Like the other gardens around our yard, the native plant garden shows growth and color throughout May. Below is a photo dump of some of the great beauty of the native plants.
Camas surrounding an iris tenax flowerLow Oregon grape, fringecup, dicentra, and salal.Checkermallow bloomsAnother checkermallowI love these shell-pink checkermallow blooms!Western Columbine with lupine behindWestern bleeding heart blooming and setting seedsLots of blossoms on the red osier dogwood this year–and the foliage and stems are showy, tooClose-up of red osier blossomsFringecup with maidenhair fern behindFringecup flowersTwo types of native lupine, with some camas mixed inNative geum, the large-leaved avensMore geum–I like it and it is spreading via self-seedingGeum flower close-upLupine grown from seed in its second yearLupine flower close-up; these flowers are attractive to the orange butt bumblebees that are nesting in one of our bird boxesLupine flowers are spectacular and the foliage is very More lupine and columbine Lupinus bicolor Lupinus bicolor has more delicate foliage and tiered flower spikesInteresting flower structure and colorMaidenhair fern is making a late appearance, but worth waiting forGarry oak sapling is looking strongPiggyback plant flowers with thimbleberry leavesSalmonberry flowers turning into berriesI am so excited to have berries coming for the first timeThimbleberry flowerTrillium flowers turn purple as they matureMature trillium flowersOak seedling from my friend Dean’s collected acorns! Thanks, Dean!Another future might oak!
Dean also has planted some wonderful native plants in his and Brian’s Happy Valley, Oregon garden. Here are a few:
Dean’s more mature Columbine really put on a show this yearMy own Viola adunca seedlings are tiny, but Dean and Brian have mature plants with beautiful flowers.
This week, I shared more than a dozen plants with neighbors and friends. I gave Stuart and Whitney down the street a tray of seedlings and cuttings, including lupines, red-flowered currants, Puget gumweed, Oregon sunshine, and checkermallow. I also shared a large Douglas fir sapling in a pot and some seedlings/cuttings with our friends Staci and Eric who are rewilding a stream-side property in Kenmore. When more young plants are ready, I will set some out for more neighbors to take and possibly list some on Nextdoor to see if I can tempt anyone.
