Shrubs
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Showy Milkweed
Showy milkweed is an essential plant for various life stages of the monarch butterfly. It stands 1-3 feet tall and will spread through rhizomes. Milkweed produces showy pink flowers and will grow in full sun. It can grow in habitats ranging from dry to moist in road-sides, old fields, and meadows. These plants will come to you as rhizomes and should be planted horizontally 4-6\” deep in the soil.
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Showy milkweed is an essential plant for various life stages of the monarch butterfly. It stands 1-3 feet tall and will spread through rhizomes. Milkweed produces showy pink flowers and will grow in full sun. It can grow in habitats ranging from dry to moist in road-sides, old fields, and meadows. These plants will come to you as rhizomes and should be planted horizontally 4-6\” deep in the soil.
Read moreOregon Viburnum
Viburnam ellipticum is native to southwest Washington to central California and found primarily on the west side of the cascades. It grows 3-9ft tall in a multistemmed bush. This plant provides white cluster flowers in May and June and beautiful fall colors.
Read moreThimbleberry
Thimbleberry is a staple of summer berries in July-September. It has wide fuzzy leaves and no thorns. It will grow 2-4 feet tall and is found in moist to dry open woods or along edges. It is rhizominous so will spread to form a stand.
Read moreSmooth Sumac
Also known as western sumac, this drought tolerant hearty shrub grow 10 to 20 ft tall and can handle a wide range of conditions. This is another plant that shows great color for the fall.
Read moreRedstem Ceanothus
Redstem Ceanothus is a 3-10ft shrub that has white or showy clusters of flowers. This plant is located on both sides of the Cascades and is often found in dry open sites. Ceanothus fix nitrogen in the soils.
Read moreSalmonberry
This iconic PNW berry is found from SE alaska to northern California. It grows in wet woodlands and along stream banks and can handle sun to shade. It forms dense thickets that can grow 3-6 feet tall.
Read moreTwinberry
Twinberry is part of the honeysuckle family. It grows 3-8ft tall and prefers moist soils and sun. Twinberry can often be found in wetlands, alongside streams and in open forests. This plant blooms with small yellow tubular flowers and is known for its showy pink bract surrounding shiney black fruit.
Read moreWoods Rose
This species will grow 2-9 feet tall and can handle both wet and dry soils and prefers full sun. It has showy pink flowers in the spring and bright red rose hips in the fall giving nice color for winter. This plant can be aggressive making it a great species for restoration sites, hedge rows, fence lines, or places that are hard for other plants to establish.
Read moreSnowberry
This unsung hero of the plant world is versatile, elegant, and tough as nails—if you cant get something grow in a specific location, plant snowberry. This deciduous shrub is 2-6 feet tall and very adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions. It produces small pink and white flowers in the spring and clusters of showy white berries that persist through the winter. *Careful: the berries are poisonous if eaten by humans but are great for wildlife.
Read moreDouglas Spirea
Douglas spirea is rhizomatous and multi-branched shrub that grows 5-8 feet tall. It prefers moist to wet soils and full sun. It produces bright clusters of tiny pink flowers. This plant is excellent for wetlands and riparian areas but can tolerate drier soils in a landscape setting.
Read moreMock Orange
You want this plant. Mock orange is a loosely branched deciduous shrub, which grows 5- to 10-feet tall. It has showy, fragrant, white flowers that appear in May. It will grow in moist-dry, well-drained soils and prefers full sun to partial shade. In the bare root form it will come as a faily delicate plant but grows quick, it may just take a bit of extra care to get it established.
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