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:
Part to mostly shade, rich and acidic soil
PERENNIALS
Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
False Solomon’s-seal (Smilacina racemosa)
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)
Spring Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
Subalpine Spirea (Spirea densiflora)
Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
TREES
Western Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
Sitka Mountain-ash (Sorbus sitchensis)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Menzies)
Cascara (Rhamnus purshiana)
Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglassi)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
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)
Pink Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea)
Menzies Larkspur (Delphinium menziezii)
Small-flowered Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)
Common Hairbell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Blue Thimble Flower (Gillia 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)
Moist to very wet full sun, rich soil
PERENNIALS
Douglas Aster (Aster subspicatus)
Checker-mallow (Sidalcea hendersonii)
Cooleys Hedge-nettle (Stachys cooleyae)
Mountain Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Meadow Arnica (Arnica chamisonis)
Subalpine Daisy (Erigeron peregrines)
Beachhead Iris (Iris setosa)
Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttalus)
SHRUBS
Hardhack (Spiraea douglasii)
Sweet Gale (Myrica gale)
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)
Rosy 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)