Loading...
5200 Sumas Prairie Rd. Chilliwack, BC
604-823-6603

The GBHNR Pollinator Garden

Pollinator gardens feature a variety of native plants that provide nectar, pollen and larval food, which are essential for the survival of all pollinators.

A pollinator garden is designed specifically to attract and support pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other insects. Native plants are often the best choice because they are adapted to the local climate and soil, and they typically provide the best resources for local pollinators.

Below is a list of the native plant species in each habitat type found in our pollinator garden:

Coastal Woodland Edge

Part to mostly shade, rich and acidic soil

PERENNIALS

Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa

False Solomon’s-seal (Maianthemum racemosum)

Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

Goat’s beard (Aruncus sylvestris)

Yellow Wood Violet (Viola glabella)

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Foamflower (Tiarella trifolium)

Piggy-back Plant (Tolmiea menziessi)

Fringe cup (Tellima grandiflora)

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium occidentale)

Inside-out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)

ANNUALS

Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)

SHRUBS

Tall Oregon-grape (Berberis/Mahonia  aquifolium)

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos alba)

Red Huckelberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)

Ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor)

Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)

Black Swamp Gooseberry (Ribes lacustre)

Evergreen Huckelberry (Vaccinium ovatum)

Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis)

Subalpine Spirea (Spirea densiflora)

Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)

Salal (Gaultheria shallon)

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)


TREES

Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)

Sitka Mountain-ash (Sorbus sitchensis)

Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)

Cascara (Rhamnus purshiana)

Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglassi)

Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)



Open Meadow to Alpine

Mostly sun and well drained sandy or gravely soil

PERENNIALS

Small-flowered Penstemon (Penstemon Procerus)

Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus)

Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)

Spreading Stonecrop (Sedum divergents)

Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea)

Menzies Larkspur (Delphinium menziezii)

Small-flowered Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)

Common Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Blue Field Gilia (Gilia capitata)

Wooly Sunflower - Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)

Broad-leaved Sedum (Sedum spathulifolium)

Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)

Davidson’s Penstemon (Penstemon Davidson)

Coast Penstemon (Penstemon serrulatus)

Blanket Flower (Gailardia aristata)


BULBS

Common Camas (Camassia quamash)

Yellow Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

Rice Lily/Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria lanceolata)

SHRUBS

Dull Oregon-grape (Berberis/Mahonia nervosa)

Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewissi)

Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos)



Wet Meadow

Moist to very wet full sun, rich soil

PERENNIALS

Douglas Aster (Aster subspicatus)

Checker-mallow (Sidalcea hendersonii)

Cooley's Hedge-nettle (Stachys chammisonis)

Mountain Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

Meadow Arnica (Arnica chamisonis)

Wandering Daisy (Erigeron peregrines)

Beachhead Iris (Iris setosa)

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttalus)

SHRUBS

Hardhack (Spiraea douglasii)

Sweet Gale (Myrica gale)



Thicket

Part to full sun, well drained average soil

PERENNIALS

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Slender Cinquefoil (Potentilla gracious)

Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana)

Large-leaf Avens (Geum macrophyllum)

Pink Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea)

Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetela)

SHRUBS

Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)

Pacific Serviceberry/Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)

Redstem Ceanothus (Ceanothus sanguineus)

Sweet Gale (Myrica gale)

Spreading Oregon-grape (Berberis/Mahonia repans)

Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewissi)



1. Dicentra formosa

2. Viola glabella

3. Fragaria vesca

4. Disporum hookeri

5. Campanula rotundifolia

6. Grindeila stricta

7. Achillea millefolium

8. Gillia capitata

9. Eriophyllum lanatum

10. Antennaria rosea

11. Heuchera micrantha

12. Camassia quamash

13. Erythronium grandiflorum

14. Sedum oregana

15. Aquilegia formosa

16. Allium cernuum

17. Anaphalis margaritacea

18. Arnica chamisonis

19. Penstemon davidsonii

20. Iris setosa

21. Penstemon procerus

22. Mimulus guttatus

23. Lupinus articus

24. Fritillaria lanceolata

25. Gaillardia aristata


26. Penstemon fruiticosus

27. Sedum spathulifolium

28. Erigeron peregrinus

29. Sidalcea hendersonii

30. Symphyotrichum subspicatum

31. Stachys cooleyae

32. Helenium autumnale

33. Iris douglasiana

34. Delphinium menziesii

35. Geum macrophyllum

36. Dryas octopetala

37. Penstemon sp.

38. Potentilla gracilis

39. Chamaenerion angustifolium

40. Tellima grandiflora

41. Tolmiea menziesii

42. Tiarella trifoliata

43. Polemonium occidentale

44. Vancouveria hexandra

45. Cornus canadensis

46. Hydrophyllum tenuipes

47. Aruncus sylvestris

48. Smilacina racemosa

49. Solidage canadensis

A) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

B) Philadelphius lewissi

C) Cornus nutallii

D) Gaultheria shallon

E) Spirea douglassi

F) Sorbus sitchensis

G) Mahonia nervosa

H) Picea sitchensis

I) Ceanothus sanguineus

J) Rosa gymnocarpa

K) Crataegus douglasii

L) Mahonia aquifolium

M) Mahonia repens


N) Vaccinium parvifolium

O) Symphoricarpos albus

P) Holodiscus discolor

Q) Rhamnus purshiana

R) Ribes sanguineum

S) Oemlaria cerasiformis

T) Ribes laclustre

U) Spirea densiflora

V) Vaccinium ovatum

W) Physocarpus capitatus

X) Amelanchier alnifolia

Y) Myrica gale

Thanks for your support!