Pacific Northwest

An excellent butterfly nectar plant. In Washington and British Columbia this handsome native mint occurs mostly east of the Cascades. Further south...

Sometimes called dyer’s coreopsis, or dyer’s tickseed for its longstanding use as a wild dye plant, creating a range of deep-reddish-brown to yello...

Sea thrift is a circumpolar species found along coastlines from the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and Northern Europe. It is best adapted to harsh coa...

Our favorite bumble bee plant! Also know as shade phacelia for it’s tolerance of partially-shaded conditions, this unique plant naturally occurs th...

A shade-tolerant wildflower that is great for bumble bees. Small, highly-fragrant, cup-shaped green and red flowers arise on tall upright stems of ...

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

Possibly THE BEST native turf grass in North America – one that can be left in long and swaying, or closely mowed like a manicured lawn. Native fro...

Add brightness to cloudy spring days! Western buttercup virtually glows in otherwise drizzly grey spring landscapes, adding constellations of brigh...

A hardy, tough, showy plant for poorly drained sites. Although this is the most common native iris in western North America, it’s mostly a species ...

 A hardy, long-lived butterfly host plant! This is a defining meadow plant that is surprisingly overlooked, or ignored in most habitat restoration ...

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...

Also known as duck potato or arrowroot, Wapato is an acclaimed wild food plant, producing versatile edible tubers that can be prepared like potatoe...

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

This is sometimes one of the earlier emerging Western milkweeds, and certainly one of the especially visually striking species – with magenta/wine-...

A fascinating native member of the carrot family. Blooming at roughly the same time as camas, this unusual-looking plant creates a dazzling color c...

An excellent utilitarian grass for erosion control, wildlife, and agroforestry. With seedheads that can reach 4 to 5 feet in height, blue wild rye ...

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

A Pacific coast form of creeping red fescue for lush, soft, exuberant wild lawns – and for filling gaps between other plant species. Contrasting sl...

Native to most of North America, red fescue is a cool-season perennial, meaning it tends to go dormant in the heat of summer. While there are also ...

Members of this genus are some of the most well-known North American wild food plants. And common yampah is one of the most widespread, adaptable, ...

Also known as seep-spring monkey flower (and formerly classified as Mimulus guttatus), there is extensive research on this plant, in part because o...

Miner’s lettuce is a succulent springtime annual reaching up to about 1-foot in height with interesting paired leaves that conjoin around the stem ...

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...