Plants

  • Rhus glabra – Smooth Sumac

    Description: deciduous shrub (to 15 ft.). The leaves turn a brilliant red in fall. Smooth sumac can spread aggressively and…

  • Carex stipata – Sawbeak Sedge

    Description: grass-like perennial (10-45″) with yellowish green leaves and dense spikes of brown flowers (summer). Plant with Potentilla, Juncus spp.,…

  • Rhododendron macrophyllum – Pacific Rhododendron

    Description: evergreen shrub (to 12 ft.). The funnel-shaped flowers are rose-purple. The leaves are dark green and large. Filtered shade,…

  • Carex rossii – Ross’ Sedge

    Description: low-growing, grass-like perennial (5-15″) with narrow leaves and short, tan flower spikes. Good rock garden plant. Sun, low-moderate water,…

  • Physocarpus capitatus – Pacific Ninebark

    Description: erect, deciduous shrub (to 12 ft.). The mahogany-colored bark is thin & shreddy, hence the name ninebark referring to…

  • Carex obnupta – Slough Sedge

    Description: handsome, evergreen grass-like perennial (2 to 6 ft.) for wet meadows, sloughs, shorelines, and wooded wetlands. It grows in…

  • Philadelphus lewisii – Mock Orange

    Description: A deciduous shrub (to 12 ft.). Fragrant white flowers smell of orange blossoms, bloom May to July. Native range…

  • Polystichum munitum – Sword Fern

    Description: 3-5 foot clumping, evergreen fern. Individual pinnae resemble small swords. Sword fern is extremely versatile and grows well in…

  • Paxistima myrsinites – Oregon boxwood

    Description: slow-growing evergreen shrub (to 3 ft. round). Small maroon flowers emerge at the nodes in summer. Part sun/sun, little…

  • Polypodium glycyrrhiza – Licorice Fern

    Description: 10-12 inch deciduous fern that often grows on the mossy bark of big-leaf maples as well as rotting logs…