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. Cash Only.

 

 

 

 

 Wrote this eight years ago; it rings true, still.

Spring is here. I notice the brown water pooling in the bathroom sink as I wash hands after a day in the garden, and welcome the first forearm rash of the season, and I look forward to all this year brings.   

burn me

sun

                burr me

burdock

                bite into me

bugs 

land in my tangles

leaves

scratch, stick

and prick me

thorns

stain me

berries

resonate

with my senses

resin

rough up my skin

rocks

dry, and dye

my hands

soil

steal my breath

morning air

sneak into my house

duff

fall over me

rain

                and after it all

embrace my body

icy river

this is life

and I am alive