Cedar Mountain Perennials

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1 Cedar Mountain Perennials

2 Cedar Mountain Perennials 7875 E. Highway 54~Athol, ID Telephone: (208) Webpage: to Sandpoint Bob and Jill Wilson, Owners Retail Outlets 2011: Athol Howard Rd. Hwy 54 Cedar Mountain Perennials to Bayview Saturdays: Kootenai County Farmer s Market, Hwy 95 & Prairie Ave. Wednesday s: Sandpoint Farmer s Market, Farmin Park By Appt.: The Nursery in Athol Hwy 95 to Coeur d Alene We are 1 mile east of Highway 95 on Hwy. 54 Visitors Welcome Please Call for Appointment

3 Table of Contents About Us: 4 Native Plants in the Landscape 5 USDA Hardiness Zones 6 Symbols Used in this Catalogue 7 Perennials 3 Shrubs 27 Trees 30 Index 31

4 About Us: Cedar Mountain Perennials was established in The nursery is located on 20 acres just outside of Athol, Idaho, between Coeur d Alene and Sandpoint. Cedar Mountain Perennials is a retail nursery specializing in native plants for the inland northwest garden. We are a family owned and operated. At Cedar Mountain Perennials we are committed to providing you with a wide selection of quality native plants. We promote the recognition, appreciation and use of native plants for ornamental landscapes. We are dedicated to preserving plants native to the inland Northwest. Our inventory consists of a wide selection of high quality container grown plants. Most of our plants are propagated and grown from seed here at the nursery in our greenhouse. Whenever possible we collect seed for our plants for local sources. The majority of plants grown here at CMP are plants native to the Pacific Northwest or adapted to the pacific northwest garden. Our selection includes a variety perennials, shrubs and trees that will fit into a variety of garden situations including perennial gardens, rock gardens, butterfly gardens, wildflower gardens and woodland gardens. Retail sales are offered through the Kootenai and Sandpoint Farmer s markers as well as by appointment at the nursery. We provide private consultations for landowners regarding plant selection for their garden based on their landscape design needs. We are available to conduct educational workshops on native plant identification, propagation and use. We are active members of the Kinnikinick Native Plant Society, Idaho Native Plant Society and Montana Native Plant Society. Bob has degrees in Botany, Horticulture and Entomology and is a certified Nursery Professional and Plant Diagnostician. Jill has degrees in Forestry and Entomology.

5 Why Use Native Plants? What is a native plant? Native plants are plants that are indigenous to a particular region. They have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years in that region and are highly adapted to geography, hydrology, soils and climate there. Native plants occur as part of complex communities of plants and animals. These communities have developed together and provide a rich environment for native species including song birds and butterflies. Why grow native plants? Natives are well adapted to our climate and soils. Once established they are very low maintenance. They require little supplemental water, or insecticide or herbicide use. They provide food and habitat for native wildlife. All in all using native plants adds beauty to the home landscape while preserving our natural heritage. How can native plants be used? Native plants can be grown in a native garden or may be added to the traditional garden. Native plant gardens need not be boring. There are a wide variety of native plants with very attractive blooms, foliage, fall color, shapes and sizes. You can create perennial gardens, shade gardens, rock gardens, butterfly gardens, hummingbird gardens, even cut flower gardens all with native plants. Through proper plant selection and design you can achieve a beautiful landscape that will last for many years. Where can I get native plants? While you might consider procuring plants in the wild, there are many advantages to purchasing them from your local nursery such as Cedar Mountain Perennials. Many species don t transplant well because of their deep root systems. It may be difficult to find the species you want for your landscape. By digging plants in the wild, you are destroying their environment as well as wild populations. Further it is often illegal to collect native plants from public lands. To learn more about native plants one of the best resources you may find is to join your local Native Plant Society chapter.

6 Using this Catalogue USDA Hardiness Zones Hardiness zones were developed to delineate geographic areas within which specific plants could grow based upon the area s average minimum temperature. For example a plant described as hardy to zone 6 means it can tolerate a minimum temperature of 10 degrees F. A plant described as hardy to zone 5 means it can tolerate a minimum temperature of 20 degrees F. Hardiness zones were first developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Much of northern Idaho and Northeastern Washington falls within Zones 5 and 6. USDA Hardiness Zones of the Northwestern United States

7 Symbols Used in this Catalogue Shade Loving Plants Part Shade Plants Sun Plants Low Water Use Moderate Water Use High Water Use Deer Resistant Butterfly Plants Plants that attract birds Hummingbird Plants

8 Page 8 Hummingbird Mint Agastache cana Mint Family Characteristics: Fragrant Perennial. Flowers pink in color on tall stout flower stems. Height 2 to 3 feet tall.. Native Range: New Mexico and west Texas Landscape Uses: Dry garden. Butterfly and hummingbird gardens. Soil: Well drained Hardiness: Zone 5 Nodding Onion Allium cernuum Lily Family Characteristics: Perennial onion features pink flowers in nodding umbrella shaped clusters. Leaves are grass-like. Height to 1.5 feet. Widespread in our area in low to mid elevations in dry open woodlands Native Range: United States Landscape Uses: Perennial garden. Butterfly and hummingbird gardens.. Soil: Well drained Hardiness: Zone 4 Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with white and yellow flowers. Plants from 8 inches to 3 feet tall. Native Range: Throughout North America from Alaska to Arizona and New Mexico. Landscape Uses: Accent Plant, Butterfly garden. May be dried for cut flowers. Soil: medium textured Hardiness: Zone 2

9 Page 9 Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial. Spreading growth habit. Gray woolly leaves and flower heads composed of numerous small white and pink flowers. Height 4 to 12 inches. Landscape Uses: Ground cover, rock garden, attracts butterflies and bees. Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquilegia caerulea Buttercup Family Characteristics: This Perennial grows from subalpine to alpine habitats. Flowers conspicuous, blue and white in color with long spurs. Height 1 to 2 feet. Native Range: Rocky Mountain States Landscape uses: Perennial garden, shade garden, hummingbird garden. Soil: medium to coarse textured soils Golden Columbine Aquilegia chrysantha Buttercup Family Characteristics: Perennial growing at a wide range of elevations. Large yellow flowers with long spurs. All parts of plants poisonous. Native Range: Utah, Colorado to Mexico Landscape Uses: Perennial garden. Shade garden. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Rabbit resistant.

10 Page 10 Yellow Columbine Aquilegia flavescens Buttercup Family Characteristics: Perennial columbine with pale yellow flowers and short spurs. Native Range: Washington and Oregon east to Montana and Wyoming, south to Utah and Colorado. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, shade garden, butterfly garden. Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa Buttercup Family Characteristics: Very showy perennial with red and yellow flowers and long spurs. Blooms in spring. Plants vary in size from 8 to 28 inches Native Range: Western North America from Alaska to California. Landscape uses: Perennial garden. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies Soil: Medium to course textured soils. Heart-leafed Arnica Arnica cordifolia Sunflower Family Characteristics: A perennial with conspicuous 1.5 to 3 inch yellow daisy like flowers. Grows to 1.5 feet tall and spreads via rhizomes. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, shade garden.

11 Page 11 Fringed Sage Artemesia frigida Sunflower Family Characteristics: Low growing perennial with fragrant grey green foliage and inconspicuous flowers. Common at low to mid elevations on dry rocky slopes, sandy terraces and in open forests.. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, accent plant White Sage Artemisia ludoviciana Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial herbaceous species of sage. Grown for its striking silver foliage which makes it an attractive accent plant in the garden. Common at low to mid elevations on dry rocky slopes and open forests. Native Range: Western North America Landscape uses: Perennial garden, accent plant Soil: Medium to course textured soils. Leafybract Aster Aster foliaceus Sunflower Family Characteristics: A perennial with conspicuous 1.5 to 3 inch yellow daisy like flowers. Grows to 1.5 feet tall and spreads via rhizomes. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, shade garden.

12 Page 12 Bluebells of Scotland Campanula rotundifolia Harebell Family Characteristics: Showy blue bell shaped flowers. Blooms June to September. Grows in very wide range of habitats. Native Range: Widely distributed across North America. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, wildflower garden, butterfly garden. Hardiness: Zone 2 Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium Evening-Primrose Family Characteristics: Perennial with showy pink to purple flowers on the ends of long stems. Stems can reach 3 to 5 feet Native Range: Northern tier states US and Canada to Alaska. Landscape Uses: Naturalizing, Background plant. Needs large space, Hummingbird garden. Blue Clematis Clematis columbiana Buttercup Family Characteristics: Perennial climbing or trailing vine. Clusters of fragrant white flowers. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Trellis, Moisture: Medium Exposure: part shade to full sun

13 Page 13 Western Clematis Clematis lingusticifolia Buttercup Family Characteristics: Perennial climbing or trailing vine. Clusters of fragrant white flowers. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Trellis, Moisture: Medium Exposure: part shade to full sun Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with large showy yellow flowers. Height to 2 feet. Long bloom period. Native Range: West coast, Midwest to eastern seaboard. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, Wildflower garden, wildflower meadow. butterfly garden. Naturalizes. Soil: Fine to medium textured soils. Hardiness: Zone 5 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Sunflower Family Characteristics: Showy perennial with large purple daisy-like flowers. Height one foot. Native Range: Southern prairie states to east coast Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, wildflower garden, wildflower meadow

14 Page 14 Showy Fleabane Erigeron speciosus Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial featuring showy lavender and yellow flowers. Stems 20 inches tall. Blooms June to early August. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden. Wildflower garden. Wildflower meadow. Hardiness: Zone 4 Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Knotweed Family Characteristics: Foliage forms low green mound. Yellow flowers in late summer aging to rusty red when dry. Landscape Uses: Rock garden, butterfly garden, low water use garden wildflower garden. Soil: Well drained Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum v. majus Knotweed Family Characteristics: Foliage forms low green mound. Cream flowers in late summer. Landscape uses: Rock garden, butterfly garden, low water use garden. Soil: Well drained

15 Page 15 Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with large yellow flowers. Plants covered with white, woolly hairs. Height to 2 feet. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, drought tolerant garden, rock garden. Soil: well drained Hardiness: Zone 4 Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis Grass Family Characteristics: Perennial bunch grass with grey green foliage. Height 1 foot. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden. accent plant, dry garden, Wildflower garden. Wildflower meadow. Soil:. Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with large yellow and red flowers. Maximum height 2 feet. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden. Butterfly garden, accent plant, dry garden, Wildflower garden. Wildflower meadow. Soil: medium to coarse textured soils.

16 Page 16 Sticky Geranium Geranium viscosissimum Geranium Family Characteristics: Long blooming perennial with showy pink to lavender flowers which appear from June to August. Height approximately 2 feet. Landscape Uses: Perennial Garden, butterfly garden. Soil: fine textured Hardiness: Zone 4 Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Rose Family Characteristics: Early blooming perennial with nodding rosebud-like maroon to pink flowers followed by persistent pink feathery seeds. Landscape Uses: Ground cover, native prairie filler Alum Root Heuchera cylindrica Saxifrage Family Characteristics: Perennial with 6 to 32 inch leafless stems topped with white flowers. Roundish scalloped leaves arranged in a rosette. Blooms mid spring. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, drought tolerant garden Soil: Coarse textured soils Hardiness: Zone 4

17 Page 17 Western St. Johnswort Hypericum scouleri St. Johnswort Family Characteristics: Perennial with small yellow flowers, and reddish buds. Landscape Uses: Perennial Garden, Ground Cover. Hardiness: Zone 4 Wild Hollyhock Iliamna rivularis Mallow Family Characteristics: Large perennial 5 feet tall, with showy spikes of pink to lavender flowers. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, tall border, butterfly garden Native Range: Northwest and north and central Rocky Mountain states. Soil: Medium textured Scarlet Gilia Ipomopsis aggregata Phlox Family Characteristics: Biennial plant forming a rosette of leaves the first year, and showy scarlet blossoms the second year. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, Naturalizing, hummingbird garden, butterfly garden. Soil: medium to coarse

18 Page 18 Twinflower Linnaea borealis Honeysuckle Family Characteristics: Trailing perennial with twin nodding fragrant white to pinkish bell shaped flowers. Spreads via runners. Native Range: Northern States Landscape Uses: Groundcover, shade garden, rock garden. Hardiness: Zone 2 Blue Flax Linum lewisii Flax Family Characteristics: Perennial with brilliant sky blue flowers one inch across. Flowers open in the morning and close in the afternoon. Foliage is grey green in color and fine textured. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden Soil: Medium to coarse textured Streambank Lupine Lupinus polyphyllus Pea Family Characteristics: Perennial featuring spikes of deep blue to violet flowers. Leaves green. Plants up to 3 feet tall. Native Range: Western and NE US Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden. Tall border in perennial garden.

19 Page 19 Silky Lupine Lupinus sericeus Pea Family Characteristics: Perennial with spikes of blue flowers. Leaves with abundant silky hairs. Plants less than 3 feet tall. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, drought tolerant garden. Soil: well drained Seep Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Figwort Family Characteristics: Grows in moist locations, next to springs, creeks, seeps etc. Showy yellow snapdragon-like flowers. Plants very variable in size in their natural habitats. Long blooming season Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, container garden, seasonally moist areas attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Lewis s Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii Figwort Family Characteristics: Grows in moist places. Pink and yellow snapdragon like flowers. Blooming in summer. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, containers, moist places, butterfly or hummingbird garden.

20 Page 20 Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa Mint Family Characteristics: Fragrant perennial with lavender flowers. Spreads via rhizomes. Locally common in mid elevation grasslands, dry open forests, and clearings. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, herb garden, butterfly garden. Hardiness: Zone 4 Coyote Mint Monardella odoratissima Mint Family Characteristics: Very fragrant perennial with pink flowers. Plants form a mound-like shape. Dense clusters of flowers in summer. Very drought tolerant. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, herb garden, rock garden, butterfly garden. Hardiness: Zone 4 Tufted Evening-Primrose Oenothera caespitosa Evening-Primrose Family Characteristics: Low growing perennial with large white flowers. Each flower opens in the afternoon and closes the next day with the heat of the day. Landscape Uses: Perennial, border, rock garden, butterfly garden. Soil: Well drained Hardiness: Zone 4

21 Page 21 Missouri Evening-Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa Evening-Primrose Family Characteristics: Perennial with striking yellow flowers up to 5 inches across, opening in the evening and then fading the following day. Long bloom period throughout the summer months. Native Range: Southern plains states Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden, hummingbird garden Hardiness: Zone 4 Purple Locoweed Oxytropis lambertii Pea Family Characteristics: Very drought perennial with compound leaves and magenta colored flowers. Native Range: Montana to Minnesota south to Arizona to Texas Landscape Uses: Drought tolerant garden, accent plant, rock garden, butterfly garden Soil: Well drained Narrowleaf Penstemon Penstemon attenuatus Figwort Family Characteristics: Striking perennial with flowers varying in color from blue, purple, pink, yellow or white. Leaves oval or lance shaped. Plants to 24 inches high. Native range: Washington and Oregon east to Montana and Wyoming. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, rock garden, accent plant. Soil: Well drained

22 Page 22 Scarlet Bugler Penstemon barbatus Figwort Family Characteristics: One of the most striking penstemons with dark green straplike leaves and bright scarlet flowers. Native Range: Southwestern US Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, drought tolerant garden, hummingbird plant, accent plant, rock garden. Hardiness: Zone 4 Rocky Ledge Penstemon Penstemon ellipticus Figwort Family Characteristics: Showy perennial with large lavender flowers and dark green oval leaves. Blooms late June to September. Native Range: Northwestern US to Montana and Wyoming Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden. Soil: medium to coarse textured soils Shrubby Penstemon Penstemon fruticosus Figwort Family Characteristics: One of the largest penstemons in our area. Showy, lavender flowers dark green leaves, woody stems. Blooms May to August. Native Range: Washington and Oregon east to Montana and Wyoming Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden Soil: medium to coarse textured soils Hardiness: zone 4

23 Page 23 Lyall s Penstemon Penstemon lyallii Figwort Family Characteristics: Pale lavender flowers up to 1.5 inches long, blooming June to August. Grows on dry rocky slopes in montane to subalpine areas in our area. Plants to 24 inches Native Range: Idaho and Montana Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden, hummingbird garden, drought tolerant garden Soil: medium to coarse textured Rocky Mountain Penstemon Penstemon strictus Figwort Family Characteristics: Perennial with tall spikes of brilliant purple flowers on plants up to 2.5 feet tall. Blooms early to mid summer. Easy to grow. Native Range: Southern Wyoming to New Mexico and Arizona Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden, hummingbird garden Soil: medium to coarse textured Little Flowered Penstemon Penstemon procerus Figwort Family Characteristics: Numerous small blue to purple flowers. Plants to 16 inches. Blooms May to August. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, rock garden, butterfly garden. Soil: medium to coarse textured.

24 Page 24 Lovely Beardtongue Penstemon venustus Figwort Family Characteristics: Perennial with spikes of blue to purple flowers, blooming June and July. Height to 2 feet. Native Range: Northern Great Basin Landscape Uses: Perennial Garden, rock garden, butterfly garden, hummingbird garden Soil: coarse, well drained Hardiness: Zone 4 Jacob s Ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum Phlox Family Characteristics: Fragrant perennial with bell shaped blue flowers (occasionally white). Blooms from late spring to late summer. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa Buttercup Family Characteristics: Pale yellow flowered perennial. Blooms 1 inch wide. Plants to 2 feet high. Blooming from late spring to mid summer. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden

25 Page 25 Slender Cinquefoil Potentilla gracilis Buttercup Family Characteristics: Perennial with bright yellow flowers. Blooms 1 inch wide. Plants to 2 feet high. Blooming from late spring to mid summer. Common in the Inland Northwest from low to mid elevations in open grasslands, forests and rocky slopes Landscape Uses: Perennial garden Prairie Coneflower, Mexican Hat Ratibida columnifera Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with yellow or red and yellow flowers. Blooms in summer, long blooming season. Native Range: Plain states from Canada to Mexico. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden Hardiness: Zone 4 Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial producing yellow flowers in a plume like inflorescence. Blooms from midsummer to fall. Height to 3 feet. Spreading growth form. Native Range: US Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, cutflower garden

26 Page 26 Golden Banner Thermopsis montana Pea Family Characteristics: Lupine like perennial with showy yellow pea-like flowers. Spreading. Height to 2 feet. Native Range: Western North America Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden Soil: fine to medium textured Hardiness: zone 3 Showy Golden-eye eye Viguiera multiflora Sunflower Family Characteristics: Perennial with abundant yellow flowers. Rounded plants, easy to grow. Height to 2 feet. Native Range: Idaho and Montana south to Arizona and New Mexico. Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, butterfly garden, cut flower garden Soil: well drained Hardiness: Zone 2

27 Page 27 Shrubs Saskatoon Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Rose Family Characteristics Medium to tall deciduous shrub (to 15 feet tall) with white flowers in spring and edible purple berries in the fall. Leaves turn brilliant red in fall. Native Range Western US Landscape Uses: Wildlife garden, hedgerow. Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos una-ursi ursi Heath Family Characteristics: Attractive evergreen ground cover with small white bell shaped flowers in spring and red berries in fall. Quite common in our area. Native range: Western states Landscape Uses: Ground cover Soil: Medium to coarse textured Hardiness: Zone 4 Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor Rose Family Characteristics: Medium to tall deciduous shrub (to 15 feet) with clusters of white flowers in spring, and red foliage in the fall. Very common in the inland Northwest in dry open forests and clearings. Native Range: Western United States Landscape Uses: Woodland garden, hedgerow USDA Hardiness Zone: Zone 3

28 Shrubs Page 28 Mountain Lover Pachystima myrsinites Bittersweet Family Characteristics: Evergreen shrub reaching 3 feet tall. Leaves small and leathery, flowers inconspicuous. Landscape Uses: Shade garden, woodland garden, background planting in rock garden, low growing hedgerow. Soil: Medium to coarse textured. Mockorange Philadephus lewisii Hydrangea Family Characteristics: Medium to tall shrub (to 15 feet tall) that produces clusters of large white fragrant flowers in spring. Native Range: Pacific Coast states, Idaho and Montana Landscape Uses: Traditional garden, native perennial garden, fragrance garden Soil: Medium to coarse textured soils. Hardiness: Zone 4 Ninebark Physocarpus malvaceus Rose Family Characteristics: Small to medium shrub (to 6 feet tall) with clusters of white flowers in spring and bright red foliage in the fall. Native Range: Oregon east to Montana south to Nevada, Utah and Colorado. Landscape Uses: Grows well in a traditional landscape or feature in a hedgerow or woodland garden.

29 Shrubs Golden Current Ribes aureum Gooseberry Family Characteristics: Medium sized deciduous shrub (3 to 6 feet tall) with clusters of yellow flowers in spring, and red to purplish berries in the fall. Common in the Inland Northwest at low to mid elevations in sagebrush steppe to ponderosa pine forest. Native Range: Western United States Landscape Uses: Soil: Red Flowering Current Ribes sanguineum Gooseberry Family Characteristics: Medium sized shrub (to 6 feet tall) with clusters of dark pink flowers in spring and red berries in the fall. Native Range: Pacific Coast States, Idaho Landscape Uses: Wildlife or hummingbird garden, hedgerow. Soil: Medium to coarse textured soils Hardiness: Zone 5 Woods Rose Rosa woodsii Rose Family Characteristics: Medium sized shrub (to 6 feet tall) producing large pink flowers in late spring and orange rose hips in the fall. Stems armed with bristles. Common in the inland Northwest at low to mid elevations. Native Range: Western states Landscape Uses: Perennial garden, wildlife garden Soil: Medium to coarse textured soils

30 Trees Page 30 Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum Maple Family Characteristics: Small deciduous tree, often multi -stemmed height to 20 feet. Beautiful bright red fall color. Twigs reddish in color in winter. Landscape Uses: Fall color, good trees for small yards. Large rock garden. Soil: Medium to coarse textured Hardiness: Zone 2 Water Birch Betula occidentalis Birch Family Characteristics: This native birch has a Multistemmed growth habit with dark copper to brown bark. More resistant to borers and leaf miners than commonly planted horticultural varieties. Landscape Uses: Attractive backdrop against green conifers, water garden, traditional garden. Hardiness: Zone 1 Choke Cherry Prunus virginiana Rose Family Characteristics: deciduous shrub or small tree (to 20 feet tall) with white flowers in spring and edible purple berries in the fall. Leaves turn brilliant red in fall. Native Range Western US Landscape Uses: Wildlife garden, hedgerow. Hardiness: Zone 4

31 Trees Page 31 Mountain-Ash Sorbus scopulina Rose Family Characteristics: Small tree or large shrub (to 15 feet tall). Features dark green compound leaves, large clusters of white late spring flowers, bright orange berries and brilliant red fall color. Landscape Uses: Wildlife garden, woodland edge, hedgerow. Soil: medium to coarse textured soils Hardiness: Zone 4

32 Page 32 Index to Plants Acer glabrum Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Agastache cana... 8 Alum Root Allium cernuum... 8 Amelanchier alnifolia Anaphalis margaritacea... 8 Antennaria microphylla... 9 Aquilegia caerulea... 9 Aquilegia chrysantha... 9 Aquilegia flavescens Aquilegia formosa Arnica Arnica cordifolia Artemisia frigida Artemisia ludoviciana Aster foliaceus Bee Balm Betula occidentalis Blanketflower Blue Clematis Blue Columbine... 9 Blue Flax Campanula rotundifolia Canada Goldenrod Chamerion angustifolium Clematis columbiana Clematis ligusticifolia Coreopsis lanceolata Coyote Mint Echinacea purpurea Erigeron speciosus Eriogonum umbellatum Eriogonum umbellatum var majus Eriophyllum lanatum Festuca idahoensis Fireweed Gaillardia aristata Geranium viscosissimum Geum triflorum Golden Columbine... 9 Golden Banner Harebell... 12

33 Page 33 Heuchera cylindrica 16 Holodiscus discolor 27 Hummingbird Mint 8 Hypericum scouleri 17 Illiamna rivularis 17 Ipomopsis aggregata 17 Jacob s Ladder 24 Kinnikinnick 27 Lambert s Locoweed 21 Lanceleaf Coreopsis 13 Lewis s Monkeyflower 19 Little Flowered Penstemon 23 Linnaea borealis 18 Linum lewisii 18 Lovely Beardtongue 24 Lupinus polyphyllus 18 Lupinus sericeus 19 Lyall s Penstemon 25 Mimulus gutattus 19 Mimulus lewisii 19 Missouri Evening-Primrose 19 Monarda fistulosa 20 Monardella odoratissima 20 Monkeyflower 19 Mountain Ash 31 Narrowleaf Penstemon 21 Nodding Onion 8 Ocean Spray 27 Oenothera caespitosa 20 Oenothera macrocarpa 21 Oregon Sunshine 15 Oxytropis lambertii 21 Pachystima myrsinities 28 Pearly Everlasting 8 Penstemon attenuatus 21 Penstemon barbatus 22 Penstemon ellipticus 22 Penstemon fruticosus 22 Penstemon lyallii 23 Penstemon procerus 23 Penstemon strictus 23 Penstemon venustus 24 Polemonium pulcherrimum 24 Potentilla glandulosa 24 Potentilla gracilis 25

34 Page 34 Philadelphus lewisii 31 Physocarpus malvaceus Prairie Coneflower Prairie Smoke Purple Coneflower Ratibida columnifera Ribes sanguineum Rocky Ledge Penstemon Rocky Mountain Columbine... 9 Rocky Mountain Penstemon Rosy Pussytoes... 9 Scarlet Bugler Scarlet Gilia Showy Fleabane Showy Goldeneye Shrubby Penstemon Silky Lupine Solidago canadensis Sorbus scopulina Western St. Johnswort Sticky Geranium Slender Cinquefoil Sticky Cinquefoil Streambank Lupine Sulphur Buckwheat Thermopsis montana Tufted Evening-Primrose Twinflower Viguera multiflora Western Clematis Western Columbine Wild Buckwheat Wild Hollyhock Yellow Columbine... 10