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Entice birds and butterflies to your gardenWhy use native plants?

Entice birds and butterflies to visit your garden

It is important to plant native plants in your garden or for your landscape projects because native plants are disappearing due to urbanization, cultivation, road construction, herbicides, and invasive alien plant species. Many native plants provide food and shelter for a great diversity of our native wildlife. Plant a red-flowering currant shrub or columbine plants to attract the hummingbirds. Plant asters for the butterflies and milkweeds for the Monarchs. Intermingle native perennials and shrubs in your landscape design and the birds and the butterflies will thank you.

Availability of Plants


Willamette Gardens

Esther Gruber McEvoy, Owner
3290 SW Willamette Avenue
Corvallis, Oregon 97333

natives@willamettegardens.com
www.willamettegardens.com

(541) 754-0893
(541) 754-9326 Fax
(541) 990-0948 Cell

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Plant Species List

Plants marked with * are not native to Oregon. All species available as container plants only.

Perennials
Botanical Name Common Name
Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Allium acuminatum Wild Onion
Aquilegia formosa Red Columbine
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting
Aruncus dioicus Goat's-beard
Asclepias speciosa Milkweed
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger
Aster hallii Hall's Aster
Aster subspicatus Douglas Aster
Brodiaea congesta Northern Brodiaea
Calochortus tolmiei Mariposa Lily
Camassia leichtlinii Leichtlin's Camas
Clematis ligusticifolia Wild Clematis
Dicentra formosa Bleeding Heart
Dodecatheon hendersonii Shooting Star
Erigeron speciosus Showy Daisy
Eriophyllum lanatum Woolly Sunflower
Erthyronium oreganum Fawn Lily
Erysimum asperum Wallflower
Fragaria chiloensis Coast Strawberry
Fragaria vesca Woodland Strawberry
Geranium oreganum Western Geranium
Geum macrophyllum Large Avens
Heuchera micrantha Smooth Alumroot
Hydrophyllum sp. Waterleaf
Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris
Iris tenax Oregon Iris
Lilium columbianum Tiger Lily
Lilium pardelinum Leopard Lily
Lilium washingtonium Washington Lily
Lupinus polyphyllus Large-leaf Lupine
Lupinus rivularis Stream Lupine
Maianthemum dilatatum False Lily-of-the-Valley
Mimulus cardinalis Red Monkey Flower
Mimulus guttatus Yellow Monkey Flower
Oxalis oregana Wood Sorrel
Penstemon cardwellii Cardwell's Penstemon
Potentilla gracilis Slender Cinquefoil
Potentilla pacifica Pacific Silver Weed
Sagittaria latifolia Arrowhead or Wapato
Sedum oreganum Oregon Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium Broadleaved Stonecrop
Sidalcea campestris Meadow Checker-mallow
Sidalcea virgata Rose Checker-mallow
Sisyrinchium californicum Yellow-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium douglasii Blue-eyed Grass
Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's Seal
Solidago canadensis Canada Goldenrod
Tellima grandiflora Fringecup
Thalictrum polycarpum Meadowrue
Trillium albidum Sessile Trillium
Trillium kurabayashii Giant Purple Trillium
Viola glabella Stream Violet
Wyethia angustifolia Narrowleaf Mule's Ear
Trees & Shrubs
Botanical Name Common Name
Acer circinatum Vine Maple
Acer macrophyllum Big-leaf Maple
Acer palmatum * Green Japanese Maple
Acer rubrum *Red Maple
Alnus rubra Red Alder
Amelanchier alnifolia Serviceberry
Arbutus menziesii Pacific Madrone
Ceanothus cuneatus Buckbrush
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Blueblossom
Cornus nuttallii Pacific Dogwood
Cornus sericea Red-Osier Dogwood
Fraxinus latifolia Oregon Ash
Gaultheria shallon Salal
Holodiscus discolor Ocean Spray
Lithocarpus densiflorus Tanoak
Lonicera involucrata Twinberry
Mahonia aquifolium Tall Oregon
Mahonia repens Creeping Oregon Grape
Oemleria cerasiformis Osoberry
Philadelphus lewisii Mockorange
Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark
Pinus contorta Shore Pine
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa Pine
Pyrus fusca Western Crabapple
Quercus garryana Oregon White Oak
Rhamnus purshiana Cascara
Ribes aureum Golden Currant
Ribes sanguineum Red-flowering Currant
Rosa nutkana Nootka Rose
Rosa pisocarpa Clustered Rose
Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry
Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry
Rubus ursinus Wild blackberry
Salix sitchensis Sitka Willow
Sambucus caerulea Blue Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry
Spiraea douglasii Hardhack
Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry
Taxus brevifolia Western Yew
Vaccinium ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry
Viburnum ellipticum Western Viburnum

Grasses & Sedges
Botanical Name Common Name
Carex obnupta Slough Sedge
Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass
Festuca idahoensis var. roemeri Roemer's Fescue

Ferns
Botanical Name Common Name
Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair Fern
Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern
Blechnum spicant Deer Fern
Polystichium munitum Sword Fern