Category: Plants
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Plant Profile: White Fawn Lily (Erythronium oreganum)
These easy to grow flowers love moist soil and make an attractive groundcover in the garden shade.
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Invasive Gorse and Broom
Gorse and Broom are two incredibly invasive plants with similar appearances that out-compete native species, create fire hazards and are very difficult to remove.
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Plant Profile: Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena)
The common name acknowledges this species’ habit of flowering in late spring. For this reason, Clarkia amoena is also called ‘summer’s darling’, or ‘herald-of-summer’. The species amoena means ‘charming’, which this plant…
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Case Study: Creating Biodiversity In Gardens (2025-2028)
To increase visibility for my business, I came up with an idea that would benefit property owners, myself, and local plants and animals.
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Plant Profile: Roemer’s Fescue (Festuca roemeri)
An iconic grass known for its close association with the Garry oak meadow ecosystem, this tough and drought tolerant grass with its all-season blue-green leaves is now finding its place in the…
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Alternatives to Invasive Goldmoss stonecrop (Sedum acre)
A Sedum commonly found in gardens of the Pacific Northwest, I found new patches of it migrating across my yard every year. Often used on rock walls or as a groundcover in…
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Plant Profile: Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius)
Broadleaf Lupine is a beautiful blooming perennial that fixes nitrogen in soil.
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Plant Profile: Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
Cornus stolonifera is striking with its distinctive red stems and typically found in wet areas but tolerates seasonally drier soils.
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Alternatives to Invasive Purple Loosestrife
Purple loosestrife (Spike loosestrife, Purple lythrum) is a perennial plant introduced from its native range of Europe and Asia to BC in 1915. Purple loosestrife has a shrub-like appearance, with stiff, four-sided…
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Plant Profile: Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
Asarum caudatum is a groundcover plant that thrives in shaded gardens and woodland settings.