Wildflowers
& Forbs
Native
*or marked with asterisk
Full Sun = 6 or more hours a day
Part Sun = 5 - 6 hours a day
Part shade = less than 5 hours a day*
*Guidelines based on local observations of native plant communities
Annuals
Meadowfoam
Globe Gilia
Lacy Fiddleneck
Clarkia amoena
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Perennials
Early Blue Violet
Douglas Iris
Rose Checkermallow
Blue-Eyed Grass
Rudebeckia
Redwood Sorrel
Oregon Sunshine
Douglas Iris
Yarrow
Purple Coneflower*
Lupine bicolor (Sold out)
Seashore Lupine (L. littoralis)
Blue Salvia**
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* Native to Mid and Eastern US
** Native to Europe/Asia
Late Season Perennials
Douglas Aster
Pearly Everlasting
Goldenrod
Flowers available in these sizes
2.5 x 5 inch bandpots $2
Perennial slideshow
Large bandpots $5
1 gallon $12
Tall (3 inch) six-packs $5
Early Bloomers
Early Blue Violet
Viola adunca
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-10 in
Light: Part shade-shade
Bloom Color: Blue-purple/White
Water needs: low in shaded areas
Uses: Host plant for Oregon Silverspot butterfly (endangered), also feeds Bees and wildlife
Meadowfoam
Limnanthes douglasii
Type: Annual
Height: 6-10 in
Light required: Sun- part shade
Bloom Color: White with yellow centers
Water needs: low, likes marshy conditions
Uses: Bees, hover flies
Blue_Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium albidum
Type: Perennial, grass-like
Height: 12-18 in
Light required: Full sun - part shade
Bloom Color: Blue, yellow center
Water needs: Low
Uses: Bees, hover flies, pollinators,
naturalizes
Middle Season Bloomers
Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata
Type: Annual
Height: 1.5 - 2 ft
Light required: Sun - part sun
Bloom Color: Blue
Water needs: low
Uses: Bees, butterflies
Minature Lupine
Lupinus bicolor
Type: Perennial, mat-like growth
Height: 12-18 in
Light required: Sun
Bloom Color: bluish- purple/white
Water needs: moist, well-drained soil
Uses: salt tolerant, bees and pollinators
Checkermallow
Sidalcea campestris
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light required: Sun - part shade
Bloom Color: Pink or white
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Bees, pollinators
Black-eyed Susan
Rudebeckia spp
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light required: Sun
Bloom Color: Yellow, dark center
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Bees, butterflies, pollinators
Red Columbine Aquilegia formosa
Type: Perennial
Height: 1.5 - 3 ft
Light required: Sun - part shade
Bloom Color: red and yellow
Water needs: low
Uses: Hummingbirds, pollinators
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light required: Sun
Bloom Color: Lavender, white
Water needs: low
Uses: Monarchs and other butterflies, pollinators
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Type: Perennial
Height: 1-3 ft
Light required: Sun - part sun
Bloom Color: white, pink
Water needs: low, need good drainage
Uses: Native bees, pollinators, deer resistant
Purple Coneflower*
Echinacea purpeae
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light required: Sun- part sun
Bloom Color: Purple
Water needs: low, needs good drainage
Uses:Butterflies, bees, pollinators
Lacy Fiddleneck*
Phacelia spp
Type: Hardy annual
Height: 18-30 in
Light required: Sun - part sun
Bloom Color: blue
Needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Very attractive to Bumblebees, attracts beneficails, butterflies, self-seeds
*native to SW United States
Oregon Sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum
Type: Perennial
Height: 1-2 ft
Light required: Sun - part shade
Bloom Color: Yellow, gray foliage
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Butterflies, bees, pollinators
Seashore Lupine
Lupinus littoralis
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-12 inches
Light required: Sun - part shade
Bloom Color: blues, lavenders
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Bumblebees, erosion control
Blue Sage
Blue Salvia*
Type: Perennial
Height: 1-1.5 ft
Light required: Sun
Bloom Color: Blue
Water needs: medium
Uses: Bees, pollinators, deer resistant
*non-native
Late Bloomers
Douglas Aster
Aster subspicatus
Type: Annual,
also spreads by rhizomes
Height: 3 ft
Light required: Sun- part shade
Bloom Color: Lavender, yellow center
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Pollinators
Will spread by rhizomes
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Type: Perennial
Height: 2- 3 ft
Light required: Sun- part sun
Bloom Color: white
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Butterflies, host plant Painted Lady butterfly, pollinators, dried ornamnentals
Goldenrod
Solidago
Type: Perennial
Height: 1-2 ft
Light required: Sun
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Butterflies, bees
