It rained yesterday, Praise Be!

August is a great time for musing, planning, and preparing for all of the landscaping opportunities that autumn offers.

Did you know that autumn is THE BEST time to plant?! With above ground growth halted, plants can focus on establishing roots underground, and are better positioned to thrive the following year. One of the best parts of this is LESS WATERING!

Garden Understories can help you create a landscape that:

-is fire smart

-delights you

-is low maintenance

-provides critical support for local pollinators

We are now accepting landscaping projects for this autumn, and as a special bonus, any Spring 2026 native plants used in these projects will be sold at HALF OFF! 

Also, please stay tuned for our Fall Plant Sales coming up in October. (To reiterate, preparing your site in summer, then planting in fall, is THE MOST resilient, low maintenance way to plant!)

 

 

 Lovely to again be part of the Salmo and District Hospice Society's annual garden tour fundraiser this past July. Got to share the Garden Understories Native Plant Nursery (adorned by the Salmo Quilter's Guild) with fellow plant lovers, and raise funds for a worthy cause.

PLANT AVAILABILITY JUNE 2026

FORBS:

Brown Eyed Susan Gaillardia aristata - limited supply

Curly Cup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa - limited supply

Great Northern Aster Canadanthus modestus

Old Man’s Whiskers Geum triflorum - limited supply

Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

Round-Leaved Alumroot Heuchera cylindrica 

Nodding Onion Allium cernuum (limited supply)

Western Canada Goldenrod Solidago lepida

Wooly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum

Worm-leaved stonecrop Sedum stenopelatum

Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Yellow Penstemon Penstemon confertus

GRASSES:

Bluebunch Wheatgrass Agropyron spicatum

Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis - limited supply

Poverty Oatgrass Danthonia spicata 

SHRUBS:

Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii

Hardhack/Pink Spirea Spirea douglasii spp. menziesii

Red Osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera

GARDEN UNDERSTORIES

SPRING PLANT SALES 2026!

                                                                                                                                                                                 

1. Sunday May 10, 11am-3pm               

Mother's Day Market & Plant Sale @ KP Park, Salmo

                                                                                                                  

2. Saturday May 16, 9am-2pm

Kinseed Ecologies Spring Plant Sale

*Kinseed is where I learned most of what I know about native plants and growing them! I have volunteered with, worked for, and purchased from them for years. I am so grateful to consider the wonderful people behind Kinseed both mentors and friends. They have graciously shared their wisdom (successes, failures, and mysteries...) and supported Garden Understories to go forth and grow! These sales are always bustling with incredible people and plants!

                                                                                                                                                       

3. Sunday May 24, 11-2pm

Garden Understories Nursery

*Cash only

                                                                                                                 

 PLANT AVAILABILITY

FORBS:

Brown Eyed Susan Gaillardia aristata

Curly Cup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa

Golden Aster Heterotheca villosa (limited supply)  sold out

Golden Tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria

Great Northern Aster Canadanthus modestus

Old Man’s Whiskers Geum triflorum

Paintbrush Castilleja sp. (with an assortment of host plant companions)

Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea (limited supply) sold out

Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

Pretty Shooting Star Dodecatheon pulchellum (limited supply) sold out

Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria rosea/microphylla (limited supply) sold out

Round-Leaved Alumroot Heuchera cylindrica 

Scarlet Gilia Ipomopsis aggregata (limited supply) sold out

Showy Daisy Erigeron speciosus

Nodding Onion Allium cernuum (limited supply)

Smooth Aster Symphyotrichum laeve

Western Canada Goldenrod Solidago lepida

Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa

Wooly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum

Worm-leaved stonecrop Sedum stenopelatum

Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Yellow Penstemon Penstemon confertus

GRASSES:

Bluebunch Wheatgrass Agropyron spicatum

Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis

Poverty Oatgrass Danthonia spicata 

SHRUBS:

Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii

Hardhack/Pink Spirea Spirea douglasii spp. menziesii

Mallow Ninebark Physocarpus malvaceus

Red Osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera

Shrubby Penstemon Penstemon fruticosus sold out

Forbs:

Nodding Onion / Allium cernuum 

Pearly Everlasting / Anaphalis margaritacea 

Philadelphia Fleabane / Erigeron philadelphicus 

Wooly Sunflower / Eriophyllum lanatum

Brown Eyed Susan / Gaillardia aristata

Round-Leaved Alumroot / Heuchera cylindrica 

Golden Aster / Heterotheca villosa

Scarlet Gilia / Ipomopsis aggregata (2nd year biennial, should bloom this year!)

Wild Bergamot / Monarda fistuliosa (not for restoration)

Western Canada Goldenrod / Solidago lepida

Great Northen Aster / Canadanthus modestus 

Smooth Aster / Symphyotrichum laeve

Arrow-leaved Balsamroot / Balsamorhiza sagittata

Wild Blue Flax / Linum perenne ssp. lewisii

Yarrow / Achillea millefolium SOLD OUT

Old Man’s Whiskers / Geum triflorum

Mountain Hollyhock / Iliamna rivularis SOLD OUT

Paintbrush / Castilleja sp.

Grasses:

Bluebunch Wheatgrass / Agropyron spicatum

Idaho Fescue / Festuca idahoensis

Poverty Oatgrass / Danthonia spicata

Shrubs:

Black Hawthorn / Crataegus douglasii

Mallow Ninebark Physocarpus malvaceus

 

Welcome to the

Garden Understories Alphabet of Native Plants

From now until the plant sales I will be sharing fun tidbits of information regarding native plants. 

Plant Sales:

Sunday May 11: Mother’s Day Market, KP Park, Salmo BC

Sunday May 18: Garden Understories Native Plant Nursery, Salmo (email gardenunderstories@gmail.com with "SALE" in subject line for address!)

      10 - 11am Native Plant Speed Dating

      11am - 3pm Plant Sale

All plants sold in 4” pots, $10 each.