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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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Its fast growth and short lifespan (usually about 2 years) also makes it very competitive against weeds, and a useful plant for   helping to pave the way for slower-growing native perennials. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor us, it works great in combination with Puget gumweed and Roemer's fescue as a simple, pollinator-friendly combination for spots with terrible soil and harsh exposure: parking strips, freeway medians, gravel pits, and areas with thin topsoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 grams (Approximately 125 seeds).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36230504268,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/riverbank-lupine-seeds-lupinus-rivularis-580984.jpg?v=1770320559"},{"product_id":"great-camas-seeds-camassia-leichtinii","title":"Great Camas Seeds (Camassia leichtlinii)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA dazzling, tall, and brilliant blue spring wildflower!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaller in stature than its close relative the common camas, great camas rises to heights of more than two-feet in optimal locations, making it visible even among expansive grassy habitats. These larger proportions also include slightly larger flowerheads and edible bulbs that can grow to the size of small potatoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat camas thrives in rich organic soils that are boggy and wet during the winter but dry out fully in the summer. It has a bit of tolerance for partial shade allowing it to grow in both open meadows and sun-dappled savanna conditions beneath oaks or fruit trees. The beauty of this plant has made it a favorite imported specimen in European gardens, including in naturalized English meadow gardens. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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For companion planting, we’ve seen it grow well with big leaf lupine, where both species create a tall, colorful planting that deer will not touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCow parsnip tends to be confused with poison hemlock and the invasive (non-native) giant hogweed, but this is a true native, with a long history of human uses. That said, like many members of the carrot family, the leaves and outer stem can cause skin rashes and blisters as the sap reacts with sunlight. For that reason, it is best maintained in areas you don’t plant to walk through, and you should wear gloves if you handle the foliage. Under natural conditions, cow parsnip is dependent on having enough bare ground to re-seed itself, but unlike it’s invasive relatives, it is not an aggressively spreading plant. 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It’s known to be a historical native food plant, but detailed records of how it was used are limited. It does however have an amazingly strong celery-like smell, and produces large sunflower-like seeds. Its bright yellow flowering globes spring forth atop leafless stalks, with the waxy green foliage remaining close to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an excellent plant for attracting small native bees, interesting syrphid flies, and butterflies. Barestem biscuitroot is very good for dry soils, surviving from a deep taproot, although it is fairly adaptable to different soil conditions. 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Blue-eyed Mary is at home in the same conditions where you might find common camas, seablush, western buttercup, or even wetter-adapted plants such as meadowfoam and fragrant popcorn flower. It combines well with all of those species, and can even survive in drier and rocky soils if enough rainfall is available. Blue-eyed Mary is also tolerant of partial shade, making it a good understory plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrow leaves of this plant tend to blend into spring grasses, finally becoming visible when it produces its striking blue and white (almost pea-like) flowers from April to June. Under optimal conditions this plant can reach around a foot in height, although it’s not uncommon to see it remain a bit smaller. With minimal competition, this is an annual that can re-seed itself, creating colorful swaths, especially around seasonally flooded locations, year after year. 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Once established, the potential lifespan of these plants can be extraordinary, with individual plants living for many decades, perhaps even longer. If you tend a group of these, they may potentially outlive you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMule’s ears is named for the thick, leathery, fuzz-covered leaves that arise from the base of the plant, sometimes reaching nearly 20 inches in length. This once widespread inhabitant of moist meadows and hillsides historically ranged from Washington to California. In late spring, mule’s ears produces multiple large, cheery, sunflower-like flowerheads. 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That said, we recommend starting it in containers until it is big enough to transplant, allowing it to avoid competition from larger plants during its seedling stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-lived, 2-foot tall perennial graces the world with highly ornamental clusters of bright-pink flowers on strong, upright stems — looking like a miniature version of the common garden hollyhock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose checkermallow is a supreme butterfly host plant. It’s a caterpillar factory for western ladies (\u003cem\u003eVanessa annabella\u003c\/em\u003e), common checkered skippers (\u003cem\u003ePyrgus communis\u003c\/em\u003e), two-banded checkered skippers (\u003cem\u003ePyrgus ruralis\u003c\/em\u003e), grey hairstreaks (\u003cem\u003eStrymon melinus\u003c\/em\u003e), and white checkered skippers (\u003cem\u003ePyrgus albescens\u003c\/em\u003e). 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Arising from a single hairy, sticky, and resinous stalk that smells like pineapple, showy tarweed explodes into a multi-headed hydra of gloriously bright yellow flowers nearly 4 inches across that are often marked with deep magenta centers. The magnificent flowers that burst forth before sunrise, curl up from each petal tip by midday, eluding late risers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the bees know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMale melissodes (long-horned bees) in particular, know tarweed flowerheads are a great place to spend the night, clustered together in nectar-soaked revere, awaiting the sunlight of dawn and the female bees that wake early to pollinate this plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShowy tarweed reaches heights atypical of our native wildflowers, often standing more than 5-feet high, towering above the dried-out kin of earlier seasons. This late season bloomer also has the fantastically amazing ability to set deep tap roots that allow it to prosper in the latest, hottest days of summer, even in heavy clay soils, months after the last rainfall. Occurring from southern Washington throughout California, showy tarweed wraps up its short, dazzling lifecycle with small, sunflower-like seeds that attract goldfinches and other songbirds. 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While there are also non-native subspecies of this plant (such as European types) our native version is a slightly bunch forming grass (as opposed to creeping) which makes it a good companion for wildflowers since it tends to leave openings in a sward for some of those wildflowers to establish and persist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerally, red fescue is widely adapted to many different soils, however it definitely prefers cooler (rather than hotter) locations, rich soils, and sites that are neither completely wet, nor completely parched and dry. It can even tolerate partial shade. All of that said, it can show up in surprising places that are as diverse as salt marshes and tundra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs grasses go, it is also somewhat shorter in stature, typically not growing more than around 18 inches in maximum height, and it has a good tolerance for mowing, animal browsing, and occasional foot traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause red fescue is a bit more prolific than some species of native grasses, it has a good reputation for excluding weed invasions, with some research demonstrating that red fescue root exudates help slow the encroachment of shrubby weeds. (We think this makes it a good candidate to try for reducing Scotch broom invasions). Red fescue also has a good reputation for tolerating contaminated or polluted soil locations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe often use red fescue in combination with other native grasses as a foundation (or matrix) plant in low maintenance meadows, pollinator lawns that need to be mowed periodically, for slopes that need erosion control, and in partially shaded locations where other grasses would struggle. It can also be grown out as nice densely-tufted plugs, then planted on a grid to create an attractive, architectural grass-scape. 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Meadow barley maintains a graceful upright stature without a huge amount of biomass or producing a thick leafy base. The result is a plant that is good at co-mingling with other species, whether smaller wildflowers such as Douglas meadowfoam, or larger more spreading species such as Puget gumweed (both of which combine very well with meadow barley).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong grasses, this is a fast-growing species, with an ability to adapt to a wide range of different circumstances, from salty sea level marshes to high alpine meadows. It needs full sun, but can otherwise tolerate many different soil and drainage conditions. Found from Alaska to California, meadow barley develops handsome brassy-colored seed heads on 2-foot tall stalks. 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