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Botanical/Common Image Description Price
Abies lasiocarpa

Subalpine Fir

This tree has beautiful gray bark, smooth when the tree is young, but with resin blisters & cracks as it ages. Slow growth as it tends to stay dwarf and in the garden rarely gets taller than 20 feet. Will remain a charming miniature evergreen, which makes them very popular garden specimens.
Stock #: 857-002
Zone: 5-8     Height: 20'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$10.99 each

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Abies procera

Noble Fir

The ultimate Christmas Tree! Noble fir is a native conifer with pretty, dark blue-green needles. Grows very symmetrical with short, stiff branches. Great landscape evergreen. It likes full sun and dry sites
Stock #: 857-001
Zone: 5-8     Height: 90-200'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$6.99 each

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Acer circinatum

Maple, Vine

A versatile NW native that's very useful in the small garden. Fresh light green leaves turn orange and red in Fall often holding their beautiful leaves a long time. Grows 18 inches per year when young. Rugged, graceful truck and very easy to grow.
Stock #: 723-005
Zone: 5-9     Height: 15-20'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Full-Shade Low-Water-Req Native Americans
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Achlys triphylla ssp. triphylla

Vanilla Leaf

An appealing west coast native, growing in woodland shade. Spring-flowering with bottlebrush-like white flowers but the main interest in this plant are the large, scallop-edged leaves. Although when fresh the leaves are not fragrant, when picked, dried and crushed, a sweet vanilla scent is released. AKA: 'Sweet after death' & ‘Deer Foot’ Surprisingly drought tolerant but loves a moist site. A memorable sight in a mass planting. Picture taken at Chase Gardens by Mikey Chance.
Stock #: 599-001
Zone: 7-9     Height: 12''     Part-Shade Ground-Cover Low-Water-Req Native Americans
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Actaea pachypoda

Dolls Eyes

Three seasons of interest on this wonderful native American. Fragrant white soft and fluffy flowers over lush green dissected foliage in Spring. In the Summer, these flowers slowly turn into greenish-yellow berries and in Fall they finish out their growing season as huge, pure white with black dots at each tip resembling the eyes of a doll. Note: Entire plant is toxic. A 'Great Plant Pick'. AKA: Actaea alba Syn: Cimicifuga
Stock #: 245-007
Zone: 4-9     Height: 2-3'     Part-Shade Full-Shade Cut-Flower Butterfly-Hummingbird Deer-Resistant Fragrant Great-Plant-Pick Native Americans
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Actaea racemosa

Black Cohosh

Syn: Cimicifuga Tall white spikes appear in August/September reaching a height of up to 5-6 feet. Attractive foliage and lusciously fragrant.
Stock #: 245-001
Zone: 3-7     Height: 5-6'     Part-Shade Full-Shade Cut-Flower Butterfly-Hummingbird Deer-Resistant Fragrant Native Americans
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Actinidia polygama

Silver Vine

A deciduous climbing vive with scented flowers in June. Very ornamental with yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings. The leaves contain substances that make them very attractive to cats and for this reason they are especially useful as a sedative for lions, etc in zoos.
Stock #: 758-003
Zone: 4-9     Height: 15-20'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Native Americans
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Adiantum pedatum

Five-Finger Maidenhair Fern

The most graceful and delicate of all native ferns, hardy and easy to grow. Lacy, soft green leaves with a dark center on thin, shiny black stems. One of the top ten perennial ferns. Fronds are arranged in a half circle like a fan. Requires a deep, shady location and prefers moist, but not wet, soil. Likes heavy-textured soils and soils rich in humus. Deciduous. AKA: Eastern Maidenhair Fern
Stock #: 455-001
Zone: 5-8     Height: 1-2'     Part-Shade Full-Shade Great-Plant-Pick Native Americans
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Amelanchier alnifolia

Serviceberry

Known by many names: Shadbush, June Berry, Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry. A very slow-growing, deciduous shrub to 10 feet with edible blue berries that taste like blueberries. A good wildlife plant and an attractive shrub with an abundance of white flowers. The fruit was an important food source for native Americans. Medicinally used by the Blackfoot Indians. Shades of yellow and red in autumn. Photo by Derrick Ditchburn
Stock #: 790-001
Zone: 2-7     Height: 8-15'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Native Americans
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Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

Blue Star Flower

A more heavily blooming cultivar that's much more compact and produces darker blue flowers over a longer bloom-time. This is an erect, clump-forming plant with clusters of star-like, dark lavender-blue flowers in late spring. Narrow, willow-shaped, dark green foliage turns an attractive bright yellow in fall. An excellent plant for borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens or open woodland areas. Best when massed. Compact size also enables use as an edging plant.
Stock #: 211-004
Zone: 4-9     Height: 15-18''     Full-Sun Part-Shade Cut-Flower Native Americans
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Amsonia hubrechtii

Blue Star Flower

The 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year! Gorgeous steel blue flowers in early summer. Beautiful olive-green threadlike foliage turns a crisp golden color in autumn. A newly popular species with a delicate, airy appearance.
Stock #: 211-001
Zone: 5-8     Height: 2-3'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Cut-Flower Native Americans
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Amsonia illustris

Shining Blue Star

A gorgeous 3' native with light blue flowers, thick, leathery foliage with gold fall color. A newly popular species with a delicate, airy appearance.
Stock #: 211-003
Zone: 5-9     Height: 2-3'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Cut-Flower Native Americans
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Anemone canadensis

Anemone, Meadow

Sun-loving anemone for the wild garden and will colonize rapidly into a large meadow or woodland carpet. This charming Native American is an easy to grow groundcover and an early spring bloomer. The stick-like rootstocks naturalize through creeping rhizomes. Perfect for early color in the perennial border and in low, moist areas where little else will grow.
Stock #: 212-024
Zone: 2-7     Height: 12-18''     Full-Sun Part-Shade Full-Shade Ground-Cover Native Americans
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Arbutus menziesii

Pacific Madrone

A lovely, native, evergreen tree with beautiful cinnamon, red brown, exfoliating bark. Greenish-white, sweetly fragrant flowers are followed by pea-sized red fruits that remain on the tree well into winter. Birds love the berries. Photo by Derrick Ditchburn
Stock #: 782-001
Zone: 7-10     Height: 20-50'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Native Americans
$11.99 each

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Arisaema triphyllum

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

This three-leaved native provides 3 seasons of interest in the shade garden as its early Spring blooming, unique flowers turn into striking heads of red berries in the fall. A very unusual and interesting Arisaema. Easy to grow unique perennial. Also check out Pinellia. Jack-in-the-Pulpit are the official flower for a 7th Wedding Anniversary and the perfect unique gift!
Stock #: 450-002
Zone: 6-8     Height: 12-24''     Part-Shade Full-Shade Native Americans
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Arisaema consanguineum

Himalayan Cobra Lily

One of the hardiest and easiest Arisaema to grow. A tall variety reaching 4 feet in height with mottled snake skin patterned stems. The tropical looking dramatic foliage forms a many-fingered umbrella. Spathe is striped with narrow white lines, the hood tapers to a long, whip-like tendril. Small green berries replace the spathe as it withers, turning a brilliant scarlet in the fall providing 3 seasons of interest in the shade garden. A very unusual and interesting Arisaema. One bulb per order. Also check out the Pinellia.
Stock #: 450-004
Zone: 5-9     Height: 4'     Part-Shade Full-Shade Native Americans
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Aruncus dioicus

Goatsbeard

A spectacular plant when given plenty of: moisture, room, and part shade. Large, white billowing plumes of tiny flowers provide a magnificent sight. Pacific NW native.
Stock #: 218-002
Zone: 3-7     Height: 5'     Part-Shade Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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Asarum canadense

Wild Ginger

Heart-shaped deciduous foliage is somewhat fuzzy and velvety green. Unusual purple-brown flowers are at ground level for b beetle pollination. If conditions are right, they spread and colonize quickly and vigorously. Among the most beautiful and unusual of ground covers for the shade.
Stock #: 219-001
Zone: 3-9     Height: 6-12''     Part-Shade Full-Shade Ground-Cover Native Americans
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Asarum caudatum f. album

Wild Ginger

The same gorgeous evergreen heart-shaped, glossy foliage as the species but the fascinating flowers are white and bell shaped with long tail-like tips at ground level for beetle pollination. This is one of the most easiest to grow spreading about a foot a year. Among the most beautiful and elegant of our native plants and an excellent ground cover for the shade. Asarum caudatum comes from the north western states of the USA and up into Canada. Syn, Hexastylis
Stock #: 219-014
Zone: 4-9     Height: 7-10''     Part-Shade Full-Shade Ground-Cover Great-Plant-Pick Native Americans
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Asclepias incarnata

Milkweed, Swamp

The native American species of milkweed is an especially important plant to the Monarch butterfly in addition to many other winged jewels. Large rose-pink flowers in compact clusters on top of 3-5' stems. Swamp milkweed is larger and denser than its cousin butterfly weed, but produces similar dense clumps of thick stems. An excellent choice for along a sunny pond. Can tolerate a wide range of wet to dry conditions. Breaks dormancy late, be patient.
Stock #: 220-005
Zone: 3-9     Height: 3-5'     Full-Sun Cut-Flower Butterfly-Hummingbird Low-Water-Req Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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Asclepias speciosa

Milkweed

Bell-shaped umbels of purple-pink flowers throughout the summer make this an outstanding garden attraction. Large, slightly hairy foliage. Breaks dormancy late, be patient. The milkweed is an especially important plant to the Monarch butterfly in addition to many other winged jewels.
Stock #: 220-006
Zone: 3-9     Height: 3-5'     Full-Sun Cut-Flower Butterfly-Hummingbird Low-Water-Req Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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Asclepias tuberosa

Milkweed, Butterfly

Brilliant orange or red flowers. A butterfly 'All-you-can-eat-buffet'. This is an excellent choice to use as a long lasting cut flower. This Native American is easy to grow and does well in areas that may be too wet or too dry for other plants. Long bloom season from June to September. Breaks dormancy late, be patient. The fruit is a pod filled with tiny seeds attached to white tufts that disperse via the wind. The milkweed is an especially important plant to the Monarch butterfly in addition to many other winged jewels. Unlike most milkweeds, this one does not have milky sap.
Stock #: 220-002
Zone: 4-10     Height: 12-24''     Full-Sun Cut-Flower Butterfly-Hummingbird Low-Water-Req Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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Asplenium trichomanes

Maidenhair Spleenwort

One of the most charming and most difficult to keep in stock. This beautiful little native evergreen fern loves shaded stony spots. Loves cracks & crevasses in walls and rocks.
Stock #: 477-005
Zone: 4-8     Height: 3-6''     Part-Shade Full-Shade Cut-Flower Ground-Cover Deer-Resistant Great-Plant-Pick Native Americans
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Aster divaricatus

White Wood Aster

The Wood Aster is a shade loving Native American that will mix beautifully with your Hostas, 'Jack Frost' Brunnera & Heuchera. Perfect in the wild woodland garden as well. A very unique and useful addition to the late season landscape. When most plants are spent, white wood aster brightens up the garden with hundreds of small starry white flowers glowing with a gold center. Distinctive leaves are heart-shaped, stalked and coarsely toothed. Small but abundant 1-inch flowers have white rays and yellow to red centers in late summer to early fall. Very attractive to butterflies. Cut back hard in spring
Stock #: 221-015
Zone: 3-8     Height: 12-30''     Part-Shade Full-Shade Butterfly-Hummingbird Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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Athyrium filix-femina

Lady Fern, Uncrested

Lovely bright yellow green fern with wide, deep cut leaves which tapered at both ends. This large fern has multiple fronds growing from a central clump. Fronds are deciduous. Anything from full sun to deep shade and moist soil but is heat and humidity tolerant. A real favorite.
Stock #: 411-005
Zone: 5-9     Height: 2-5'     Part-Shade Full-Shade Cut-Flower Deer-Resistant Native Americans
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