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 (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)
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)
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)
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