing in cities like Portland. This plant is critical to their survival in our region!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 150 seeds per packet. 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The bulbs were dug in the fall and pit roasted to breakdown the inulin into simpler sweet caramelized sugars, providing a staple food for thousands of years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamas is lily-like in appearance with grassy leaves. 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It's ignored by deer, and stands up to occasional drought, flooding, and a bit of partial shade while still flowering cheerfully like clockwork every spring and summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe love the butterflies and moths that lay eggs on this plant, including the delightfully colorful little purplish copper (\u003cem\u003eLycaena helloides\u003c\/em\u003e), the two-banded checkered skipper (\u003cem\u003ePyrgis ruralis\u003c\/em\u003e), and the strawberry crown moth (\u003cem\u003eSynanthedon bibionipennis\u003c\/em\u003e) -- the intriguing and mysterious latter species so closely resembles a wasp that you would never believe it is actually a moth at first glance. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlender prairie cinquefoil incorporates very well with grasses and tolerates occasional disturbance. Every meadow, rain garden, bioswale, drainage basin, parking strip, and roadside median should have this graceful little plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very small seed, and its long lifespan makes prairie cinquefoil a fantastic conservation investment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 500 seeds (0.4 grams).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8646721175664,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/slender-prairie-cinquefoil-seeds-potentilla-gracilis-399360.jpg?v=1770320896"},{"product_id":"western-columbine-aquilegia-formosa","title":"Western Columbine Seeds (Aquilegia formosa)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA classic native wildflower for shady locations!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWestern columbine is a wonderfully adaptable little plant that is perfectly happy in mostly shaded areas with damp soils such as the north sides of buildings, yet it also does fine open sunny meadows as well. Other than hot, dry locations, this plant seems happy just about anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat said, columbine is relatively short and doesn't compete well with much taller plants. On our farm, it struggles under the competition of much taller stinging nettles and it responds well whenever the nettles are weeded back -- showing that it can spread with a little help and protection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are not overwhelmingly active with visitors, but they do attract a surprisingly wide range of different types of pollinators ranging from hummingbirds to tiny \u003cem\u003eAndrena\u003c\/em\u003e mining bees and syrphid flies. It's particularly satisfying to watch large queen bumble bees in the spring dangling from the downward-facing blossoms while the entire flower stalk bobs wildly up and down under the bee's weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor folks with mature fir trees in their yards, this is a great native understory plant that can add a little bit of color in an space that might otherwise have few non-green options. Do note, it can take some patience and dedication to grow columbine from seed. We recommend sowing in deep, well-watered containers (such as our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/collections\/tools-and-supplies\/products\/deepot-native-plant-starter-kit?variant=45416119533814\"\u003eDEEPOT kits\u003c\/a\u003e) in a shaded location, and protected from slugs, until the seedlings are large enough to transplant. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 200 seeds. 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It’s a variable plant in terms of foliage, with the leaves of some plants being a deep true green while others are covered with fine soft gray hairs. Regardless of individual foliage variations, the plant produces incredibly cheerful masses of bright yellow flowers which makes this a great plant for both meadows and for formal flowerbeds. Its brilliance will outshine any non-native ornamental you plant it next to!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOregon sunshine is under-appreciated and under-used in harsh dry sites where other plants struggle. It’s perfect for rock gardens and xeriscaping, and it’s a good colonizer if disturbed sites such as excavated, burned, or backfilled areas with marginal topsoil. While it is slow to mature from seed, it is a long-lived plant, it’s deer-resistant, and it’s ready for the some of the harshest climate conditions any plant in our region might someday face. A perfect plant for an uncertain future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-lasting blooms attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial syrphid flies. 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We like it in salads, or cooked with dandelion and nettle in a wild green \"meadow spanakopita.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpreading growth habit, with stems that will form new roots where they touch the ground. 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(Although large-flowered collomia will tolerate full sun and mesic soils as well).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's surprising that this striking-looking plant isn't more common in ornamental landscaping, especially in mass plantings around house foundations, or under shade trees where other plants struggle. With creamy orange-white blossoms that spring forth from a large round inflorescence at the top of a phlox-like stem, this plant definitely stands out. Look closer and you'll find bright blue pollen on the flower's anthers. Watching bees remove and carry off those bold blue packages is something you will never forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge-flowered collomia is native from British Columbia to Southern California, and typically grows to about 2-feet in height. 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The only thing this long blooming wildflower does not cope well with is shade. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn warm summer mornings, the unpretentious flowers host fantastically small syrphid flies, ants, and tiny \u003cem\u003eLasioglossum\u003c\/em\u003e bees. Look closer and you may find the most perfectly camouflaged miniature predators: tiny ghostly white crab spiders and motionless ambush bugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly aromatic plant is packed with flavinoids, resins, and essential oils, all of which have long made it popular in folk medicine. These same aromatics make it an interesting fresh cooking herb, although it can quickly overwhelm and it's best in small doses. Add a small amount to fresh dill for excellent homemade gravlax. Or mix a little with lots of more neutral greens such as parsley or nettle for a sublime pesto. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant this for natural pest control around the garden. 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From damp, sunny roadside ditches, to windswept coastal bluffs, this cheerful flower forms small (non-invasive) rhizomatous colonies that burst with warm golden color from mid to late summer, a time when most other wildflowers have long since finished blooming. The genetics of goldenrods are complex (and prone to extensive natural hybridization), and as a result there is a lot of variability between different goldenrod populations, even within a single species. 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In naturally damp locations, the blooms tend to start in late spring through mid-summer as the soil dries out. For a perfect mix of striking wildflowers for damp locations, combine it with Douglas meadowfoam and western buttercup. 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The aster-like flowers are very long lasting and arise from a clumping woody base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful plant is the largest and showiest of fleabanes, and is excellently adapted to rocky or gravel soils. It tolerates some partial shade, it’s very drought resistant, and manages to stay a compact 1 to 2 feet in height most of the time. This is a perfect plant for dry south facing slopes, or parched flower beds on the sunny side of a house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 2000-3000 seeds. 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With a long bloom time (from early spring through early summer), they overlap and contrast beautifully with the flowers of sea blush and camas (both of which this plant commonly occurs with in the wild). With low basal leaves, the foliage remains discrete in meadows, allowing the brilliant flowers to really standout above a grassy canopy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn natural areas, Western buttercup occurs in open damp meadows and partially shaded forest understories. 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Its wide blue-green blades and thick fibrous root systems can put on a lot of biomass, yet, it usually does not form large single-species monocultures in nature. Rather it tends to pop up in small clumps in open meadows and forest edges among smaller statured species such as tufted hairgrass, California oatgrass, meadow barley, and yarrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue wild rye does not form extensive rhizomes, but it can spread short distances with stolons and through re-seeding. Mostly it maintains a clumpy growth habit which provides valuable insect nesting and overwintering habitat for species such as lady beetles and ground surface nesting bumble bees. 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Typically found in locations with seasonally wet soils saturated by winter rain, spike primrose is well adapted for rapid growth as those spots dry out in summer. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis interesting plant blooms from July to September (making it a nice complement to spring-blooming wildflowers), with multiple side branching flowerheads, all of which end in a tight cluster of small flowers that open in succession. The effect is not one of a great big flower show, but rather a constant opening and closing of numerous small flowers, with the largest flowerhead at the uppermost stem. The plant itself usually reaches about two to three feet in height, with a primary upright green-grey stem, and the entire plant is covered with soft fine hairs that we’ve seen being collected by wool carder bees (\u003cem\u003eAnthidium\u003c\/em\u003e sp.) for use as a nesting material. 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With thin, grass-like leaf blades, blue eyed grass blends in seamlessly with surrounding vegetation, making it almost invisible until the clusters of blue, purple (and occasionally white or pink) flowers appear almost magically in mid-spring and early summer. The blooms which open early in the morning and close by mid-day, give way later in the summer to small seed capsules that rattle in the wind among dried out grasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is species that is closely associated with wet meadows and wetland edges on both sides of the Cascade Mountains, but it can adapt to open woodlands and even rock gardens where some moisture is available. At less than a foot high on average, this is also a plant that could be incorporated into damp lawns, providing nectar for small bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our experience, this has been an extremely easy plant to grow from seed, with the best success for us coming from sowing it outside in plug trays in the fall, with ample exposure to cold and rain. We recommend this over direct seeding in a meadow, especially when competing vegetation exists. The seedlings can then be transplanted during the wet season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile blue eyed grass may take a few seasons to mature before it blooms, this is a very long-lived plant that will grow into slowly expanding clumps. 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By mid-summer the flowers dry up, leaving beautiful large brown seed capsules that eventually split and spill their multitudes of flat brown seeds onto the surrounding ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is plant best attempted by fall or winter sowing in containers (with a sandy-loam soil), then transplanted several seasons later when the bulbs are large enough to handle. That said, there remains a lot of mystery around the propagation of this plant and germination can be painfully slow, inconsistent, and irregular. We’ve seen seeds from the same parent plant begin to germinate many months apart from one another. It’s likely that some seeds may sit in the soil for more than a year before germinating. Despite its initial challenges, once established, checker lily is an incredibly long-lived plant, with individual specimens possibly living for more than a century. It can also be periodically dug and divided to create more plants from bulb offshoots, this practice also allows for some sustainable harvesting of checker lily as a traditional food plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe laboriously hand harvest and hand clean the seed of this plant, and only have a limited supply available, it’s one of the rarest meadow plants in our inventory. This is good plant for experienced native seed propagators. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApproximately 50 seeds per packet. 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Less available are good resources on how-to grow it, knowledge that once must have existed readily in some far off earlier analog time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat said, in our limited experience so far, this sturdy perennial member of the carrot family is rather carefree, and will grow in wide variety of elevations, soil types, and drainage situations. It seems to like full sun and can even grow among tall meadow vegetation such as blue wild rye or big leaf lupine. We suspect that its scarcity in the wild is simply a matter of limited natural re-seeding opportunities among the neighboring vegetation that yampah keeps company with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYampah is slow growing for us (possibly because of our locally cool climate), but long-lived -- we know of plants that have probably been living for great ages. 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This fascinating visual configuration gave rise to the alternate common name for this plant: ‘green wizard’, as it looks like an otherworldly magician’s scepter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWestern coneflower is a taller plant, sometimes reaching more than 4 to 5 feet in height, and is very long-lived, producing a thick rhizome. It typically occurs in mid to high elevation meadows with damp soils, but it grows as a fine garden plant even at sea level. We recommend starting it in containers with winter stratification since it begins small, from tiny seeds and is slow to get started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatch for numerous metallic green \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgapostemon\u003c\/em\u003e sweat bees on western coneflower, as well as the occasional bumble bee, and much more! 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Watch this one day-after-day to see the fiddleneck progressively unfurl, providing a succession of new flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommon fiddleneck likes open, dry-ish locations where it co-mingles happily with other tough wildflowers such as yarrow, and it can hold its own among weeds that more delicate wildflowers might struggle to compete with. It’s a mid-spring to early summer blooming plant in most locations, and is native to much of Western North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany interesting (and less common) bees are attracted to this plant, as well as many species of nectaring butterflies such as the gorgeous large marble (\u003cem\u003eEuchloe ausonides\u003c\/em\u003e). It’s also a possible host plant for painted lady (\u003cem\u003eVanessa cardui\u003c\/em\u003e) butterflies. Although the foliage is not healthy for livestock, the seeds are relished by songbirds and quail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plant is an important, under-utilized reclamation species. Along with foothill clover, riverbank lupine, yarrow, gumweed, red fescue, and prairie burnet, these hardy, climate-resilient, less acclaimed species support a tremendous amount of biodiversity and persist under conditions where native plants can provide much needed value such as vacant lots, ditches, parking strips, roadsides, utility corridors, hard to access erosion-prone slopes, compacted land, and areas with damaged and abused soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote that this is a hard seed to clean -- many of the seeds are still bound in a hard little pod, which does not impact seed viability. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 300 to 500 seeds (1.5 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39645802299569,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/common-fiddleneck-seeds-amsinckia-menziesii-318720.jpg?v=1770233275"},{"product_id":"spring-gold-seeds-lomatium-utriculatum","title":"Spring Gold Seeds (Lomatium utriculatum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOccurring from British Columbia to Baja, spring gold is one of the first meadow plants to flower every year – typically first showing off its radiant golden beauty from February to June – depending on the location and elevation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handsome little member of the carrot family is a first-rate plant for attracting many types of interesting small native bees, including: the striped miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena angustitarsata\u003c\/em\u003e), the caerulean mining bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena caerulea\u003c\/em\u003e), the green-bellied miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena chlorogaster\u003c\/em\u003e), Hippotes’s biner Bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena hippotes\u003c\/em\u003e), the lupine miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena lupinorum\u003c\/em\u003e), the rose miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena melanochroa\u003c\/em\u003e), the small green miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena microchlora\u003c\/em\u003e), the pale-faced miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena pallidifovea\u003c\/em\u003e), piper’s miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena piperi\u003c\/em\u003e), the willow miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena salicifloris\u003c\/em\u003e), the subtle miner bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena subtilis\u003c\/em\u003e), the prickly ceratina (\u003cem\u003eCeratina acantha\u003c\/em\u003e), Kincaid’s mason bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia kincaidii\u003c\/em\u003e), and numerous other little creatures with no common names: \u003cem\u003eOsmia penstemonis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndrena nevadensis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndrena orthocarpi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndrena forbesii\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndrena frigida\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAndrena gordoni\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpring gold also attracts numerous beneficial listte syrphid flies and scores of nectaring butterflies. It is also a host plant for swallowtail butterfly caterpillars and for the hemi-parasitic plant, yellow rattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpring gold is ridiculously tolerant of many different conditions: very dry sites with gravel soil, moist soils with heavy clay, windswept embankments, and more. It can tolerate seasonally wet sites in the winter, but needs those sites to dry out in spring and summer. It also will not tolerate extensive shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpring gold benefits from cold\/moist stratification in out experience so we recommend planting it in the fall. It can be included in spring plantings, and the seed tends to have good viability in the soil, but it will not usually make its first appearance as a seedling until the winter rains return. We successfully grow this plant from seed in deep containers, then plant the young seedlings into meadows the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpring gold has soft, lacy leaves and it usually stays less than a foot in height. It will produce an edible taproot, and it’s a great companion with common camas, Roemer’s fescue, showy fleabane, and other shorter-stature perennials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 300 to 400 seeds (1 gram).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39645826646193,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/spring-gold-seeds-lomatium-utriculatum-573191.jpg?v=1770321052"},{"product_id":"arrowleaf-balsamroot-seeds-balsamorhiza-sagittata","title":"Arrowleaf Balsamroot Seeds (Balsamorhiza sagittata)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBalsamroot (\u003cem\u003eBalsamorhiza\u003c\/em\u003e sp.) and mule’s ears (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWyethia\u003c\/em\u003e sp.) are the western state equivalents to the glorious \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilphiums\u003c\/em\u003e of Midwestern tallgrass prairies (such as cupplant, compass plant, and prairie dock). This subtribe of the sunflower family produces interestingly tough, wide leaves, thick resinous stalks, large, showy flowers, and notoriously deep tap roots that can extend to mysterious depths. We have a friend who once tried to dig up and transplant a balsamroot, excavating the taproot for more than a dozen feet along a hillside until the end disappeared inside a crack in the bedrock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf the balsamroots, arrowleaf is the most widespread and adaptable, occurring across the Inland Northwest, and broader West from Canada to Arizona (as far east as South Dakota). It’s a tolerant, carefree, and adaptable plant that shows up in dry prairies, rocky hillsides, and openings in pine forests. In any of those locations individual plants could potentially persist for a century – perhaps multiple centuries – where they greet every spring with the same cheerful bright yellow disks. About the only thing they won’t tolerate is constant, persistent grazing by cattle and horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll parts of balsamroot are edible, but many parts are resinous tasting. Still, one can produce an interesting tincture or extract from the flowers of balsamroot (and mule’s ears and gumweed) that is used as a folk remedy in much that same way as \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEchinacea\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBalsamroot is an excellent spring bumble bee and butterfly plant. 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Grouped plantings in particular typically produce a large response in bumble bee foraging activity, especially among long-tongued bumble bees, which often are the larger and less abundant species in many locations. It’s kind of an amazing show when the conditions are just right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt over 3-feet in height, this fine plant produces big, showy, creamy-green flowers along a dense spike head. Eventually these flower heads will yield seed pods, with the entire plant (foliage and seeds alike) attracting deer and various birds. Although some other members of this genus are toxic to livestock, Canada milkvetch is palatable and can be grazed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis species is also a caterpillar host plant for many (!) species of butterflies, including the Queen Alexandra’s sulphur (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColias alexandra\u003c\/em\u003e), Afranius duskywing (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErynnis afranius\u003c\/em\u003e), western tailed-blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCupido amyntula\u003c\/em\u003e), marine blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeptotes marina\u003c\/em\u003e), Acmon blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlebejus acmon\u003c\/em\u003e), Shasta blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlebejus shasta\u003c\/em\u003e), Reakirt’s blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEchinargus isola\u003c\/em\u003e), Melissa blue (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlebejus melissa\u003c\/em\u003e), and various others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile Canada milkvetch is adapted to the dry inland West, it does prefer a little bit soil moisture. 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We’ve long marveled at descriptions of this dazzling, gangly plant in old beekeeping books from the past century when it was praised for yielding more than a hundred pounds of honey per hive in under two weeks, building up 2 to 3 supers (surplus honey boxes) per hive over a 3-week period, and supplying nectar with sugar concentrations approaching an impressive 30%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore than that however, this is simply a fascinating, useful, and joyful plant to have around. Valued by native people for centuries, beeplant or bee plant was noted by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, perhaps standing out for its outlandishly showy pink\/white\/purple flowers with their elongated stamens, which are nearly always covered in various pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBee plant is an annual species that can reach a hearty 4 or 5 feet in height (often with multiple stems), and will tolerate dry, sandy soils, even some drought without much complaint, as well as a bit of shade from nearby scrub or pines at higher elevations. It also grows in harsh soils with concentrations of salts, metals, and minerals where other plants may be less than thrilled to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBee plant is storied for its many traditional uses including as a cooked vegetable, an edible seed that can be ground into meal or eaten directly. 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This allows the tubers to be carried by currents, finding new places to re-root themselves, or to become food for ducks, turtles, and muskrats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWapato seeds germinate while fully submerged, and are best sown in the fall into 2 to 15 inches of water with soft substrates (this species benefits from cold stratification for best germination). Mature plants produce white and yellow flowers on 2 to 3-foot tall stalks that are attractive to bumble bees, while the leaves stay around 12 to 18 inches in height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWapato is under-utilized in wet bioswales and engineered stormwater retention ponds. It makes a fascinating potted plant (with tropical-like foliage) for creating a miniature wetland to enjoy on your porch. It adds pollinator and wildlife value to backyard ponds. For the right person, this could even be an incredibly prolific wetland garden food crop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.5 grams (Approximately 200 - 300 seeds).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285097459889,"sku":"","price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/wapato-seeds-sagittaria-latifolia-746449.jpg?v=1770321249"},{"product_id":"oregon-figwort-bee-plant-seeds-scrophularia-oregana","title":"Lanceleaf\/Narrow-Leaf Figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the lesser common things in our inventory, an oddly plain, and yet uncanny plant -- something of a mystery --but one dripping with large volumes of nectar from the most unassuming of flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLargely a plant of cool coastal forest edges from Northern California to British Columbia, narrowleaf (or lance-leaf) figwort has various relatives across North America, including the very similar but less widespread Oregon Figwort (\u003cem\u003eScrophularia californica var. oregana\u003c\/em\u003e) sometimes referred to as \"California bee plant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magic of figwort is its small, almost hard to notice red-green flowers that arise in a loose cluster atop the straight stems lined with nettle-like leaves. Within these small, cup-shaped flowers, nectar pools in tremendous quantities -- forming droplets that can soak you wet if you walk through a thicket of these plants at just the right time. You'd never know it could be such an incredible food source for wild things unless you sit for a moment and watch the hummingbird, which knows the plant well, or the bumble bee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe're still learning what it takes to grow this plant ourselves, but we suggest trying Fall planting in containers to cold stratify the seed. We have about 25% to 50% germination success with this approach. We also suggest planting young transplants in cool, partially-shaded locations with rich, fertile soil and ample moisture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.1 grams (Approximately 500 - 1000 seeds)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285129867441,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/lanceleaf-figwort-scrophularia-lanceolata-692794.jpg?v=1770234215"},{"product_id":"grass-widows-seeds-olsynium-douglasii","title":"Grass Widows Seeds (Olsynium douglasii)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePossibly the earliest blooming meadow wildflower in the west, grass widows shows up in early spring, when the weather is still blustery and cold. It appears like some work of magic from normally short, thin, unnoticeable, grass-like foliage to produce vibrant clusters of purple, red, or pink flowers that only each only last for a couple of days. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost immediately after you see them, the flowers are gone. Unless you took a picture, you might wonder if they really were ever there. It's remarkable to imagine the earliest-emerging \u003cem\u003eAndrena\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eColletes\u003c\/em\u003e mining bees arriving to visit these brief flowering apparitions, although they're likely also visited by cold and hungry flies of various species . \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormerly classified as a species of blue-eyed grass (\u003cem\u003eSisyrinchium\u003c\/em\u003e spp.), this is the only member of its newly-assigned genus that is native to North America, with all of its 11-relative species all found only in South America -- including on desolate and lonely ocean islands in the Southern Hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grass widows are short plants, never more than 8 to 12 inches high, and they occur from coastal British Columbia to California, and inland to Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. You can sometimes find it growing in rocky locations that are wet early in the year, but which dry out in summer. We know of them to appear west of the Cascades on coastal bluffs and in oak savannas. Inland they can appear on steep, rocky hills in the Columbia gorge or among ponderosa pines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the showy flowers, these are slow growing plants. Eventually they produce fibrous roots and rhizomes from clumping stems that can be divided to make more plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrass widows seeds need to be started outside in the Fall. We plant these seeds in deep trays or containers, with the seed just barely covered. They will need extended exposure to cold weather and moisture before germination will occur (which usually happens the following spring). We recommend keeping young grass widows plants in containers for two growing seasons before transplanting, and giving them shade and minimal water in the summer (just enough water to keep from totally drying out).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an excellent plant for rock gardens, and possibly even green roofs with adequate soil depths of at least 6 inches. Despite being a member of the Iris family (which herbivores typically avoid) this plant is sometimes susceptible to deer browsing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.3 grams (Approximately 50 seeds).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285135143089,"sku":"","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/grass-widows-seeds-olsynium-douglasii-176936.jpg?v=1770234029"},{"product_id":"spike-bentgrass-seeds-agrostis-exarata","title":"Spike Bentgrass Seeds (Agrostis exarata)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis is a resilient and under-appreciated grass for damp spaces and wet meadows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSpike bentgrass can hold ground against invasive reed canary grass, and still leave spaces for damp ground wildflowers such as camas to grow. In fact, its tufted growth habit and short stature (usually not more than 2-feet), leaves a lot of spaces for interesting wildflower companion plantings, as well as sedges, and other grasses. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eCombine it with tufted hair grass to create a structure of tufts and clumping hummocks, contrasted by the lower, tunnel-like spaces in between. This kind of varied ground structure supports all of the most fascinating kinds of meadow organisms that we are always crouched down looking for on our own farm – predatory ground beetles, Townsend’s vole, blue garter snakes, the caterpillars of various skipper butterflies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSpike bentgrass is a caterpillar host plant for the sublime and smoky-metallic-colored roadside skipper butterfly (\u003cem\u003eAmblyscirtes vialis\u003c\/em\u003e). Combine spike bentgrass with self-heal --  a preferred nectar source for the skipper -- and you’ve got the foundation of an entire interesting ecosystem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eOnce established, this grass won’t be easily displaced by invasives - it's a carbon-dioxide capture machine, sucking CO2 from the air and channeling it into a massive fibrous root system. Its small seed size also allows for a low seeding rate to go a long way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis is definitely a plant for full sun, and soils that are either seasonally flooded (even if they dry out in summer) or consistently damp. It's a winner in rain gardens, low areas with clay soil, ditches, bioswales, even former lawns areas that aren’t excessively drained. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 grams (Approximately 260,000 seeds)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285142614193,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/spike-bentgrass-seeds-agrostis-exarata-4646987.jpg?v=1776083587"},{"product_id":"seep-spring-monkeyflower-seeds","title":"Yellow Monkeyflower Seeds (Erythranthe guttata)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso known as seep-spring monkey flower (and formerly classified as \u003cem\u003eMimulus guttatus\u003c\/em\u003e), there is extensive research on this plant, in part because of its wide variations in form and lifecycle -- which includes both annual and perennial plants, and plants of varying sizes and foliage. These variable characteristics continue to prompt discussion about whether this plant is actually multiple separate species, or subspecies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYellow monkeyflower occurs across western North America from northern Canada to Mexico, and can be found in both coastal and inland locations. It is consistently most associated with wet locations such as pond edges, or even growing directly in water as a fully aquatic plant with floating foliage. It has lobed, deep-yellow flowers with red inner spots that readily attract bumble bees, which force their way into the inner reaches of the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividual plants may be as small as just a few inches in height, or sprawling masses of more than 2 feet arising from creeping networks of rhizomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an interesting addition to rain gardens and bioswales, even in urban areas with polluted storm water runoff. In conditions that it really likes, it can be extremely prolific, but even under less than optimal conditions it can co-exist reasonably well with other wetland emergent vegetation, such as sedges. We've even found this plant growing out of a pavement crack in the middle of Seattle!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.1 grams (Approximately 5000 seeds)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285190160561,"sku":"","price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/yellow-monkeyflower-seeds-erythranthe-guttata-905666.jpg?v=1770321591"},{"product_id":"slough-sedge-seeds-carex-obnupta","title":"Slough Sedge Seeds (Carex obnupta)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlough sedge is a cornerstone species in many damp meadows and wetlands along the West Coast. It extends from California to southern Alaska, and inland to the western slope of the Cascades. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This plant is a visual standout for its black-bronze seed-heads, which are food for waterfowl. Our humble native Townsend’s vole feed on the rhizomes, and we sometimes see our remarkable local blue-morph garter snakes taking cover below the dense foliage. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e You can frequently see slough sedge in coastal wetlands and estuaries, and in the backwater floodplains of rivers, but it also gets used with good results in urban bioswales. It’s slightly salt tolerant, and generally evergreen. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sedges tend to get overlooked as restoration plants, which is unfortunate. Slough sedge is not only deer resistant, but also copes with less than pristine urban rainwater runoff. It’s a butterfly host plant, feeding the caterpillars of the Umber skipper (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoanes melane\u003c\/em\u003e), the Dun skipper (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEuphyes vestris\u003c\/em\u003e), and the common ringlet (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCoenonympha tullia\u003c\/em\u003e). It’s even suitable for basketry! \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e A few key things to know about this fine plant: First, it has sharp leaf edges, so it’s best handled with mindful intent. 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It can even tolerate slightly brackish water. These attributes make it excellent erosion control species that can buffer shoreline areas of lakes, ponds, estuaries, slow moving rivers, wet ditches, and rain gardens. It's even a beautiful container plant for miniature potted wetland gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreeping spikerush is readily used by waterfowl for food and as a nesting substrate, and it naturally occurs across most of the northern hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.0 grams (Approximately 1000 seeds)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285214900401,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/creeping-spikerush-seeds-eleocharis-palustris-733938.jpg?v=1770233408"},{"product_id":"toad-rush-seeds-juncus-bufonius","title":"Toad Rush Seeds (Juncus bufonius)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumble toad rush is one of our favorite plants. At only 2 to 6-inches tall, this annual grass-like plant scarcely gets any attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet for us it's extremely important in our own meadow restoration projects where it grows up immediately in the first year to form a thick mat of soil stabilizing vegetation that at first glance appears to smother every other seedling beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook closer however and you'll notice that toad rush actually functions like a protective nurse crop for other, slower growing plants. And because it's an annual, it lives briefly, then tends to disappear from the plant community after the first season. Interestingly it produces a huge amount of seed that mostly remains dormant in the soil until presented with some catastrophic ground disturbance that allows it to sprout and begin the meadow lifecycle all over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext time you go for a walkabout, pay some attention to the \"grass\" growing in pavement cracks on a street -- you'll notice that a lot of it is actually toad rush! Did the seeds somehow spill into that crack from a mysterious \"elsewhere?\" Or was that toad rush seed actually long buried under the pavement only to germinate when a crack appeared?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile technically a \"wetland\" plant, toad rush is as tough as anything and will grow in most conditions with a bit of sun and the occasional trickle of water. 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