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Upcoming Plant Sales

There will be FOUR events in the next few weeks, so mark your calendars and be sure to stop by one (or all!) of them. All proceeds help benefit our local schools. Each of the sales will offer native plants (note that some are not on the Portland Plant List). Please see below for more details about each sale! Fort Vancouver High School Plant Sale: Wednesday, April 24, 8am-6pm, Thursday, April 25, 8am-5pm and Friday, April 26, 8am-4pm Native plants available: Trees:  Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar;  Shrubs:  Mock Orange, Flowering Red Currant, Red Twig Dogwood, Cascade Oregon Grape, Baldhip Rose, Nootka Rose, Douglas Spirea, Thimbleberry , Serviceberry, Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry, Black Hawthorn, Salmonberry, Golden Currant, Smooth Sumac, Salal;  Groundcovers : Western Yarrow, Wild Ginger, Sword Fern, Goldenrod, Blue-Eyed Grass, Soft Fruited Bulrush, Tufted Hair Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Maidenhair Fern, Checkermallow, Sedum Spat

Native Plants for Pollinators West of the Cascades


I brought this handy reference card home from work and thought it was worth sharing. Oregon State University did a nice job of showcasing how native plants can be used in the landscape (in this case, exclusively so. OSU is a great resource for gardeners. I use their Landscape Plants database often and their Extension Service page is excellent.

The back of the card shows a listing of the plants and a color-graph to show the time of bloom.



Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. That chart is an excellent resource for developing good succession flowering. Thanks for sharing that!

    Now, to find the equivalent for SoCal--or to create my own, maybe.

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