Oregon Native Plant Nursery

Propagates native Oregon and West Coast ornamental herbaceous perennials, bulbs and selected shrubs from wild-collected seed. The nursery specializes in providing complete growing information for in-stock plants representing prairie, woodland, alpine, and coastal habitats, as well as the Willamette Valley, Columbia River Gorge, the Cascades, Southwestern Oregon and Northern California (Siskiyou Mtns.) and Sierra Mtns. regions. All plants offered are selected from California, Northwestern and Great Basin Flora. We specialize in plants for all light exposures, soil types and drainage. And, we promote and guide the development of xeric(dry) gardening, without or with limited irrigation, and gardens. Plant List Available. Visits to the Nursery are by appointment only.


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Ageratina occidentalis
Western Snakeroot, Western Thoroughwort

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Antennaria rosea
Rosy Pussytoes

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Aquilegia eximia
Van Houtte's Columbine, Serpentine Columbine

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Aquilegia flavescens
Yellow Mountain Columbine, Yellow Columbine, Golden Columbine

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Arabis aculeolata
Waldo Rockcress

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Aralia californica
California Spikenard

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Arnica longifolia
Spearleaf Arnica

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Asclepias speciosa
Showy Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Brodiaea californica
California Brodiaea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Brodiaea coronaria
Crown Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Brodiaea elegans
Harvest Brodiaea, Elegant Cluster-lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Calochortus tolmiei
Tolmie Star-tulip

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Camassia leichtlinii
Large Camas, Leichtlin's Camas

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Camassia quamash
Small Camas, Common Camass, Swamp Sego

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Wavyleaf Soap Plant, Wavyleaf Soap-plant

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Cystopteris fragilis
Brittle Bladderfern, Brittle Bladder Fern, Fragile Fern

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Fern
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Delphinium hesperium
Foothill Larkspur

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Delphinium recurvatum
Byron Larkspur

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Dichelostemma congestum
Ookow, Forked-tooth Ookow

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Dichelostemma ida-maia
Firecracker Flower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Dodecatheon dentatum
White Shootingstar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade
Water: Moist

Dodecatheon frigidum
Western Arctic Shootingstar, Western Artic Shootingstar, Northern Shootingstar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Dodecatheon hendersonii
Mosquito Bills, Broad-leaved Shooting Star

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Sierra Shootingstar, Tall Mountain Shootingstar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. macrocarpum
Darkthroat Shootingstar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
Hummingbird Trumpet, Hummingbird-trumpet

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Epipactis gigantea
Stream Orchid, Chatterbox Orchid, Giant Hellebore

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Eriogonum compositum
Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Arrow-leaf Wild Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Eriogonum thymoides
Thymeleaf Buckwheat

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Eriogonum umbellatum
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat, Sulphur Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Erythronium oregonum
Giant White Fawnlily, Giant White Fawn-lily, Oregon Fawn-lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Erythronium purpurascens
Purple Fawnlily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Erythronium revolutum
Mahogany Fawnlily, Mahogany Fawn-lily, Bog Fawn-lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Eurybia radulina
Roughleaf Aster, Rough-leaf Wood-aster

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Fritillaria affinis var. affinis
Checker Lily, Rice-grain Missionbells, Mission Bells, Chocolate Lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Fritillaria recurva
Scarlet Fritillary, Scarlet Missionbells

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Geranium viscosissimum
Sticky Purple Geranium, Sticky Wild Geranium

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Hastingsia alba
White Rushlily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Pacific Waterleaf

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Hymenoxys hoopesii
Owl's-claws, Orange Sneezeweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Iliamna grandiflora
Largeflower Wild Hollyhock

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Iris bracteata
Siskiyou Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Iris chrysophylla
Yellowleaf Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Iris douglasiana
Douglas Iris, Mountain Iris, Western Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Iris hartwegii
Rainbow Iris, Sierra Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade
Water: Moist

Iris innominata
Del Norte County Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Iris tenax
Toughleaf Iris, Tough-leaf Iris, Oregon Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Lewisia brachycalyx
Shortsepal Lewisia

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Lewisia columbiana
Columbian Lewisia, Columbian Bitter-root

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Lewisia pygmaea
Alpine Lewisia, Pygmy Bitterroot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Lilium bolanderi
Bolander's Lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Lilium kelloggii
Kellogg's Lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Lithophragma parviflorum
Smallflower Woodland-star, Prairie Star, Prairie Rockstar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Maianthemum dilatatum
False Lily Of The Valley, May Lily, Canada Mayflower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Maianthemum stellatum
Starry False Lily Of The Valley, Starry False Solomon's Seal, Star-flowered Solomon's Seal

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Mimulus guttatus
Yellow Monkeyflower, Golden Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkey-flower

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Mitella ovalis
Coastal Miterwort

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas' Grasswidow, Grasswidow

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Penstemon barrettiae
Barrett's Penstemon, Barrett's Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Penstemon davidsonii
Davidson's Penstemon, Davidson's Beardtongue, Timberline Penstemon, Timberline Beardtongue, Alpine Penstemon, Alpine Beardtongue, Blue Color Mat

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Penstemon ovatus
Eggleaf Penstemon, Eggleaf Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Penstemon pallidus
Pale Penstemon, Pale Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Phacelia bolanderi
Bolander's Phacelia, Flowered Grape Leaf

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Licorice Fern

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Fern
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Prosartes smithii
Largeflower Fairybells, Large-flower Fairybells, Smith's Fairybells

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Rhododendron occidentale
Western Azalea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Ruellia humilis
Prairie Petunia, Fringeleaf Wild Petunia, Hairy Ruellia, Low Wild Petunia, Low Ruellia, Fringeleaf Ruellia, Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Saxifraga mertensiana
Wood Saxifrage

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum divergens
Pacific Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Sedum laxum
Roseflower Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum oblanceolatum
Oblongleaf Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum obtusatum
Sierra Stonecrop, Sierra Sedum

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum obtusatum ssp. boreale
Sierra Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum oreganum
Oregon Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum paradisum
Canyon Creek Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum spathulifolium ssp. purdyi
Purdy's Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sedum stenopetalum
Wormleaf Stonecrop

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sidalcea campestris
Meadow Checkerbloom

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sidalcea hendersonii
Henderson's Checkerbloom

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sidalcea hirtipes
Bristlystem Checkerbloom

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Sidalcea malviflora
Dwarf Checkerbloom, Dwarf Checker-mallow, Checkerbloom

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Sidalcea oregana
Oregon Checkerbloom

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Sisyrinchium bellum
Western Blue-eyed Grass, California Blue-eyed-grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Sisyrinchium californicum
Golden Blue-eyed Grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Solidago simplex var. spathulata
Mt. Albert Goldenrod

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Spiraea splendens var. splendens
Rose Meadowsweet, Subalpine Spiraea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Tetraneuris grandiflora
Graylocks Four-nerve Daisy, Old-man-of-the-mountain, Alpine Sunflower, Rydbergia, Bitterweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Thalictrum fendleri
Fendler's Meadow-rue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Trillium chloropetalum
Giant Wakerobin, Giant Trillium

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Trillium rivale
Brook Wake-robin, Brook Trillium, Klamath Wake-robin, Klamath Trillium

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia bridgesii
Bridges' Brodiaea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
Howell's Triteleia

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia hendersonii var. hendersonii
Henderson's Triteleia

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia hyacinthina
White Brodiaea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia ixioides ssp. anilina
Prettyface

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Triteleia laxa
Ithuriel's Spear, Wally Basket, Grass Nut

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Vancouveria chrysantha
Golden Insideout Flower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Vancouveria hexandra
White Insideout Flower, White Inside-out-flower, Northern Inside-out Flower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade
Water: Moist

Viola howellii
Howell's Violet

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Viola labradorica
Alpine Violet, American Dog Violet

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Viola macloskeyi
Small White Violet, Smooth White Violet, White Mountain Violet, Northern White Violet

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Woodwardia fimbriata
Giant Chainfern, Giant Chain Fern

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Fern
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist