Pacific northwest native plants6/19/2023 ![]() I will add his bio to the “About me ” tab. I am giving my son, Sky Hawk Bressette, access to my sites to make any changes, corrections, or additions. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest (3rd edition). I had originally planned to continue to add more plant profiles, but I have been distracted by other interests… Ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa, Willamette Valley form): Tall evergreen conifer to 100 feet or more buff-colored bark long needles in bundles of three large cones Willamette Valley form historically grew near streams full sun to part sun butterfly host. ![]() Each treatment in the encyclopedia covers both the growing or cultural requirements of each species and its cultural use by people (and wildlife).īeing a fan of natural history writers such as Stephen Jay Gould & Jared Diamond, and a leisurely hiker and botanizer, I also wanted to include interesting and useful facts about each species within their natural place in the world and how they interact with their environment.Ĭlick here for more articles on Pacific Northwest Native Plants from my sister website : There’s something special about going outside and getting greens for salads and for cooking even in the middle of winter. Other options include the Pacific or coast rhododendron, serviceberry, salal, red flowering currant, and milkweed. In the subtitle, I use the word “cultural” to imply a double meaning. Growing these 3 Pacific Northwest native plants can provide you easy harvests all winter long. Flowering native plants to consider for a PNW pollinator garden include selfheal, common camas, large-flowered collomia, big leaf lupine, and meadow checkermallow. This website was designed for professional landscape designers, horticulturists, nurserymen, home gardeners, natural history buffs and anyone interested in improving the ecology of local environments for future generations of people, plants and animals.
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