Landscaping with PNW Native Plants

Would you like to have year round interest in your landscape that does well in our climate? WSU Extension Master Gardener Roxanne Nakamura, who will guide you through some of the best native choices for our PNW landscapes.

[@sharonbeatty8047]

Thank you for the info

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Checkermallow is the absolute best. Hard to germinate, but once you do these plants are amazingly tough. Slugs don't eat them, they can keep their leaves even in the winter west of the Cascades (though they can look a bit rougher), their blooms will follow a lot of traditional non-native bulbs, when those are tapped out; I don't grow oregana but I do cusickii (very showy), virgata (also very showy), campestris (flowers are less showy but stalks get crazy tall), and nelsoniana (showy but flowers are a bit more delicate). They are wonderful if you have clay soil that gets waterlogged in winter, they can totally tolerate that no problem. Drought tolerant but will appreciate some summer water to get nicer blooms.

[@spencernakashima9543]

I’ve grown campestris and hendersonii from seed and they were very easy. I germinated them using milk jugs over the winter. I’ve been able to pot 30-40 plants from one jug!