What’s That Plant?
In the world of eye-popping color that is this area’s plant palette, this month’s featured native is an easy one to overlook. Perhaps the late bloom time of pearly everlasting […]
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What’s That Plant?
Aptly named for its tendency to pop up in burned areas, this month’s featured species is an eye-catcher: fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolia) sports columns of magenta-pink flowers at the top of
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What’s That Plant?
This month’s featured species has been saddled with a slightly melancholy moniker, owing to the timing of its bloom: farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) opens its pink, cup-shaped blossoms just as summer
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What’s That Plant?
Between its showy, white blossoms and intoxicating scent, our featured native has certainly earned the name mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii). A tall shrub in the same family with hydrangeas, mock
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What’s That Plant?
This month’s featured native is the aptly-named Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), a low-growing ground cover that brightens the sometimes rainy days of a Pacific northwest spring. A perennial herb in
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