Native Plants for Sunny Locations

• Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
  – Blooms in June, presenting small, pink, nodding umbel flowers
  – Goes well with May-blooming common camas (Camassia quamash)
• Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
  – Drought tolerant perennial
• Small Flower Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia)
  – Drought-tolerant saxifrage
  – Does well in dry rockery walls
  – Grows easily in containers
• Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)
  – Deciduous vine that blooms in May
  – Attracts hummingbirds and has shiny red berries for fall interest

Native Plants for a Rock Garden
The following plants need full sun and a dry environment.
They are sometimes hard to find and hard to start.

• Broad-Leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulfolium)
• Oregon Stonecrop (Sedum oreganum)
• Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum)
• Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
• Columbia Lewisia (Lewisia columbiana)
• Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa)
• Parsley Fern or Rock Brake (Cryptogramma acrostichoides)
• Penstemons
  – good for new rock gardeners
• Cardwell’s Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii)
• Davidson’s Penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii)
• Rock Penstemon (Penstemon rupicola)
• Shrubby Penstemon (Penstemon fruticocus)
• Common Harebell (Campunala rotundifolia)

Deciduous Plants For A Hedgerow (bigger plants)

• Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii)
  – Sun to semi-shade
  – Grows to 15′
  – Orange scented blossoms flower mid-May > Learn More
• Red Flowering Current (Ribes sanguineum)
  – Sun to semi-shade
  – Grows 3′-10′
• Saskatoon Berry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
  – Sun
  – Grows to 15′
• Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
  – Sun
  – Grows to 6′
• Thimbleberry (Rubs parviflorus)
  – Sun
  – Grows 3′-6′
  – requires little pruning, just dead, unruly branches or dieback
  – base offers an opportunity for developing a ground cover of native plants
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  – Dry / Sun
  – Grows to 8′
  – Medicinal properties treat bleeding and fevers > Learn More
  Where to buy:
  Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary has native plant sales.

Attracting Bumblebees

• Bumblebees generally prefer blue, purple and yellow flowers from members of the aster family (Asteraceae), mustard family (Brassicaceae), and mint family (Lamiaceae)
  – Alliums (Allium spp.)
  – Brodiaea (Brodiaea spp.)
  – Lupines (Lupinus polyphyllus)
  - Bee balm/wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
  
  

Attracting Butterflies

• Some plants that attract butterflies include:
  – White Fawn Lilies (Erthyronium oregonum)
  – Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uvaursi)
  – Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
  – Goat’s Beard (Arunucus dioicus)
  – Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  – Broad-leaved Stonecrop
  – Dog Woods (Cornus spp.)
  – Lupines
  – Ocean Spray
  – Oregon Grape
  – Roses
  – Shooting Stars
  – Snowberry
  – Stonecrop

Attracting Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds love tubular blooms and orange and red flowers! They also appreciate a spot to hydrate.
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• Western honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)
• California or Meyer Lilac
• Large-leaved lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)

Links to websites for more information about native plants:

BCInvasives Grow Me Instead Guide
Native Plant Society of BC
E-Flora: Electronic Atlas of Plants in BC
​Native Plants Bring Valuable Benefits to Farms
Saanich Native Plants

Camas

Western Honeysuckle

Yarrow

Wild strawberry