Snohomish Conservation District Plant Sale Guide 1
Plant Sale Guide Order Online www.theplantsale.org Plant Sale Order Deadline February 17, 201 by p.m. 31 st Annual Native Plant Sale February 27, 201 : 8:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Ground Covers Page 3 & 4 Evergreen Trees Page Evergreen Shrubs Page Deciduous Shrubs Page 7 & 8 Deciduous Trees Page 9 2 Questions? 42-33-34, ext. 4 scdplantsale@snohomishcd.org
Check it Out 4 We ve added icons to make browsing easier! Look for these throughout the brochure to determine if a plant is edible or new. 3 The Edible Icon When you see this icon, you ll know you ve discovered a plant that will grow into a delectable treat. The New Item Icon When you see this icon, you ll know that you ve found a brand new, bright and shiny plant that s a new offering this year. 2 1 Volunteer with Us We re looking for volunteers to help us bundle, sort, and pot plants before and after our Native Plant Sale. 7 For every 4 hour shift worked, volunteers will receive specialty native plants, not for sale, and exclusively available to volunteers! To learn more and sign-up: Visit www.theplantsale.org/volunteer or call Laura at 42-377-7018. Plant Photos: (1.) Trailing Blackberry (2.) Lingonberry (3.) Common Camas (4.) Blanketflower (.) Blackcap Raspberry (.) Serviceberry (7.) Orange Honeysuckle 3
Ground Cover Bear Grass Xerophyllum tenax 1 for $3 Bright green grass-like perennial. Tall stem topped by a cluster of white flowers. Up to 3 ft Dry Part Shade Picture Big Leaf Lupine Lupinus polyphyllus 1 for $3 Tall perennial with blue flowers. Nitrogen fixer. Up to ft Moist-Wet Sun Ü Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata for $8 Small plant with yellow and orange sunflower-like flowers. Attracts butterflies. Up to 2 ft Dry Sun Picture 1 Ü Bluebell Bellflower Campanula rotundifolia for $8 Blue-violet bell shaped flowers. Spread through rhizomes. Attracts hummingbirds. Up to 1 ft Dry Shade-Sun Picture 2 Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium indahoense 1 for $3 Clumping wildflower with iris-like leaves that produce small blue flowers. Up to 1 ft Dry-Moist Sun Bunchberry Cornus canadensis 3 for $8 Showy, white flowers. Birds use the berries for food. 1 ft Moist-Wet Shade-Part Shade Picture 3 Cascade Penstemon Penstemon serrulatus for $8 Wildflower with pink to purple flowers. Up to 3 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Ü óï Common Camas Camassia quamash for $ Edible bulb that produces light to deep blue flowers. 1-2 ft Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 4 Deer Fern Blechnum spicant 2 for $ Bright green sterile fronds with one crinkled edge leaf. Fertile fronds have black stems. Requires more moisture as it is exposed to more sunlight. Up to 2 ft Moist Shade-Part Shade Picture 1 3 2 4 4 3
7 Ü Kamchatka Fritillary Fritillaria camschatcensis for $ Herbaceous clumping bulb. Dark purplish brown flowers with yellow spots, and strong odor. Up to 1 ft Dry Part Shade-Sun Picture 7 Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 1 for $3 Small pink flowers with bright red berries. Helps protect against erosion. Up to 1 ft Dry Part Shade-Sun Picture 8 Maidenhair Fern Adiantum aleuticum 3 for $7 Delicate fern that is found in rock crevices. Up to 3 ft Moist-Wet Shade-Part Sun Oregon Iris Iris tenax 3 for $8 Clumped iris that produces blue to purple flowers. Up to 1 ft Dry-Moist Sun Oregon Stonecrop Sedum oreganum 1 for $3 Succulent. Foliage turns reddish in fall. Yellow flowers attract butterflies. Up to 0. ft Moist-Dry Part Shade-Sun Picture 9 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea for $8 Purple flowers attract birds and butterflies. Use at the back of a flower bed. 2-3 ft Dry Sun Spreading Stonecrop Sedum divergens 1 for $3 Succulent. Great for drought prone areas. Yellow flowers attract butterflies. Up to 0. ft Moist-Dry Part Shade-Sun Sword Fern Polystichum munitum 2 for $ Dark green fronds. Use as a structural element. Provides amphibian habitat. Up to 3 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Sun Ü óï Trailing Blackberry Rubus ursinus for $8 Low growing non-invasive blackberry. Requires male and female plants. 2- ft Moist Shade-Sun Picture 10 Western Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa for $8 Fern-like leaves. Small heart-shaped flowers. 2-3 ft Moist Shade-Part Sun Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa for $8 Red and yellow flower. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Up to 2 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 11 11 9 10 8
Evergreen Trees 7 Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii for $8 Flat, long, yellow-green needles. Dark brown bark furrows when mature. 220-290 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 1 Grand Fir Abies grandis for $8 Flat, dark green needles in two distinct rows. Grayish-brown bark. 140-200 ft Dry-Moist Shade Picture 2 Ü Incense Cedar Calocedrus decurrens for $8 Columnar evergreen. Maximum size is dependent on amount of moisture. Up to 110 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 3 Noble Fir Abies procera for $8 Blue-green needles. Most commonly used for Christmas Trees. 100-200 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Pacific Madrone Arbutus menziesii 1 for $3 Waxy, dark green leaves. Reddish brown bark peels each year. Does well on slopes. Up to 90 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 4 Puget Sound Juniper Juniperus maritima for $8 Slow growing & long-lived. Common on coastal bluffs. Attractive blue fruits. Up to 20ft Dry-Moist Sun Picture Shore Pine Pinus contorta var contorta for $8 Reddish brown bark. Irregular branching. Two needles per fascicle. Great for bluffs. 2-0 ft Dry-Wet Shade-Sun Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis for $8 Sharp needles. Reddish-brown small-scaled bark. Not palatable to many herbivores. 100-10 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla for $8 Yellow-green needles vary in length. Branches lightly droop towards ground. 10-200 ft Moist-Wet Shade-Part Shade Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata for $8 Scaled leaves. J-shaped droop branches. Red-gray or brown bark. 10-200 ft Moist-Wet Shade-Part Shade Picture 7 2 4 1 3
8 9 Evergreen Shrubs 10 12 óï Evergreen Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum 2 for $7 Small, pink, bell-shaped flowers. Purplish-black berries. Attracts butterflies. 2-13 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Sun Picture 8 óï Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea 2 for $ Red, sour berries. Edible berries but best sweetened before consumed. Up to 1. ft Moist Part Shade Picture 9 óï Low Oregon Grape Mahonia nervosa 1 for $3 Clusters of yellow flowers. Dusty-blue berries. Up to 2 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Shade óï Tall Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium 1 for $3 Shiny, evergreen, holly-like foliage. Spring blooming yellow flowers, dusty blue berries. Great for forming a hedge. -7 ft Dry-Wet Shade-Sun Picture 10 Pacific Rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1 for $3 Flowers from May-June. Host plant for caterpillars. Washington state flower. 7-28 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun óï Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium 2 for $7 Bright red berries. Prefers to grow in/near rotting wood or decaying organic matter. 4- ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Shade Picture 11 óï Salal Gaultheria shallon 1 for $3 Small, bell-shaped, pink flowers. Deep-purple fruit. Used in flower arranging. Up to ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Sun Picture 12 11 7
Deciduous Shrubs óï Beaked Filbert Corylus cornuta var. californica for $8 Fuzzy leaves, hanging catkins. Edible nuts. Uses: restoration or ornamental plantings. Up to 20 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Sun Picture 1 Ü óï Blackcap Raspberry Rubus leucodermis for $8 Prickly stemmed plant with edible nearly black berries when ripe. 1.-9 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 2 Douglas Spirea Spiraea douglasii for $8 Small serrated leaves. Clustered pink flowers in terminal spike. Beaver resistant, grows well in wetlands. Up to ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Indian Plum Oemleria cerasiformis for $8 White hanging flowers. Uses: restoration or ornamental plantings. 12-1 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 3 7 Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii for $8 Citrus scented, white flowers. Used for streamside hedgerows and steep slopes. 10-12 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana for $8 Pink-flowering native rose. Red hips. Forage for wildlife. Works as a screen or hedge. 3-8 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor for $8 White lilac-like flowers. Beneficial for wildlife. Up to 10 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Ü Orange Honeysuckle Lonicera ciliosa 1 for $3 Long vining plant with orange trumpet-like flowers that attract hummingbirds. Vines up to 18 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Shade Picture 4 4 8 3 1 2 8
Pacific Crabapple Malus fusca for $8 White to pink flowers. Yellowish fruit. Grows in wetlands. Excellent for wildlife. 20-30 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture Pacific Ninebark Physocarpus capitatus for $8 Cinnamon colored, shedding bark. Palm shaped leaves. Clustered white flowers. Excellent for restoration and hedges. -1 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Red Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum for $8 Small, red flowers. Produces berries. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. -10 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea for $8 White clustered flowers. White to blue green berries. Tolerates heavy pruning. Up to 1 ft Moist-Wet Shade-Sun Picture 7 óï Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis for $8 Pink flowers. Orange to red fruit. Great for revegetation projects. Up to 12 ft Dry-Wet Shade-Sun Picture 8 óï Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia for $8 Small white flowers, edible berries. Also known as Saskatoon and Juneberry. Up to 20 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Sun Sitka Willow Salix sitchensis for $8 Long, dark green leaves with a hairy underside which looks silver underside. Up to 2 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus for $8 Small pink flowers, white berries. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Excellent for bank stabilization. 4-7 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Sun óï Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus for $8 Showy, white flowers. Thimble-like red berries. Forms thickets or natural hedgerow. -8 ft Moist Shade-Sun Twinberry Lonicera involucrata for $8 Paired small yellow flowers. Inedible berries. Excellent for birds and butterflies. Up to 12 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture 9 Vine Maple Acer circinatum for $8 Small pink and white flowers in spring. Green to red branches in winter. Important food source for birds and other wildlife. 9 Up to 2 ft Dry-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture 10 9 10 9
Deciduous 1 Trees 3 4 2 Big-leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum for $8 Leaves can be 10 inches across. Flowers are an early nectar source. Due to fast growth, branches can be brittle in the wind. Up to 100 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Sun Picture 1 Bitter Cherry Prunus emarginata for $8 Attractive reddish bark. Attracts birds, butterflies and wildlife for food and shelter. Up to 40 ft Dry-Moist Part Shade-Sun Picture 2 Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa for $8 White bark. Shiny green heart shaped leaves. Good for wildlife. Attracts beavers. Up to 10 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture 3 Cascara Rhamnus purshiana for $8 Silver gray bark. Small green-yellow clusters of flowers, purplish berries. 1-30 ft Wet-Dry Shade-Full Sun 7 Pacific Dogwood Cornus nutallii for $8 Dark green leaves. White flowers in April or May. Red to orange fruit in fall. Up to 40 ft Dry-Moist Shade-Part Shade Picture 4 Pacific Willow Salix lasiandra for $8 Excellent for wildlife habitat and soil stabilization. Young, bright yellow twigs provide great winter color. Up to 0 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture Paper Birch Betula papyrifera for $8 Large tree with white peeling bark when mature. Grows well along streams. 80-100 ft Moist-Wet Part Shade-Sun Picture Red Alder Alnus rubra for $8 Fast growing, short-lived tree. Used for quick shade and improving soil health. 7-100ft Dry-Wet Part Shade-Sun 10 9
Other Items Pollinator Packet- Wildflower Seed Mix small for $8 or large for $1 1 10 Promotes native pollinators by providing wildflowers for forage and native grasses for nesting habitat. Best in sunny areas with well-drained soils. Species: Pearly Everlasting (Picture 10), Puget Sound Gumweed (Picture 7), Pink Nodding Onion (Picture 8), Butterfly Milkweed (Picture 9), Blue Wildrye, Barestem Biscuitroot, Big leaf Lupine, Oregon Sunshine, Roemer s Fescue, Western White Yarrow, Camas, Douglas Aster, Shaggy Fleabane, Western Bleeding Heart, Tufted Hairgrass, Self Heal, Purple Coneflower, California Oatgrass, Alfalfa, Farewell to Spring, and Native Red Fescue. 3-4 ft Dry-Moist Sun 9 7 Rain Barrel Kit $4 Rain barrels can help: Save you money on your water bill Reduce flooding in your yard Help keep our waterways clean for future generations Each kit contains an assembled rain barrel using a gallon foodgrade barrel. 8 Protex Tree Protectors $1.70 Protex Pro/Gro tubes come in flat sheets and are assembled with die cut tabs and slots. Put together, they measure 4 in diameter x 18 tall. The light blue, poly material allows sun to penetrate and can accelerate photosynthesis, creating the mini greenhouse effect. They are great for protecting seedlings against deer, elk and rabbit browse. 11
12 Snohomish Conservation District Plant Sale 28 91st Ave NE, Suite A Lake Stevens, WA 9828 www.theplantsale.org Plant Sale Order Deadline February 17, 201 by p.m. Native Plant Sale February 27, 201 8:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe Order online www.theplantsale.org Questions? 42-33-34, ext. 4 scdplantsale@snohomishcd.org