Connie Sidles, a member of the Seattle Audubon Society ,and former Board member . Connie is a master birder with more than 600 North American birds on her life list. She has led several trips for Seattle Audubon Society and currently serves as chair of Seattle Audubon’s Publications Committee.
| HPSW Plant Sale 2015 | ||
| Genus | Species | variety |
| Anemone | japonica | |
| Anemone | nemerosa | viridiflora |
| Anemone | nemerosa | ‘Bractenta’ |
| Arisaema | amurense | |
| Arisaema | proboscideum | mouse plant |
| Aster | divaricatus | |
| Aster | short blue | |
| Aster | tall blue | |
| Aster | ‘Hot Pink’ | |
| Aster | tall purple | |
| Astrantia | major | |
| Beesia | diphylla | |
| Cardamine | single pink flowers | |
| Chrysanthemum | ‘Kandy’s Gold’ | |
| Chrysanthemum | ‘Pink’ | |
| Corydalis | solida | |
| Crambe | cordifolia | crown divisions |
| Crambe | maritima | |
| Dicentra | formosa | native |
| Disporum | flavum | |
| Epimedium | x versicolor | ‘Sulphureum’ |
| Epimedium | Orange Queen’ | |
| Eremurus | ||
| Eryngium | giganteum | |
| Fragaria | edible strawberry | |
| Geranium | cantabrigiensis | Bioloco’ |
| Geranium | 2′ laveder blue clumping | |
| Geum | Orange | |
| Helianthus | salicifolius | |
| Helenium | ‘Orange’ | |
| Helleborus | orientalis | seedlings |
| Helleborus | orientalis | |
| Hemerocallis | Kwanso | ‘Flore Pleno’ |
| Hemerocallis | lilioasphodelus | |
| Hemerocallis | ‘Autumn Minaret’ | |
| Hemerocallis | ‘Butter Yellow’ | |
| Hemerocallis | ‘Spider Miracle’ | |
| Hemerocallis | Stella d’Oro’ | |
| Hops | Golden | |
| Hosta | big green | |
| Hosta | ‘Blue Cadet’ | |
| Hosta | ‘Francee’ | |
| Hosta | green | Coral’s plant |
| Hosta | plantagenea | |
| Hosta | small clumping | |
| Hosta | venusta | |
| Hosta | venusta | |
| Hosta | ‘Krossa Regal’ | |
| Hosta | ‘Northern Exposure’ | |
| Hosta | ‘Patriot’ | |
| Hosta | ‘Warwick Curtsy’ | |
| Iris | germanica | |
| Iris | siberica | ‘Alba’ |
| Iris | japonica | |
| Lilium | ‘Conch d’Or’ | |
| Oxalis | oregana | |
| Ophiopogon | Black Mondo Grass | |
| Ostrich Plume Fern | ||
| Pachyphragma | macrophyllum | |
| Pachyphragma | macrophyllum | |
| Peony | double white | |
| Peony | double pink | |
| Persicaria | amplexicaulis | red form |
| Persicaria | amplexicaulis | ‘Rosea’ |
| Persicaria | amplexicaulis | ‘Taurus’ |
| Persicaria | ‘Red Dragon’ | |
| Persicaria | bistorta | superba |
| Petasites | japonicus | ‘Variegatus’ |
| Polygonatum | commutatum | |
| Polygonatum | verticillatum | |
| Primula | Wanda group | |
| Primula | ‘Dorothy’ | |
| Ranunculus | ficaria | ‘Flore Pleno’ |
| Saxifraga | dentata | |
| Saxifraga | stolonifera | Strawberrry Begonia’ |
| Silene | dioica | Clifford Moor’ |
| Soldanella | alpina | |
| Solidago | rugosa | ‘Fireworks’ |
| Thalictrum | aquilegifolia | |
| Thalictrum | kisoanum | |
| Trachystemon | orientalis | |
| Viola | various cultivars |
Sunday, April 19th, 2015 -The HPSW Fifth Annual Spring Plant Sale at the Center for Urban Horticulture.Doors open at 10:00 am!
Center for Urban Horticulture: NHS Hall – 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA.
Sale runs from 10am to 2pm ONLY!
Hardy Plant Society of Washington will offer hundreds of varieties of hardy plants & choice treasures from members’ gardens at great prices. SEEDS also available from our gardens and native plant collections for $1/packet.
Come early for best choice. Plant experts will be on hand for questions.
More information: www.hardyplantsocietywa.org or Contact us at info@hardyplantsocietywa.org
Check out the Post for Seeds listing and Plants to be available for sale
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Download the HPSW Seed List 2015 Excel Spreadsheet (updated 4/1/2015)
| Genus | Species | Cultivar | Description | Source | Date Collected |
| Achlys | triphylla | – | Vanilla leaf; native ground cover. Elegant plant for the edge of woodland | Virginia Brewer (B.I.) | 7/1/14 |
| Aconitum | columbianum | var columbianum | Chelan County WA Wenatchee Mountains 3200’. Blue white flowers; up to 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/10/13 |
| Aconitum | napellus | – | Blue flowers on 3’ spikes; late flowering | Elizabeth Gilham | 11/3/13 |
| Actea | rubra | – | Jackson County OR Siskiyou Mountains 6200’. White flowers; red fruit; to 1 ½ ‘ tall | Ron Ratko | 9/20/13 |
| Agapanthus | africanus | – | Lily of the Nile. Blue flowers above foliage; umbels on 2’ stems | Sylvia Duryee | 2013 |
| Agapanthus | – | Headbourne Hybrids | Blue flowers; Hardy Lily of the Nile | Coral Wilde | 10/2/13 |
| Agastache | – | ‘Bolero’ | Rose purple flowers; aromatic foliage; To 18” in flower | Julie Martinson | 9/2/13 |
| Agastache | – | ‘Raspberry Nectar’ | Nice upright form; raspberry red flowers | Bob Lilly | 8/10/13 |
| Agastache | aurantiaca | ‘Apricot Sprite’ | Short lived perennial; aromatic foliage; edible flowers | Bob Lilly | 8/8/13 |
| Agastache | aurantiaca | ‘Apricot Sprite’ | Small orange flowers are edible. Green/grey foliage; aromatic | Bob Lilly | 9/1/13 |
| Agastache | aurantiaca | cv. | Apricot flowers on an extremely large plant. Bitter edible flowers. Aromatic floliage | Carol Ager | 10/19/13 |
| Agastache | – | cv. Burnt Orange | Long tubular flowers; few seeds are set so very floriferous | Carol Ager | 8/5/14 |
| Agastache | frugosa | ‘Aureum’ or ‘Golden Jubilee’ | Gold foliage; spikes of blue flowers; seeds about; great for bees. | Charlene | 8/10/14 |
| Agastache | occidentalis | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 3300’; lavender blue flowers; to 1 – 1 ½ ‘ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Alchemilla | mollis | – | Lady’s Mantle. Chartreuse flower heads can be dried; flops somewhat. | Ruthie G. | Aug-14 |
| Allium | (cernuum?) | – | Lavender pink. 10” tall; 1 to 1 ½ inch bloom head | Julie Martinson | 10/1/13 |
| Allium | acuminatum | – | Pale lavender flowers on 1’+ stems; native Yakima County WA 1800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Allium | nevii | – | Lavender pink flowers on short stems; native Yakima County WA 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Allium | schoenoprasum | – | Common chives; large seed heads. Wild population near Greenlake | Tyler B. | 7/28/14 |
| Allium | schoenoprasum | – | Common chives; with pink flower; not the standard colors | Julie Martinson | 7/26/14 |
| Allium | schoenoprasum | – | Chives; standard purple colored flowers | Julie Martinson | 7/6/05 |
| Allium | schubertii | – | Largest headed ornamental onion; purple flowers on a fireworks like flower head | Banbury | 7/6/05 |
| Allium | schubertii | – | Largest inflorescence of the Alliums; lavender pink flowers umbel on 20-24” stem | Coral Wilde | 9/12/13 |
| Allium | vineale | ‘Hair’ | Small bulbils formed in flower head; curious ornamental onion | HPSW member | 7/5/05 |
| Alstromeria | – | ligtu hybrids | “Peruvian Lily: to 2 ½’ in flower; white; peach; pale orange forms | Ron Ratko | 8/1/13 |
| Amaranthus | caudatus | Love Lies Bleeding | Pendant ropes of cerise flowers; red seed | Bob Lilly | 9/19/13 |
| Amsonia | tabernaemontana | – | Blue flowers; to about 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 11/1/13 |
| Anemanthele | lessoniana | – | Large scale grass; graceful in flower; Orange/tan/green foliage | Bob Lilly | 10/7/13 |
| Anemathele | lessoniana | – | Large carex-like grass with colored blades in green; tan; gold and orange; Evergreen | Bob Lilly | 8/1/14 |
| Angelica | arguta | – | White flowers; to 3’ tall; native Yakima County WA 5500’ +/- | Ron Ratko | 9/10/13 |
| Angelica | pachycarpa | – | Short monocarpic perennial chartreuse to cream flowers and glossy divided foliage | Bob Lilly | 7/20/14 |
| Angelica | pachypoda (pachycarpa) | – | Glossy green leaves stiff and divided; to 3’. Greenish white flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/6/13 |
| Anomatheca | laxa | – | Large population. Orange-red flowered; by Douglas Classroom | CUH | Aug-14 |
| Anomatheca | laxa | – | Small scale bulbous plant hardy in full sun; wideish grass like leaves | Kandy Kroll (greenhouse) | 9/11/13 |
| Anomatheca | laxa | var. alba | Bulbous spring flowered; dormant by summer; likes to bake through summer | Sylvia Duryee | 8/16/13 |
| Anthericum | liliago | – | White flowers on an unbranched spike | M. Pace | 9/29/13 |
| Anthericum | ramosum | – | Small with star like flowers on upright branched stems | Julie Martinson | 9/17/14 |
| Anthriscus | sylvestris | ‘Ravenswing’ | Purplish foliage; white flowers; to 2’ in flower | Ron Ratko | 7/22/13 |
| Apium | graveolens | Redventure | celery; red stems; a striking new form of celery | Julie Martinson | 8/25/13 |
| Aquilegia flavescens x A. formosa | – | var formosa | Native columbine yellow/pink forms to 2 ½‘+. Chelan County WA 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/10/13 |
| Aquilegia | formosa | – | Red and yellow nodding flowers | Julie Martinson | 7/10/13 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | – | Blue flowers – columbine. Lots of seed to broadcast | Lynne Harrison | 2014 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | – | Columbine maroon single with a deeper throat | Alice Smith | 8/27/13 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | – | Deep purple double flowers; Columbine | Anne Potter | 7/18/14 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | – | Large flowered blue form; Very vigorous Columbine lots of seed to broadcast | Elizabeth Gilham | 8/12/14 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | – | Large purple columbine | Ann Potter | Jul-13 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | var. stellata | Mixed colors and spurred and spurless ;Lots of seed to broadcast | Saskia Schottt | 2013 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | Black Currant Ice | Purple flowers; bicolored flowers; dwarf columbine. Golden foliage | Julie Martinson | 2013 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | var. stellata ‘Black Barlow’ | Fully double; almost black flowered columbine | Julie Martinson | 7/3/13 |
| Aquilegia | vulgaris | var. stellata | Pale pink spurless columbine; Very nice large flowers | Lynne Harrison | 2014 |
| Aqulegia | vulgaris | – | Large flowered blue form; Very vigorous Columbine lots of seed to broadcast | Elizabeth Gilham | 8/12/14 |
| Aquligia | vulgaris | – | Large vigorous plants; blue flowers;Very prolific; sorted for larger seed; full packets | Virginia H | 2013 |
| Aralia | californica | – | Bold herbaceous native perennial to 5’+ white flowers. Lane County OR Cascade Range 1500’ | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Arisaema | heterophyllum | – | Jack in the Pulpit. 3’ tall; green and purple tinged spathe; Washed seed | Sylvia Duryee | 9/14/13 |
| Arisaema | tortuosum | – | Jack in the Pulpit 3-4’ tall; mottled stem; greenish white spathe; Washed seed | Sylvia Duryee | Sep-13 |
| Arnica | cordifolia | – | Yellow daisies for shade spring to 1’; Wenatchee Mtns Chelan Co. WA 5450’ | Ron Ratko | 7/9/14 |
| Arnica | fulgens | – | Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mnts. Yellow orange daisy on 1’ stems | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Arnica | latifolia | – | Yellow daisies to 1’ tall; Cascade Ridge Lewis Co. WA 4800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/1/14 |
| Arnica | mollis | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 6400’ Yellow daisy on 10” stems | Ron Ratko | 8/24/13 |
| Arthropodium | cirratum | – | Distinctive New Zealand plant broad leaves and a complex spike of white flowers | Phil Wood | Oct-13 |
| Asphedoline | liburnica | – | Yellow flowers on 36” spikes above fine strap like foliage | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Asphodeline | lutea | – | Grass like grey green foliage; sun’ Yellow spider like flowers on 2-3’ spikes | Eileen O’Connor | 2013 |
| Asphodeline | lutea | – | Yellow flowers on 2 ½’ spikes above fine strap like foliage | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Astrantia | major | – | Good red population | Bob Lilly | 2014 |
| Astrantia | major | ‘Hadspen Blood’ | Masterwort. One of the darkest flowered forms | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Baptisia | australis | – | Blue lupine-like flowers above slightly greyish foliage; large scale perennial | Bob Lilly | 8/19/14 |
| Baptisia | australis | – | Long lived large perennial; Blue lupine-like flowers/rattlesnake seed pods | Virginia Brewer | 9/12/13 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen clumper; glossy heart shaped leaves; curious flowers on spikes above foliage | Sylvia Duryee | 7/21/13 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen clumping perennial with spikes above foliage and curious white flowers | Bob Lilly | 8/18/14 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen clumping perennial with spikes above foliage and curious white flowers | Bob Lilly | 8/18/14 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen perennial with glossy heart shaped leaves. Curious white flowers on 18” spikes | Bonnie Sharpe | Aug-13 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen perennial; glossy heart shaped leaves; a great plant with curious seed pods. Lots of sun. | Matt & Craig | 2013 |
| Beesia | calthifolia | – | Evergreen perennial; glossy leaves; Curious white flowers | Craig & Matt | 2013 |
| Beschorneria | yuccoides | subsp. dekosteriana | Strap leaf evergreen perennial; Best if protected below 28° striking | Paul Smith | 2013 |
| Billardiera | longiflora | – | Vine to 9’ +/- with small greenish white flowers followed by shiny purple squarish fruit | Ron Ratko | 10/10/13 |
| Boykinia | major | – | White flowers; to 1 ½ ‘ high +/- Jackson County OR Siskiyou Mtns 6000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Boykinia | occidentalis | – | White flowers; at most 1’ tall; Lane County OR Cascade Range 3000’+ | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Brassica | napus pabularia | Red Russian Kale | Annual or biennial to 3’+. Originally brought here by Jack Bucher. Yellow flowers; lots of seed. Best plants overwintered. Grey green leaves turn purple in cold weather | Lynne Harrison | 2013 |
| Briza | maxima | – | Rattlesnake grass; Annual curiosity | Lynne Harrison | 2014 |
| Camassia | quamash | – | Native Camas; blue flowers | Sylvia Duryee | 9/14/13 |
| Camassia | quamash | ssp. utahensis | Pale violet blue on spikes to 1’+; Blue Mtns Umatilla Co OR 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 7/16/14 |
| Camassia | quamash | subsp quamash | Yakima Countay WA Cascade Mountains 2800’; Violet flowers on short 1’ spikes | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Campanula | latifolia | var. macrantha | Bold Bell Flower to 2’+ outward facing bells. Dark blue flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/25/13 |
| Campanula | latiloba | – | Large scale Blue Bells to 3’. Large semi-pendant blue flowers on dense stalks | M Pace | 9/29/13 |
| Campanula | moesiaca | – | To 10” tall; pale lilac blue flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Campanula | persicifolia | – | White Peach leaf Bellflower | Julie Martinson | 7/30/13 |
| Campanula | persicifolia | Chettle Charm Group | Mixed population from CUH beds. White/blue/pale blue and white with pale blue edge | CUH | 8/18/13 |
| Campanula | primulifolia | – | Wide blue flowers on 12” plus spikes; Parent plant unusually trim | Kandy Kroll | 9/14/14 |
| Campanula | primulifolia | – | Large outfacing flat blue flowers A bell flower that can’t ring! | Julie Martinson | 8/13/13 |
| Campanula | punctata | ‘Cherry Bells’ | Huge pendant cherry red spotted bells. Runs like crazy | Kandy Kroll | 8/26/14 |
| Campanula | punctata | ‘Cherry Bells’ | Immense pendant bellsTo about 18” tall | Kandy Kroll | 8/14/12 |
| Campanula | scouleri | – | Pale lavender pink flowers on a short perennial. Native Klickitat County WA 2100’ | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Cardamine | sp. | – | Pink flowers; divided foliage; Seeds about some long flowering season if seed removed | Susan Carter | Jun-13 |
| Cardiocrinum | giganteum | – | Intensely fragrant pendant white trumpets. Bulbous and monocarpic (transplant pups) to 10’ tall | Ron Ratko | 11/23/13 |
| Cardiocrinum | giganteum | – | Parent had a 5’ spike. Sorted for heavy seed. Pendant large white trumpets; fragrant | Bonnie Sharpe | 11/10/13 |
| Carex | phyllocephala | ‘Sparkler’ | Grass to 2’ tall or so; whorls of green leaves w/white margins | Ron Ratko | 11/17/13 |
| Carex | tenuiculmis | ‘Cappucino’ | Narrow chestnut brown leaves; About 2’ tall; gracefully arching | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Carex | tenuiculmus | ‘Cappucino’ | Nice coffee colored sedge; As with all Carex seed is a ‘nutlet’ | Carol Ager | 10/19/13 |
| Cephalaria | gigantea | – | Large scale perennial with long stems; scabiosa like flowers; seed heads dry well | Judy Phillips | 7/25/14 |
| Cephalaria | gigantea | – | Long stem (large scale plant); Yellow pincushion lowers; very perennial | Judy Phillips | 8/1/14 |
| Cerinthe | major | ‘Purpurascens ’ | Annual with blue bracts self sows ; The best plants overwinter as seedlings | Sand Point | 7/12/13 |
| Chelidonium | majus | ‘Flore Pleno’ | Double Celandine Biennial charming; Seeds about some | Bob Lilly | 8/20/11 |
| Chenepodium | giganteum | – | Magenta Spreen Edible green; Annual to 6’+/- pink tipped young leaves | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Chenopodium | giganteum | – | Magenta spreen annual to 3’+; With edible young pink leaves nutty flavor | Bob Lilly | 9/11/13 |
| Clarkia | rubicunda | – | Annual lavender pink with dark rose center; to about 2 ½’ tall | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Cleome | hassleriana | – | Spider flower; long blooming annual; White flowers long thin seed pods | C. Hill | 10/20/13 |
| Clintonia | uniflora | – | Single starlike flowers / blue berry /white; Wenatchee Mtns Kittitas Co WA 4200’ | Ron Ratko | 8/23/14 |
| Colutea | arborescens | – | Bladder Pod; shrub; yellow flowers to about 4’+ tall | Lynne Harrison | 8/17/14 |
| Colutea | arborescens | – | Yellow flowered pea shrub; “Bladder Pod” curious inflated seed pods | Lynne Harrison | 9/16/14 |
| Consolida | ajacis | – | Mixed colors of old fashioned larkspur. Lots of seed to broadcast. Annual. | Julie Martinson | 8/1/14 |
| Corydalis | heterocarpa | – | Biennial early spring blooming; clusters of yellow flowers/ weedy but very nice | Bob Lilly | 2014 |
| Corydalis | ochroleuca | – | The pale yellow one; seeds about some. Short lived; replaced by new plants. | Naomi Shiff | 7/2/14 |
| Cosmos | bipinnatus | ‘Pink Pop-socks’ | Small pink flowers and lots of them; to about 3’tall or less. Annual | Charlene | 2014 |
| Cotinus | coggygria | Purpureus group | Smoke Bush with purple/maroon leaves to 6’+/- | M Pace | 10/28/13 |
| Crocosmia | – | ‘Lucifer’ | Red flowers on the largest growing of all the Crocosmias | Saskia Schott | Aug-13 |
| Crocosmia | – | cv. | Orange flowers and nice golden seed pods | Alice Smith | 10/21/13 |
| Cryptotaenia | japonica | v. atropurpurea | Purple “Japanese Parsley” | HPSW member | 8/25/12 |
| Cuphea | micropetala | – | Large flowered; and large leafed; Orange curious flowers | Saskia Schott | 2014 |
| Cyclamen | coum | – | Mixed colors; pink and white | Judy Philips | 2014 |
| Cyclamen | coum | – | Pewter leaf type | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Cyclamen | hederifolium | – | Mixed pinks and white fall blooming | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Darlingtonia | californica | – | Native pitcher plant; carnivorous; to 1½‘ tall; yellow flowers Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 1000’ +/- | Ron Ratko | 9/20/13 |
| Darmera | peltata | – | Large leaf plant for wet ground. Pink flowers on 24” stem before leaves emerge | Coral Wilde | May-14 |
| Datisca | cannabina | – | An extremely large perennial; Pendant green long flower clusters | CUH | 2013 |
| Delphinium | distichum | – | Bright purple blue flowers on a 1-1½‘ tall spike. Native Kittitas County WA 4000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/13/13 |
| Delphinium | glaucum | – | Dark purple flowers; to 3’+ Native Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 4500’ | Ron Ratko | 8/23/13 |
| Delphinium | lineapetalum | – | Pale blue; purple penciling; short; Native Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Delphinium | menziesii | subsp menziesii | Menzies Larkspur perennial blue purple to 1’ tall; Cascade Range Lewis Co WA 3600’ | Ron Ratko | 7/29/14 |
| Delphinium | multiplex | – | Dark blue; to +/- 3’ Native Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Delphinium | nuttallianum | – | Blue purple flowers; short; Native Yakima County WA Cascade Range 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Delphinium | viridescens | – | Green/maroon flowers; to 1’ +/- Native Chelan County Wenatchee Mtns 1800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/10/13 |
| Dicentra | formosa | – | Native bleeding heart. Use as a groundcover in dry shade | Ramsay | Jul-14 |
| Dicentra | formosa | – | Vigorous form of native Bleeding Heart. Good for dry shade; pink flowers | Naomi Shiff | 7/2/14 |
| Dicentra | scadens (now Dactylicaphos s.) | – | Vine to 6’ with pendant clusters of butter yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Dictamnus | albus | – | Pink or white flowers; Gas Plant. Long lived perennial | Mr. Huu | 2013 |
| Dictamnus | albus | var. purpureus | Gas Plant; second collection will be white or pink; to 2 ½ – 3’ tall | House of Huu | 2014 |
| Dictamnus | albus | var. albus or var. purpureus | Gas Plant. Long lived perennial. Two separate collections; one white one pink | House of Huu | Sep-14 |
| Dierama | dracomontanum | – | Salmon flowers on short arching stems. Originally from Ann Bucher | Saskia Schott | Aug-14 |
| Dierama | pulcherrimum | – | Angel’s Fishing Wand; Light medium Pink pendant flowers on arching stems | Julie Martinson | 8/25/13 |
| Dierama | pulcherrimum | – | Angels Fishing Wand; pendant bright rose-violet flowers on arching stems; Strap like foliage to 3’+ | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Dierama | pulcherrimum | – | Light pink pendant flowers; Angel’s Fishing Wand | Kandy Kroll | 8/26/14 |
| Dierama | pulcherrimum | – | Silky light pink; Evergreen perennial; sun; Angel’s FishingWand | Julie Martinson | 8/25/14 |
| Dierama | pulcherrimum | – | White flowers; Angel’s Fishing Wand | Saskia Schott | 9/11/14 |
| Dierama | sp. | – | Shorter flower wands’ Salmon pink flowers | Saskia Schott | 8/18/13 |
| Digitalis | ferruginea | – | Golden brown with rusty streaks on 2’+ spikes; Fox glove; short lived perennial | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Digitalis | trojana | – | Pale yellow to cream large flowers on 1 1/2 ‘ spike; Foxglove; short lived perennial | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Disporum | cantoniense | – | Pendant pale greenish yellow flowers; black fruit. Striking plant to 3’+ | Ron Ratko | 11/18/13 |
| Disporum | hookeri | – | Creamy white flowers; red fruits; Blue Mtns; Asotin Co WA 5000; | Ron Ratko | 8/28/14 |
| Dodecatheon | conjugens | – | Bonneville Shooting Star; Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 6100’. Rose violet shooting stars on 6” stems | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Dodecatheon | jeffreyi | – | Clackamas County OR Cascade Mtns; Rose violet tall mountain shooting stars on 1’ stems | Ron Ratko | 9/3/13 |
| Dodecatheon | sp. | – | Mixed species; Shooting Stars | Bonnie Sharpe | 8/3/13 |
| Eccremmocarpus | scaber | ‘Tresco Sunset’ | Pale salmon with warm yellow lip; Perennial vine dies down in hard winters | Carrie Becker | 7/17/13 |
| Eccremocarpus | scaber | – | Bright orange wih every so slightly darker lips | Bob Lilly | 8/22/14 |
| Eccremocarpus | scaber | – | Cerise red w/salmon tips; Slightly translucent perennial vine – this cv can get quite large | Saskia Schott | 8/8/13 |
| Eccremocarpus | scaber | – | Cerise tubes with orange tips; Perennial herbaceous vine | Saskia Schott | 9/11/14 |
| Elmora | racemosa | var puberulenta | Alpine Heuchera relative pale yellow green flowers; Wenatchee Mtns Chelan Co WA 7000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/22/14 |
| Erica | sativa | ‘Sylvetta’ | Wild arugula; yellow flowers; deeply cut foliage. Lace leaf arugula | L Haggerman | 2014 |
| Eruca | sativa | ‘Sylvetta’ or ‘Surry’ | Lace leafed Arugula or wild Arugula; Annual; will seed about; “make Pesto” | L. Haggerman | Aug-14 |
| Eryngium | agavifolium | – | Strap like leaves with wide spaced serrations; white flowers; dryable heads | Elizabeth Gilham | 2013 |
| Eryngium | giganteum | Miss Wilmott’s Ghost. | Dryable thistle like heads; Biennial very striking; can dry almost cream colored | Carrie Becker | 8/18/13 |
| Eryngium | planum | ‘Blue Glitter’ | Many small blue thistle-like flower heads. Leaves to 10” tal;l spike to 36” tall | Julie Martinson | 9/22/14 |
| Eryngium | variifolium | – | Small flower heads on 2’+ complex stems; pale blue basal foliage is green with whitish veins | CUH | 9/23/13 |
| Erythranthe | lewisii | – | (syn Mimulus lewisii) Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 6000’. To 3’ tall; rose red flowers; native monkey flower | Ron Ratko | 8/25/13 |
| Erythronium | grandiflorum | – | (Glacier Lily). Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mountains 5600’; Yellow with white anthers on 8” stems | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Eschscholzia | californica | – | California poppy. Orange flowers | Elizabeth Gilham | Aug-14 |
| Euhorbia | characias | – | Evergreen but short lived perennial; Large flower heads of chartreuse flowers and bracts | Sheila S. | 2014 |
| Euphorbia | characias | – | Large scale perennial bluish foliage and large heads of chartreuse flowers | Sheila S | Jun-13 |
| Foeniculum | vulgare | – | The purple leafed fennel; Be sure to wed out green seedlings | Alice Smith | 9/7/13 |
| Frasera | albicaulis | var albicaulis | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 2400’; Lavender blue flowers; short to 10” tall | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Frasera | albicaulis | var albicaulis | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 2400’; Lavender blue flowers; short to 10” tall | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Frasera | speciosa | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 6300’. Yellow green with purple spots to 3’+ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/12/13 |
| Fritillaria | pudica | – | Small golden yellow flowers; 2-3” stems; dark green leaves. Native Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Fumaria | officinalis | – | Annual with pink flowers with black tips /lips . A charming ‘weaver’ | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Fumaria | officinalis | “Earth Smoke” | Annual ‘weaver’ with pink flowers with black lips; goes to seed by midsummer | Bob Lilly | 7/20/14 |
| Gaura | lindheimeri | – | Nice maroon foliage; white flowers; This is a good vigorous form; seeds about | Elizabeth Gilham | 11/13/13 |
| Gellenia | trifoliata | – | White star like flowers on thin stems atop a 3’+ plant. Long lived perennial | Ron Ratko | 8/25/12 |
| Gentiana | affinis | var. ovata | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 3900’. Up facing dark blue flowers with green spots; 10” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/18/13 |
| Gentiana | asclepiadea | – | Blue flowered Willow Gentian | Lynne Harrison | 2014 |
| Gentiana | asclepiadea | – | Blue willow gentian; Long lived clumping perennial | M Pace | 9/29/13 |
| Gentiana | asclepiadea | – | Dark blue-purple arching flower sprays to 2 1/2 ‘ | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Gentiana | asclepiadea | ‘Rosea’ | Pale red-violet with paler plaits; to 2 ½’ arching stems | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Gentiana | asclepiadea | var rosea | Pale red violet with paler plaits to 2’ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/30/12 |
| Gentiana | calycosa | var. calycosa | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 6300’. Up facing dark blue spotted tubular flowers 6-8” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/11/13 |
| Gentiana | cruciata | – | Pale blue to 10” | Ron Ratko | 8/30/12 |
| Gentiana | paradoxa | – | Blue to 2 ½ ‘ tall | Ron Ratko | 10/21/12 |
| Gentiana | septemfida | – | Blue tubular flowers on a lax plant; to about 4” | Ron Ratko | 9/3/12 |
| Gentiana | setigera | – | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 1300’. Violet blue flowers; 10” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Geranium | – | cv. | Pink wth red veins low growing; deeply cut leaves | Lynne Harrison | 7/12/13 |
| Geranium | pratense | – | Mixed population; can be sorted as seedlings for dark foliage. Blue flowers. | Naomi Shiff | 7/2/14 |
| Geranium | pretense | – | Dark leaf; deeply cut; blue flowers | Kandy Kroll | 7/12/14 |
| Geranium | psilostemon | – | Large scale violet purple flowers with black markings at the base of the petals | Julie Martinson | 7/13/14 |
| Geranium | sp. | – | Divided small leaves; to about 8” tall. Lavender purple flowers | Kandy Kroll | 7/27/14 |
| Geranium | sp. | – | Divided small leaves; to about 8” tall. Lavender purple flowers | Kandy Kroll | 7/27/14 |
| Geranium | sp. | – | (G. endresii type) Pink flowers large herbaceous perennial | Lynne Harrison | 8/21/13 |
| Geum | coccineum | ‘Koi’ | Short orange flowered Geum | Sheila S | Aug-14 |
| Gilia | capitata | – | (Bluebend gilia) Linn County OR Cascade Mtns 5400’; Annual to 10” tall; lavender blue flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/15/13 |
| Grindelia | integrifolia | – | Gum weed; aromatic; Pierce County WA Fox Island; 3’ tall; yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 10/30/13 |
| Gunnera | tinctoria | – | Very small green flowers; Leaves spiny and dramatic to 3-4’ across | Ron Ratko | 11/27/13 |
| Hedychium | coccineum | – | Hardy Ginger | Greg Siemens | 2012 |
| Helleborus | corsicus | – | It’s still from Corsica! Good upright compact form. Very old clump. | Anne Potter | 2014 |
| Heracleum | maximum | – | Native Cow Parsnip. Yakima County WA; Cascade Mtns. Flat white umbels to 3-6’ tall; needs lots of water in spring | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Heuchera | cylindrica | ‘Greenfinch’ | Green flowers on stiff upright stems above green foliage | Susan Carter | 6/18/13 |
| Heuchera | cylindrica | var glabella | Pale yellow flowers on 10-12” spikes above foliage crown. Pend Oreille Co; WA | Ron Ratko | 9/29/12 |
| Heuchera | micrantha | – | Small white flowers above foliage on 1’+ spikes. Native Lane County OR; Cascade Range; 1000’+/- | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Heuchera | micrantha | – | (Native crevice alum root). Lane County OR Cascade Mtns; white flowers on 8-10” spikes above basal foliage | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Heuchera | micrantha | var. diversifolia | Bronze foliage fl white on 1’ spikes; Cascade Range Kittitas Co WA 4400’ | Ron Ratko | 8/22/14 |
| Heuchera | richardsonii | – | Small greenish yellow flowers on 18” stems above foliage crown | Ron Ratko | 8/5/12 |
| Heuchera | villosa | – | White flowers on 18” spikes above shiny bronze-purple leaves | Ron Ratko | 9/7/12 |
| Horkelia | sericata | – | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mountains 1400’ White flowers; short; to 4-6” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Hosta | sieboldiana | ‘Mira’ | A very large leafed Blue Green Hosta; Blue flowers on 2’+ stems very old cv. | M Pace | 10/17/13 |
| Hyacinthoides | non-scripta | – | True English Blue Bells; Will colonize easily | Saskia Schott | 7/6/14 |
| Impatiens | sp | – | Pale yellow pocket like flowers with fragrance; dull green leaves; 3’ +/- tall plants; annual; seeds scatter | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Incarvillea | zhongdianensis | – | Intense pink flowers above foliage; Perennial with good drainage | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Inula | magnifica | – | Thin yellow ray petals on a large scale plant to 3’+ | Ron Ratko | 9/1/12 |
| Iris | chrysographes | – | Purple black flowers; to 18” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/12/12 |
| Iris | douglasiana | – | Native blue Iris; Evergreen foliage? | Ron Ratko | 10/20/12 |
| Iris | germanica | – | Early blue flowers | Georgetown | Jul-14 |
| Iris | – | Louisiana hybrid | Violet blue to 1 ½’ tall | Ron Ratko | 10/10/13 |
| Iris | missouriensis | – | Lavender blue flowers; leaves and stems to 1 ½‘; Yakima County WA Eastern foothills +/- 2000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Iris | missouriensis | – | Yakima County WA Eastern Cascade foothills; 2300’. Native Iris; Lavender blue flrs; clumping; pale green leaves | Ron Ratako | 8/4/13 |
| Iris | – | Pacific Coast hybrid | Lavender blue; to 15” tall | Ron Ratko | 8/12/12 |
| Iris | – | Pacific Coast hybrid | Red violet with maroon and yellow markings; to 12” tall | Ron Ratko | 8/12/12 |
| Iris | sibirica | – | – | Lynne Harrison | 2013 |
| Iris | versicolor | – | Blue-violet to 1 ½’ tall | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Jeffersonia | diphylla | – | Rare long lived perennial; White flowers just in foliage; Curious seed pods | Ron Ratko | 8/1/12 |
| Jeffersonia | diphylla | – | Rare long lived perennial White flowers just in foliage Curious seed pods | Ron Ratko | 8/1/12 |
| Knautia | – | ‘Jefferson Park’ | Pale lavender blue flowers on long stems. Larger and not branched | Kandy Kroll | 8/10/14 |
| Knautia | – | ‘Jefferson Park’. | Long lived perennial hybrid from seed. Pale lavender blue on long thin stems | Kandy Kroll and HPSW | 8/17/13 |
| Knautia | macedonica | ‘Melton Pastels ‘. | Pastel garnet to pink ; Parent was a ‘warm raspberry pink’ | Julie Martinson | 7/17/13 |
| Knautia | macedonica | ‘Melton Pastels’ | Short lived scabiosa-like flowers in carmine pastels + bright warm pinks | Julie Martinson | 7/5/14 |
| Kniphofia | uvaria | – | Red Hot Poker | Kandy Kroll | 8/26/14 |
| Koelreuteria | paniculata | – | Golden Rain Tree; Inflated papery seed pods | Alice Smith | 10/30/13 |
| Lamium | orvala | – | Large pink-flowered Dead Nettle. Makes nice large clumps | R Grabeal | 7/27/14 |
| Lamium | orvala | – | Largest flowering of the “Dead Nettles”; White or purple pink plant to 2’ or so | Ron Ratko | 8/5/12 |
| Lathyrus | latifolius | – | Big wild pea; white or pink; Roadside plant | Bob Lilly | 2014 |
| Lathyrus | odoratus | – | Peach flowers; long stems; Sweet pea | Julie Martinson | 8/25/14 |
| Lathyrus | odoratus | ‘Cupani’ | Purple and darker purple bi-color flowers; Heirloom Sweet Pea | Julie Martinson | 5/26/14 |
| Lathyrus | sativus | – | Charming annual flue flowered pea; to about 3’+ curious angular seeds | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Lathyrus | sativus | – | The blue flowered pea; Small blue flowers. Annual vine to 3’+. Curious angular seeds | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Lathyrus | vernus | – | The Spring Vetchling standard purple/blue color. Long lived perennial pea. | Bob Lilly | Jul-13 |
| Lavatera | olbia | – | Lavender pink flowers; Short lived shrubby 3’+ | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lepechinia | hastata | – | Aromatic foliage to 18” with wide spikes of maroon pink flowers. Perennial. | Bob Lilly | 9/2/13 |
| Lepechinia | hastata | – | Aromatic foliage to 18” with wide spikes to 3’ of maroon pink flowers. Perennial. | Bob Lilly | 9/2/13 |
| Lepechinia | hastata | – | Perennial/ salvia-like with pale maroon flowers in large inflorescnces grey green foliage aromatic | Saskia Schott | 9/8/13 |
| Lepidum | sativum | – | Cress; annual green | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Levisticum | officinale | – | Lovage. “Soup’s on” | Bonnie Sharpe | 8/11/13 |
| Lewisia | columbianum | var columbiana | Narrow leaf Lewisia; small pink flowers on 1’+ stems; Wenatchee Mtns Kittitas Co WA 6000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/21/14 |
| Lewisia | columbianum | var rupicola | Narrow leaf Lewisia; small pink flowers on 1’+ stems; Blue Mtns Wallowa Co OR 6000’ | Ron Ratko | 7/17/14 |
| Lewisia | cotyledon | – | Mixed colors | Bob Lilly | 2014 |
| Lewisia | cotyledon | – | Mixed colors | Bob Lilly | June/July 2013 |
| Lewisia | – | – | cotyledon hybrids; Mixed colors | Chris Diehl | 2014 |
| Lewisia | pygmaea | – | Yakima County WA; Cascade Mountains 6900’. White flowers; very low growing bake in summer | Ron Ratko | 8/25/13 |
| Leycesteria | formosa | ‘Gold Leaf’ | The golden leaf form of Himalayan Honeysuckle. White flowers; red bracts; fleshy berries. Washed seed! | Ron Ratko | 10/15/13 |
| Lilium | canadense | – | Buff yellow tiger lily type; to 5’ tall | Ron Ratko | 10/10/12 |
| Lilium | columbianum | – | Native Tiger Lily; yellow orange flowers with dk red spots; to 2½‘ or so to top of flower stem | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Lilium | columbianum | – | Wild collected Snoqualmie Pass; Native Tiger Lily up to 3’ tall | Sylvia Duryee | 2013 |
| Lilium | columbianum | – | Yellow orange tiger lily; can get over 3’ tall; Native from Entiat Mtns Chelan Co WA | Ron Ratko | 10/1/12 |
| Lilium | columbianum | – | (Tiger Lily type) Klickitat County WA; Cascade Mountains 2600’. Yellow orange with dark red spots about 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Lilium | pricei | – | White maroon striped trumpets; dark green foliage; extremely fragrant to 2’+ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/14/12 |
| Lilium | regale | – | Large white fragrant flowers on 3’+ stems | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lilium | washingtonianum | subsp. purpurascens. | Clackamas County WA Cascade Mountains 4500’; White with purple spots; to 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 9/13/13 |
| Limnanthes | douglasii | – | Native wild flower (California coastal); Annual to 4-5” tall; white and yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Linaria | alpina | – | Lavender-violet shades with orange palate. Short-lived but charming. Needs good drainage. | Ron Ratko | 9/9/12 |
| Linaria | alpina | – | Hybrids; Mixed white yellow or purple with orange red or bronze throats. Short lived. | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Linaria | alpina | – | Hybrids; White yellow or purple w/orange/ red/bronze throats; Very charming annual | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Linaria | purpurea | – | Good dark purple | Lynne Harrison | 7/12/13 |
| Linaria | purpurea | ‘Natascha’ | More blue than purple flowers; Originally from Morning Glory Farms | Elizabeth Gilham | 2014 |
| Linaria | purpurea | ‘Canon Went’ | isolated very nice plant with pink flowers | Bob Lilly | 7/24/14 |
| Lobelia x ‘Bruce Wakefield’ | – | – | Yellow/orange flowers 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lobelia | siphilitica | – | Blue-flowered Lobelia to about 18” and it won’t cure it. | Ron Ratko | 9/15/12 |
| Lobelia | tupa | – | Large salvia/lobelia like flowers red; Light green foliage in flower at 4’+ | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lobelia | tupa | – | Large scale perennial with red curious flowers | Virginia Brewer | 2013 |
| Lobelia x ‘Bruce Wakefield’ | – | – | Yellow/orange flowers 3’ tall | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lomatium | dissectum | var multifidum | Kittitas County WA Eastern Cascade foothills 2000’. Brownish purple flower heads to 2’ +/- | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Lomatium | geyeri | – | (Geyer’s Biscuit Root) Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mountains 6100’. Prostrate rosettes to 2-3”; white flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Lomatium | greyi | – | Yakima County WA Eastern Cascade foothills 2700’. To about 1’ tall; yellow flowers. | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Lomatium | greyi | – | Yellow flowers; fine blue green foliage to 6”; Yakima County; WA Eastern foothills 2000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Lomatium | macrocarpum | – | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mountains 4500’. Finely dissected foliage; purplish white flowers; short | Ron Ratko | 9/18/13 |
| Lomatium | macrocarpum | – | Purplish white flowers; finely dissected foliage. Siskiyou Mtns OR 4000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/18/13 |
| Lomatium | macrocarpum | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mountains 4900’. Finely divided foliage; purplish white flowers; short | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Lomatium | macrocarpum | – | Yakima County; WA Cascade Mtns 4500’. Creamy white flowers; to 6”; finely divided foliage | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Lomatium | nudicale | – | Yakima county WA Cascade Mtns 3300’; Yellow flowers 1-2’ tall | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Lomatium | nudicale | – | Yellow flowers; small plant to 10”; Yakima County; WA 3000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Lupinus | arboreus | – | Purple flowered wood Lupine; Needs perfect drainage | Coral Wilde | 6/30/13 |
| Lupinus | polyphyllus | – | Blue-purple Lupine to about 2′ tall. Short-lived but worthy perennial. | Ron Ratko | 8/24/12 |
| Luzula | nivea | – | White flowered wood rush | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Lychnis | chalcedonica | – | Bright red to 2 ½’ perennial; Iron Cross Flower. | Ron Ratko | 8/8/12 |
| Lychnis | chalcedonica | ‘Carnea’ | Flesh pink Iron Cross Flower to 2 ½’ tall. | Ron Ratko | 8/8/12 |
| Lychnis | coronaria | – | Deep pink flowers; larger seed sorted out on this crop for packets | E. Joan Bayley | 8/21/14 |
| Lychnis | coronaria | – | Standard deep pink flowers; Felty gray basal foliage | Lynne Harrison | 8/17/14 |
| Lychnis | coronaria | – | White flowered Agrostemma; Nice grey felted basal leaves | Lynne Harrison | 9/20/13 |
| Lychnis | flos-jovis | – | Pink flowers to about 1′ tall. | Ron Ratko | 7/25/12 |
| Lysimachia | ephemerum | – | Blue foliage; white flowers on 2’+ spikes. Likes it wet | Nancy P. | 9/10/13 |
| Malva | moschata | v. alba | Easy perennial holly hock like; with small light white flowers | Bonnie Sharpe | 2013 |
| Matthiola | – | – | Purple flowered perennial; fragrant; Short lived semi-woody perennial | Lynne Harrison | 2013 |
| Meconopsis | betonicifolia | – | The blue poppy of Tibet | Virginia Brewer | 9/12/13 |
| Melittis | melissophyllum | – | Finally seed! Pink and white flowers in leaf axils early spring; foliage s pots through summer | Alice Smith | 2014 |
| Mentzelia | laevicaulis | var. laevicaulis | Yellow flower to about 1 ½’ tall. Wenas Valley; Yakima Co.; WA 2275′ | Ron Ratko | 6/25/12 |
| Micranthes | odontolomo | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 5200’ 6-8” tall; white flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/24/13 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Golden chartreuse grass. Short lived; seeds about. The best of the graceful “scrim” plants | Bob Lilly | Jun-14 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Golden chartreuse grass. Short lived; seeds about. The best of the graceful “scrim” plants | Lynne Harrison | 9/6/14 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Short lived grass with golden leaves and a graceful inflorescence shiny gold seeds | Bob Lilly/Julie Martinson | 2013 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Wonderful short lived grass with chartreuse foliage and airy seed heads | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Yellow to chartreuse short lived grass with graceful seed heads; a nice scrim for the border | Bob Lilly | 2014 |
| Milium | effusum | ‘Aureum’ | Yellow to chartreuse short lived grass with graceful seed heads; a nice scrim for the border | Julie Martinson | 7/7/14 |
| Mimulus | aurantiacus | cv. | Red-orange flowers; a bit tender; Hybrid of a California native | Carrie Becker | 2013 |
| Mimulus | cardinalis | – | Red Monkey Flower to about 1′ (large flowers). | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Mimulus | cardinalis | – | Yellow-gold Monkey Flower. Floppy buy perennial at base to 1′ | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Mimulus | cardinalis | ‘Golden Form’ | Gold flowers on a sprawling plant; Perennial but tender (from Annie’s Annuals) | Saskia Schott | 9/19/13 |
| Mimulus | lewisii | – | Pink flowers; native mountain Monkey Flower. Likes it wet in spring; perennial | Eva Banbury | Aug-14 |
| Mimulus | lewisii | – | (syn Erythranthe) Monkey flower rose red flowers moist soil; Blue Mtns Umatilla Co OR 5300’ | Ron Ratko | 8/30/14 |
| Mirabilis | jalapa | – | Four O’Clocks; Fragrant in evenings; Can live over with a large woody root | Bob Lilly | 9/21/13 |
| Mirabilis | jalapa | – | Four O’Clocks; perennial root; Mixed colors (no white); flowers are fragrant open +/- 4pm | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Mitella | breweri | – | Ground cover for shade with tiny; green flowers on wiry spikes | HPSW | 2013 |
| Monarda | odoratissima | var. discolor | Red-violet flowers; short plant; Yakima County WA 4500’ | Ron Ratko | 8/24/13 |
| Monardella | odoratissima | ssp. discolor | Rose-violet flowers; less than 1′ tall. Bethel Ridge; Yakima Co.; WA 3000′ | Ron Ratko | 9/25/12 |
| Monardella | odoratissima | var odoratissima | Low growing fl to 8-10” lavender violet ‘Mountain Penny Royal’; Blue Mtns OR 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/29/14 |
| Monardella | odoratissima | var. discolor | Aromatic foliage; Yakima County WA; Coast Range; 6300’; 5-6” tall; red-violet flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/24/13 |
| Mondarda | didyma | – | Purple flowered Bee Balm | Saskia Schott | 9/11/14 |
| Morca | iridioides | – | (Fortnight Lily) Evergreen iris like plant; white flowers just above 2’ +/- foliage | Ruthie G. | 8/1/13 |
| Nectaroscordum | siculum | – | Allium relative with large nodding pink; green; and cream flowers in umbel on 2-3’ stems | Bob Lilly | xxxxx |
| Nemesia | – | ‘Royal Blue’ | Annual blue flowered Nemesia; Small flowers; fragrant | Carrie Becker | 7/19/12 |
| Nemophila | menziesii | ‘Penny Black’ | Dark flowered California native wild flower. Annual to 6-8” tall | Bonnie Sharpe | 7/1/13 |
| Nepeta | – | cv. | Yellow flowered semi-evergreen sub shrub | Lynne Harrison | 8/21/13 |
| Nepeta | govaniana | – | Yellow flowered cat mint; Semi shrubby perennial herbaceous | Lynne Harrison | 9/16/14 |
| Nepeta | racemosa | – | Lavender blue flowers 2-2 ½’ tall | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Nicotiana | alata | ’Tinkerbell’ | Dusky rose petals with lime green backs; to 36” tall; originally from Langley Fine Gardens | Carrie Becker | 10/5/13 |
| Nicotiana | alata | ‘Sensation Purple’ | Dark purple flowers 2 to 2 ½’ tall; Annual | Carrie Becker | 10/5/13 |
| Nicotiana | alata | ‘Tinkerbell’ | Flowering tobacco. Chartreuse throat with red reverse and blue pollen. Annual. 2-3’ tall. | Carrie Becker | 8/16/13 |
| Nicotiana | alata | Sensation Group | Rich red flowers on 24-30: stalks; Flowering tobacco | Carrie Becker | 10/5/13 |
| Nicotiana | langsdorffii | – | The green flowering tobacco; Open and airy; long green tubular flowers | Carol Ager | 10/19/13 |
| Nicotiana | mutabilis | – | Annual or short lived perennial to 3’+; Flowers phase through white pink rose | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Nicotiana | mutabilis | – | Flowering tobacco with white; pink and hot pink flowers all at the same time | Saskia Schott | Aug-14 |
| Nicotiana | mutabilis | – | Pink/cerise and white flowers all at the same time; Flowering Tobacco; hardy in hot locations | Saskia Schott | 2014 |
| Nicotiana | mutabilis | – | Pink/hot pink and white flowers all at the same time; Flowering Tobacco semi-perennial | Saskia Schott | 7/24/14 |
| Nicotiana | mutabilis | – | Rose violet; rose; and white flowers (on a fading schedule) on 3’ plants. Semi-hardy annual. | Ron Ratko | 7/15/12 |
| Nicotiana | sylvestris | – | Annual to 5’ tall pendant long tubular white flowers are really fragrant | Julie Martinson | 11/11/13 |
| Nicotiana | sylvestris | – | Large annual with pendant long tubular white flowers. Fragrant | Ron Ratko | 9/25/13 |
| Nicotiana | alata | ‘Tinkerbell’ | Dusky rose petals with lime green backs; to 36” tall; originally from Langley Fine Gardens | Carrie Becker | 10/5/13 |
| Nigella | damascena | – | Love in a Mist. Curious seed pods (edible seed). Annual with thread like leaves and blue flowers | Julie Martinson | 2014 |
| Nigella | damsacena | – | Sky blue annual; Love-in-a-Mist | Julie Martinson | 9/2/13 |
| Nothochelone | nemorosa | – | (Penstemon) Skamania Co WA; Cascade Mountains; 4200’; 2 to 2 ½‘ tall; violet flowers; turtlehead | Ron Ratko | 9/13/13 |
| Numex | flexuosus | – | Unusual prostrate perennial with brown leaves | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Numex | hydrolapathum | – | The giant Dock. Sets little seed. To 3-5’. Leaves are 1 1/2‘ long to 10” wide | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Ocimum | basilicum | – | Large Leaf Basil; Sweet Basil; Good strong parents | Bob Lilly | 9/19/13 |
| Ocimum | basilicum | – | Lemon Basil good strong form; Annual Herb | Bob Lilly | 9/9/12 |
| Oenothera | – | ‘Lemon Sunset’ | Sun to 3’ tall; Large soft yellow flowers age to coppery red | Carrie Becker | 8/6/13 |
| Ophiopogon | clarkei | – | Dense grass like evergreen perennial; to about 12-14” blue fruit | CUH Fragrance Garden | 9/23/13 |
| Ophiopogon | clarkei | – | To about 12”; evergreen with white flowers and blue fruit; makes dense grass-like stands (dried fruit/berry) | CUH | 9/23/13 |
| Ophiopogon | planiscapus | ‘Nigrescens’ | Black Mondo grass; Dried berry | Lynne Hagerman | 10/21/13 |
| Ophiopogon | planiscapus | ‘Nigrescens’ | Black Mondo Grass – Black fruit; Washed seed (some variation in seedlings foliage color) | Ron Ratko | 10/28/13 |
| Oreocarya | thompsonii | – | Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 5800’; to 1’ tall; white flowers; a bit fuzzy | Ron Ratko | 8/11/13 |
| Origanum | – | cv. | Perennial ornamental oregano; Flowers on 18” stems various from pink to white | M Pace | 2013 |
| Orthocarpus | cuspidatus | subsp. cuspidatus | Jackson County Oregon Siskiyou Mountains 6700’; to 1’ tall; white flowers; with purplish red bracts | Ron Ratko | 9/20/13 |
| Orthocarpus | imbricatus | – | Linn County OR Cascade Mtns 5000’; To 1’ tall; white with pink purple bracts | Ron Ratko | 9/15/13 |
| Pachyphragma | macrophyllum | – | White flowers above large rich green leaves. Semi-evergreen perennial. | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Paeonia | obovata | var alba | Single white; to about 2’ tall; foliage; emerges from ground a dark maroon. | Ron Ratko | 9/10/12 |
| Paeonia | suffruticosa | – | Tree Peony pure ice white flowers; Seeds are rare here | Coral Wilde | 10/30/13 |
| Papaver | atlanticum | ‘Flore Pleno’ | Double orange flowers on long stems above grey-green foliage | Virginia Brewer | 6/23/14 |
| Papaver | orientale | – | Oriental poppy mix salmon and orange | House of Huu | Sep-14 |
| Papaver | rhoeas | – | Red-flowered field or corn poppy; Annual Monet made famous | Virginia Brewer | 7/9/13 |
| Papaver | somniferum | – | Double dark red flowers; blue green foliage; flowers atop a 2-3’ plant | Ron Ratko | 8/15/12 |
| Papaver | somniferum | – | Standard pink with dark blue blotch | Kandy Kroll | 8/14/14 |
| Papaver | somniferum | – | Single mix lavender; red; grape. Overwintered seedlings will get 3′ tall. | Ron Ratko | 8/15/12 |
| Papaver | somniferum | ‘Boudoir Babe’ | Deep burgundy red; double and frilled Annual poppy; broadcast seed in fall and spring | Elizabeth Gilham | 2013 |
| Papaver | somniferum | ‘Boudoir Babe’ | Shredded and doubled purple and red; crepe paper like flowers on this annual poppy | Elizabeth Gilham | 8/12/14 |
| Parahebe | sp | – | Flowers pale pink to white on an evergreen low shrub with small dark green leaves | Susan Carter | 8/13/13 |
| Patrinia | gibbosa | – | Similar to a perfect Solidago; Small yellow flowers to 2 ½’ tall | Ron Ratko | 9/10/12 |
| Penstemon | – | ‘Juan Jose’ | Purple flowers to 24” tall | Ron Ratko | 12/19/13 |
| Penstemon | attenuates | var. attenuates | Blue violet flowers to 2 ½ – 3’ tall; Chelan County; WA Entiat Mtns 3500’ | Ron Ratko | 8/9/13 |
| Penstemon | attenuatus | var. attenuatus | Blue violet to 1’ tall; Native to ; Entiat Mts Chelan Co WA 5000+’ | Ron Ratko | 10/12/12 |
| Penstemon | cardwellii | – | Bright purple flowers; to 1’ or so tall; Skamania County WA 3300’ | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Penstemon | confertus | – | Light yellow flowers to about 2 ½ ‘ tall; Kittitas Cnty WA Wenatchee Mtns 5400’ | Ron Ratko | 8/23/13 |
| Penstemon | – | cv. | Small leaf pale lavender; paler inside; Semi-woody perennial | CUH | 8/8/13 |
| Penstemon | euglaucus | – | Blue-purple flowers 8” short plant; Clackamas Cnty OR Cascade Range 4000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/14/13 |
| Penstemon | fruiticosus | var serratus | Blue violet flowers; white throats; shrubby penstemon; Blue Mtns Garfield Co WA 5800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/27/14 |
| Penstemon | fruitocosus | var scouleri | Lavender violet to 5” tall; native to; Selkirk Mtns Stevens Co. WA 7000’+ | Ron Ratko | 9/29/12 |
| Penstemon | fruticosus | var fruiticosus | Lavender blue to 10” tall; native to Entiat Mtns Chelan Co WA 5000’+ | Ron Ratko | xxxxx |
| Penstemon | fruticosus | var fruiticosus | Lavender or blue-purple flowers; to 12” Chelan County WA Entiat Mtns 3000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/10/13 |
| Penstemon | gairdneri | var gairdneri | Blue violet flowers above a mat of foliage 4-6”. Yakima County WA Cascade Range 3000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Penstemon | gairdneri | var gairdneri | Rose purple to 5” tall; native to Divide Ridge; Yakima Co. WA 3300’ | Ron Ratko | 9/26/12 |
| Penstemon | glandulosus | var chelanensis | Red purple to 1 ½’ tall; native to Divide Ridge Yakima Co WA 2900’ | Ron Ratko | 9/26/12 |
| Penstemon | globosus | – | Flowers dark blue in round clusters top of foliage; Blue Mtns Wallowa Co OR 5700’ | Ron Ratko | 9/6/14 |
| Penstemon | hartwegii | – | Pink flowers with white in throat; To 18” tall | Ron Ratko | 11/6/13 |
| Penstemon | parvulus | – | Blue-purple flowers; 4-6” tall Siskiyou Mtns Jackson Cty OR | Ron Ratko | 9/21/13 |
| Penstemon | pinifolius | – | Orange red flowers. Full sun. Semi evergreen w/narrow foliage. To 10-12” tall | Ron Ratko | 2013 |
| Penstemon | pinifolius | – | Orange red tubular flowers on a lax plant with narrow evergreen leaves to 10” | Ron Ratko | 8/28/12 |
| Penstemon | procerus | var. tolmiei | Blue-purple flowers; 3-4” tall; Yakima County OR 6000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/25/13 |
| Penstemon | pruinosus | – | Dark blue flowers; dwarf form; 8-10” tall. Kittitas Cnty WA Wenatchee Mountains 4000’+ | Ron Ratko | 9/10/13 |
| Penstemon | richardsonii | var richardsonii | Rose violet to 10-12” tall; native to Wenas Valley; Yakima Co WA 2200’ | Ron Ratko | 9/25/12 |
| Penstemon | rydbergii | var rydbergii | Blue Purple to 8-10” tall; native to Cash Prairie Yakima Co WA 5900’ | Ron Ratko | 9/15/12 |
| Penstemon | serrulatus | – | Violet blue to 8-10”; native to Wenatchee Mtns Kittitas Co WA 4400’ | Ron Ratko; | 10/3/12 |
| Penstemon | speciosus | – | Easy to grow semi-evergreen; sky blue flowers 1 – 1 ½ ‘ tall. Yakima Cnty; WA East Cascade Foothills 1800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Penstemon | subserratus | – | Bright blue flowers; to 1’ tall; Klikitat County WA 2000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Penstemon | venustus | – | Purple flowers on 1’+ spikes above foliage; Blue Mtns Garfield Co WA 4300’ | Ron Ratko | 8/25/14 |
| Penstemon | x gloxiniodes | – | Lavender pink to 1 ½’ or so; Short lived perennial | Ron Ratko | 9/11/12 |
| Penstemon | x Mexicali ‘Red Rocks’ | – | Rose red to 18”+ | Ron Ratko | 8/15/12 |
| Perilla | frutescens | – | The really good Shisho. Green leaves with a purple reverse. Annual to 3’ | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Persicaria | bistorta | ‘Superba’ | Good ground cover; Persicaria red flowers tightly packed spikes | Julie Martinson | 7/7/13 |
| Persicaria | virginiana | – | Variegated Group ‘Painter’s Palette’ The variegated leaf form. True from seed. Small red flowers on wiry stems on top of a 2-3’ plant | CUH | 9/23/13 |
| Petroselinum | crispum | – | Common curled parsley | Lynne Harrison | 8/23/13 |
| Petroselinum | crispum | – | Regular parsley curly leaf | Lynne Harrison | 8/23/13 |
| Phacelia | procera | – | Greenish white flrs; plant gets 3’ tall; Jackson Cnty OR Siskiyou Mtns 6000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/21/13 |
| Phacelia | procera | – | Jackson County OR Siskiyou Mtns 6800’. 3’+ tall; fowers greenish white | Ron Ratko | 9/21/13 |
| Phacelia | sericea | var. sericea | Blue purple flowers; 4-6” tall; Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/11/13 |
| Phacelia | sericea | var. sericea | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 6500’. 6-8” tall; flowers blue purple | Ron Ratko | 8/12/13 |
| Phaseolus | vulgaris | ‘Borlotto’ | Red and cream speckled and striped pole bean | Bob Lilly | 9/19/13 |
| Phaseolus | vulgaris | ‘Boroletto Lingua di Fuco’ | Pole Bean with striped pink and cream pods and speckled seeds | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Phaseolus | vulgaris | ‘Royalty’ | Purple podded pole bean; Good flavor; turns green if cooked | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Phemeranthus | spinescens | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 3000’ 2-3” tall; flowers deep rose | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Phemeranthus | spinescens | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 3000’ 2-3” tall; flowers deep rose | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Phoenicaulis | cheiranthoides | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 3700’. To 6-8” tall; flowers purplish pink | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Phygelius x rectus | – | ‘Salmon Leap’ | Weakly salmon orange tubular flowers; Semi-woody perennial | Lynne Harrison | 8/23/13 |
| Phytolacca | americana | – | Perennial to 8’ tall or more with red stems and black fruit in clusters. Washed seed | Ron Ratko | 10/16/13 |
| Pisum | sativum | ‘Oregon Sugar’ | Flat podded edible pod pea | Bob Lilly | 2013 |
| Pisum | sativum | Golden Snow Pea | The new flat podded yellow edible pod pea. Speckled seed | Bob Lilly | 7/15/13 |
| Polemonium | californicum | – | Kittitas County WA Cascade Mtns 5700’. Lavender blue flowers on a short 3-6” tall plant | Ron Ratko | 8/14/13 |
| Polemonium | pauciflorum | – | Dark yellow with red markings. A floppy plant but unusual color. | Ron Ratko | 9/14/12 |
| Portalaca | oleracea | var. aurea | Golden Purslane; grows flat to the ground; edible green (chartreuse) | Bonnie Sharpe | 10/15/13 |
| Potenilla | drummondii | – | Dark yellow flowers; to 10” tall; Yakima County WA 5800’ | Ron Ratko | 9/11/13 |
| Potentilla | nepalensis | – | Sprawling perennial to 2’ high; Purplish red flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/1/13 |
| Potentilla | atrosanguinea | – | Small red flowered herbaceous perennial. Divided and cut leaves | CUH Soest | 9/7/14 |
| Potentilla | drummondii | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns; To 1’ tall; dark yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/11/13 |
| Potentilla | nepalensis | – | Purplish-red; decumbent to 2 ½’ | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Potentilla | nepalensis | ‘Miss Wilmott’ | Hottish pinkish small flowers in mass is very showy fall sun perennial | CUH HPSW beds | Aug-13 |
| Poterium | sanguisorba | – | (syn. Sanguisorba minor) Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 700’; green/red fuzzy flower heads to 1’ tall (non-native) | Ron Ratko | 9/18/13 |
| Primula | alpicola | – | White; yellow; violet forms. 1 ½’ in flower; broad basal foliage. | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Primula burmanica x prolifera | – | – | hybrids; Mixed yellow pink and red forms to 2′ in flower. | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Primula | florindae | – | Large scale perennial Primrose. Flower clusters on 2’+ stems. Mixed colors yellow orange and red-bronze. | Ron Ratko | 2012 |
| Primula | japonica | – | Red Candelabra Primrose | Sylvia Duryee | 7/4/13 |
| Primula | japonica | – | Rose crimson violet shades. Candelabra Primrose flower stems to 2’+ tall. | Ron Ratko | 7/31/12 |
| Primula | japonica | ‘Millers Crimson’ | The Candelabra Primrose in red to 2′ in flower above large broad foliage. | Ron Ratko | 8/15/12 |
| Primula | japonica | ‘Miller’s Crimson’ | Candelabra primrose; likes it wet; Lots of seed to broadcast | E. Banbury | 13-Jul |
| Primula | japonica | – | (or cross) Caldelabra Primrose farinose pods; Probably orange flowered | Sylvia Duryee | 6/17/13 |
| Primula | poissonii | – | Dark wine-red to 3′ tall with a gold eye. Candelabra Primrose. | Ron Ratko | 8/30/12 |
| Primula | prolifera | – | Yellow to 2 1/2’+ tall Candelabra Primrose. | Ron Ratko | 7/25/12 |
| Primula | veris | – | Dark reds oranges and yellows. The Cowslip Primrose. Flower clusters on 8-10” stems. | Ron Ratko | 9/8/12 |
| Primula | waltonii | – | Red purple on 1’+ stems. Pendant flared flowers. | Ron Ratko | 8/25/12 |
| Primula x bulleesiana | – | – | (hybrids) Mixed colors to 2′ tall in flower. Pinkish goldish yellow eye. One of the Candelabra Primroses. | Ron Ratko | 8/25/12 |
| Pseudofumaria | alba | – | (Corydalis ochroleuca) Bright white with a yellow tip; flowers on top of fine foliage to about 1’+ | Ron Ratko | 8/15/12 |
| Pseudopanax | lossonii | ‘Nigra’ | Evergreen glossy leaf shrub | Paul Smith | 2013 |
| Rainera | stricta | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns; to 2’ +/- Yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/24/13 |
| Ranunculus | orthorhynchus | var. platyphyllus. | Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 6000’; Decumbent; 1’+/- yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/10/13 |
| Rhodochiton | atrosanguineus | – | Annual trailing vine; with pink and deep purple flowers of a curious shape “Purple Bell Vine” | Bob Lilly | 8/2/14 |
| Ribes | sanguineum | var glutinosum | Shrub to 8’+ Pink flowers washed seed | Ron Ratko | 9/5/13 |
| Rudbeckia | fulgida | var sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ | The good black eyed Susan. Makes large clumps; flower stems to about 18” | Elizabeth Gilham | 11/22/13 |
| Rudbeckia | glaucescens | – | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 2300’. Up to 3’ tall; yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Rudbeckia | occidentalis | – | Green bracts; brown black cone; western or green cone flower; Blue Mtns Asotin Co WA 5800’ | Ron Ratko | 8/28/14 |
| Salpiglossis | sinuata | ‘Chocolate Royal’ | Maroon flowers; very dark; Annual “Painted Tongue” | Joan Bayley | 8/21/14 |
| Salpiglottis | sinuata | ‘Chocolate Royale’ | The dark maroon almost black annual ; ‘Painted Tongue’ | Joan Bayley | 2014 |
| Salvia | barrelieri | – | Lavender-blue above large grey-green leaves to 3′ tall. | Ron Ratko | 8/10/12 |
| Salvia | coccinea | ‘Forest Fire’ | New annual Salvia; small red flowers with a dark maroon calyx; prolific | Joan Bayley | 8/21/14 |
| Salvia | – | cv. | Flowers are magenta pink. ; Semi shrubby/ sub shrub | Julie Martinson | 2013 |
| Salvia | dorrii | subsp. incana | Blue violet flowers; bracts purplish; to 2’+; Yakima County Cascade Foothills | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Salvia | dorrii | subsp. incana | Yakima County WA Eastern Cascade foothills 2400’. To about 2’ tall; purplish flowers with blue violet bracts | Ron Ratko | 8/3/13 |
| Salvia | microphylla | ‘La Fleur’ | Red flowers; old plant; Woody perennial | Pacific Topsoils; Bellevue | 2013 |
| Salvia | patens | – | Good mid Blue large flowers for a Salvia;. hardy perennial | Meg HBN | 9/1/13 |
| Salvia | patens | – | Large flowered blue Salvia; This is a nice compact upright perennial | Bob Lilly | 8/18/13 |
| Salvia | patens | – | Sky blue large flowers on 18” spikes | Julie Martinson | 9/2/13 |
| Salvia | pratensis | – | Dark blue flowers; Foliage to +/- 2’ | Ron Ratko | 7/26/13 |
| Salvia | pratensis | – | Dark blue to 3′ tall. Flower spikes to 8-10” above basal foliage. | Ron Ratko | 8/10/12 |
| Saruma | henryi | – | Grey Bronze new foliage in spring; Yellow solitary flowers in summer | Alice Smith | 6/24/14 |
| Saxifraga | odontoloma | – | Native. White to about 1′ Yakima Co; WA 5000′ | Ron Ratko | 9/25/12 |
| Scilla | non-scripta | – | (Hyacinthoides) Common Blue Bells; English type | Lynne Harrison | 7/12/13 |
| Scilla | peruviana | – | Immense heads of blue flowers; from western Mediterranean | Lynne Harrison | 7/12/13 |
| Scrophularia | auriculata | – | This is the non-variegated form; Good late flowered bee plant; small red flowers | Lynne Harrison | 8/23/13 |
| Sedum | laxum | subsp. laxum | Josephine Cnty OR Siskiyou Mtns 4400’. Short; to 3-6” tall; pinkish white flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/18/13 |
| Senecio | serra | var. serra | Star daisy tall ragwort perennial yellow to 3’ tall; Cascade Range Yakima Co WA 5600’ | Ron Ratko | 8/11/14 |
| Seutellaria | altissima | – | Blue-purple with white flowers on long spikes above foliage to 1 ½’ or so. | Ron Ratko | 8/13/12 |
| Sidalcea | oregana | subsp. spicata | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 3800’ To 1’ tall; pink flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/13/13 |
| Sisyrinchium | striatum | – | Iris like plant; green leaves; yellow flowers densely on 30” stems | Bob Lilly | 8/27/13 |
| Smyrnium | perfoliatum | – | Deciduous summer dormant perennial that evolved to look like Euphorbia c. to goats | Bob Lilly | 7/20/14 |
| Smyrnium | perfoliatum | – | Ephemeral perennial; Chartreuse flower heads | Bob Lilly | Jul-13 |
| Solanum | aviculare | – | Washed seed; Short lived plant but can get to 3’+ in one season ‘Kangaroo Apple’ | Bob Lilly | Aug-13 |
| Solidago | velutina | subsp. californica | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 4600’. +/- 1’ tall; yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Stanleya | viridiflora | – | (Green Princes Plume) short lived mustard relative green yellow flowers 2’+/- tall Hells Canyon Baker Co OR 2100’ | Ron Ratko | 9/7/14 |
| Stenotus | lanuginosus | var. lanuginosus | Kittitas County WA Wenatchee Mtns 6100’. Very short; yellow flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/4/13 |
| Symphotrichum | spathulatum | var. intermedium. | Lane County OR Cascade Mtns 4800’.To 2’ tall; lavender blue flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/16/13 |
| Symphotrichum | spathulatum | var. spathulatum. | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns. This is an aster to 6-8” tall; lavender blue flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/25/13 |
| Synthyris | missurica | – | Bright blue flowers above foliage “tailed kitten tails”; Blue Mtns Umatilla Co OR 4900’ | Ron Ratko | 7/16/14 |
| Tagetes | patula | ‘Cinnabar’ | Annual marigold; single flowers; Original plant from Steamboat Island Nursery | Bonnie Sharpe | 8/20/13 |
| Tagetes | patula | ‘Harlequin’ | Nice banded yellow and deep marigold maroon. Annual marigold | Coral Wilde | 14-Sep |
| Talinum | paniculatum | Jewels of Opar | Annual chartreuse leaves; tiny pink flowers and red to black seed pods | Bob Lilly | 10/17/12 |
| Tellima | grandiflora | – | Native clumping woodland perennial. Green flowers on 1’ tall spikes | Saskia Schott | 6/28/14 |
| Thalictrum | rochebrunianum | – | Tall lavender pink flowered Meadow Rue | Bonnie Sharpe | 9/18/13 |
| Thermopsis | montana | var ovata | Yellow flowers; clumping perennial lupine relative; Seven Devils Mtns Idaho Co ID 5300’ | Ron Ratko | 9/8/14 |
| Toxicoscordion | paniculatum | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 6200’. To about 1’ tall; creamy white flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/12/13 |
| Trauvetteria | carolinensis | – | False bugbane; white fuzzy flowers on 3’+ stems; Blue Mtns Umatillo Co OR 5000’ | Ron Ratko | 8/31/14 |
| Triantha | occidentalis | subsp. occidentalis | Jackson County OR Siskiyou Mtns 6700’. To about 1’ tall; white flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/20/13 |
| Tricyrtis | – | sp. (sinonome or hirta?) | Large leaf; late flowering toad lily to 3’ or so; up facing flowers | Saskia Schott | 9/8/13 |
| Tulipa | clusiana | var. chrysantha | Midseason Red/white | Julie Martinson | 2013 |
| Uncinia | rubra | ‘Belinda’s Find’ | Glossy red and bronze leaves; Evergreen grass to 6-8” tall | Ron Ratko | 9/25/13 |
| Valeriana | officinalis | – | White fragrant flowers to about 2 ½ to 3’ tall. Calm down!! | Ron Ratko | 8/20/13 |
| Vancouveria | hexandra | – | The inside out flower; Native ground cover | Naomi Shiff | Jul-13 |
| Veratrum | californicum | var californicum | White flower spikes to 6’; Western false hellebore; Blue Mtns Wallowa Co OR 5600’ | Ron Ratko | 9/6/14 |
| Veratrum | insolitum | – | Josephine County OR Siskiyou Mtns 1900’. 3’+ tall; lg leaves; white flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Veratrum | insolitum | – | White flower spikes; reaches 3-4’ tall Josephine Cty OR Siskiyou Mtns 2000’ | Ron Ratko | 9/19/13 |
| Verbascum | chaixii | ‘Album’ | Reliable perennial Verbascum; Dark green leaves; flower spikes to 3’ or so | Carrie Becker | 2013 |
| Verbascum | chaixii | ‘Album’ | The perennial white flowered Mullein | Julie Martinson | 9/20/14 |
| Verbascum | – | cv. | White flowers spaced 1” apart on 2’ spike. Purple fuzz on anther stems. | Lynne Harrison | 8/16/14 |
| Verbena | bonariensis | – | The best scrim plant to fill gaps in the perennial border; purple flowers | Virginia Brewer | 2013 |
| Verbena | bonariensis | ‘Lollipop’ | A dwarf form of this scrim plant; light purple flowers to 2’ or so; short lived | Bob Lilly | Aug-14 |
| Veronica | wormskjoldii | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 6300’. Short; to about 6-10” tall; blue violet flowers | Ron Ratko | 8/25/13 |
| Viola | adunca | – | (green form of V. labradorica) Native violet; aggressive seeder but a good groundcover; violet flowers;green foliage | Alice Smith | 2014 |
| Vitis | vinifera | ‘Purpurea’ | Foliage is purple; grapes are purple; Ornamental vine. Washed seed. | Ron Ratko | 9/6/13 |
| Wyethia | amplexiaulis | – | Yakima County WA Cascade Mtns 3800’. Broad foliage at base to about 1½‘; yellow flower above | Ron Ratko | 8/13/13 |
| Xerophyllum | tenax | – | Bear Grass; thin strap like foliage; white flowers on 3’+ spikes; evergreen; Yakima County WA Cascade Range 1800’ | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Xerophyllum | tenax | – | Native Bear Grass; creamy white flowers; fat spikes to 3’ Snoqualmie Pass 4500’ | Sylvia Duryee | 9/5/13 |
| Xerophyllum | tenax | – | (Bear Grass) Skamania County WA Cascade Mtns 3200’. Narrow basal tuft of foliage; flower spikes to 3’+ if not eaten! White flowers | Ron Ratko | 9/12/13 |
| Zinnia | – | cv. | Small red simple flowers | Virginia Brewer | 10/18/12 |
A brief exploration of how we study, work with, and commune with plants in ways that stimulate and develop our intellectual, emotional, and applied capacities for success in horticulture. Any resemblance to play is purely intentional!
Timothy C. Hohn is Chair of the Horticulture Department at Edmonds Community College, where he has instructed since 1995. Previously, he has worked as a curator at the Bronx Zoo and at the University of Washington’s Washington Park Arboretum and Center for Urban Horticulture, where he also taught horticultural classes. He received a Masters in Public Garden Management from the University of Delaware in 1986.
CUH is at 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105
