Plants

  • Leucothoe davisiae – Western leucothoe

    Description: evergreen shrub (1-3 ft.) with neat form and gorgeous flower clusters in summer. Plant with rhododendrons for a lush,…

  • Athyrium filix-femina – Lady Fern

    Description: 2-5 foot deciduous fern common in damp, shady woods. Lady fern is large and elegant, but it can spread…

  • Holodiscus discolor – Oceanspray

    Description: Oceanspray is a loosely branched, deciduous shrub (to 15 ft.) belonging to the rose family. It is closely related…

  • Adiantum pedatum – Maidenhair fern

    Description: 1-2 foot deciduous fern with elegant fronds with green blades & wiry black stalks (stipes). Found in moist places…

  • Gaultheria shallon – Salal

    Description: This low evergreen shrub (to 4 feet) is an abundant groundcover in western Oregon forests. It can be found…

  • Xerophyllum tenax – Beargrass

    Description: A unique member of the lily family, beargrass sports large clumps of evergreen, basal grasslike leaves and a magnificent…

  • Whipplea modesta – Modesty

    Description: a charming, semi-woody groundcover (6-12″) with puffs of white flowers in late spring/early summer. The leaves are pale green…

  • Garrya eliptica – silk-tassel bush

    Description: From the coastal bluffs and hills of southwestern Oregon comes a superb dense evergreen shrub, much loved by gardeners.…

  • Viola sempervirens – Evergreen Violet

    Description: a trailing violet (4″) with small, rounded leaves and yellow flowers. Part sun/shade, moderate-regular water.

  • Cornus stolonifera (syn. C. sericea) – Red-osier dogwood, red-twig dogwood

    Description: vigorous, deciduous shrub (to 15 ft). Red-twig dogwood is showy in all seasons. In spring, it has flat-topped clusters…