Screen Shot 2016-05-20 at 11.53.07 AMNative plants are better suited to our soil and climate conditions and so as a rule are much easier to grow than traditional landscaping plants. These important plant species also provide pollen, seeds and nectar that attract and nourish native birds, bees and butterflies. Natives also require much less fertilizers and water. A native landscape promotes biodiversity and natural stewardship, but most importantly it is beautiful!

Come visit thicket and see all the new lovely native plants on sale this weekend.

There are so so many options for great northwest natives to grow here in Portland.
Some of our favorite natives for NW gardens

Natives that we love:

Acer circinatum Vine Maple
Amelanchier alnifolia Western Serviceberry
Berberis nervosa Dull Oregon Grape
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea stolonifera) Red–osier Dogwood
Corylus cornuta Hazelnut
Gaultheria shallon Salal
Holodiscus discolor Ocean–spray
Oemleria cerasiformis Indian Plum
Physocarpus capitatus Pacific Ninebark
Ribes sanguineum Red Currant
Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry
Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry
Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry
Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry
Vaccinium parvifolium Red Huckleberry
Berberis aquifolium Tall Oregon Grape
Euonymus occidentalis Western Wahoo
Lonicera hispidula Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata Black Twinberry
Malus fusca  Western Crabapple
Philadelphus lewisii Mockorange
Prunus virginiana Common Chokecherry
Ribes viscosissimum Sticky Currant
Rosa gymnocarpa Baldhip Rose
Rosa nutkana var. nutkana Nootka Rose
Rosa pisocarpa Swamp Rose
Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus Dewberry
Salix sitchensis Sitka Willow
Sambucus cerulea Blue Elderberry
Symphoricarpos mollis Creeping Snowberry
Viburnum ellipticum Oval–leaved Viburnum
Ceanothus sanguine us Oregon Tea–tree
Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus Mountain Balm
Ribes bracteosum Blue Currant
Ribes divaricatum Straggly Gooseberry
Ribes lobbii Pioneer Gooseberry
Rubus leucodermus Blackcap Raspberry
Vaccinium ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry

Achlys triphylla  Vanillaleaf
Adiantum aleuticum Northern Maidenhair Fern
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger
Athyrium filix–femina Lady Fern
Carex deweyana ssp. leptopoda Dewey’s Sedge
Dicentra formosa Pacific Bleedingheart
Elymus glaucus Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii Jepson’s Blue Wildrye
Galium aparine Cleavers
Hydrophyllum tenuipes Pacific Waterleaf
Linnaea borealis Twin flower
Moutia perfoliata Miner’s Lettuce
Montia sibirica Candy Flower
Oxalis oregana Oregon Oxalis
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus Palmate Coltsfoot
Polypodium glycyrrhiza Licorice Fern
Polystichum munitum Sword Fern
Prosartes hookeri Hooker’s Fair ybells
Prosartes smithii Smith’s Fair ybells
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Fern
Smilacina racemosa Western False Solomon’s Seal
Smilacina stellata Starry False Solomon’s Seal
Streptopus amplexifolius Clasping Twisted–stalk
Tellima grandiflora Fringecup
Tiarella trifoliata v. unifoliata Trefoil Tiarella
Tolmiea menziesii Pig–a–back
Trillium ovatum Western Trillium
Vancouveria hexandra White Inside–out Flower
Viola glabella Stream Violet
Actaea rubra Baneberry
Adenocaulon bicolor Pathfinder
Agoseris grandiflora Large–flowered Agoseris
Anemone deltoid Western White Anemone
Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading Dogbane
Aquilegia formosa Red Columbine
Aruncus sylvester  Goatsbeard
Aster modest us Few–flowered Aster
Aster subspicatus Douglas’s Aster
Blechnum spicant Deer Fern
Bromus carinatus California Brome–grass
Campanula scowler Scouler’s Bellflower
Cardamine angulata Angled Bittercress
Carex amplifolia Big–leaf Sedge
Carex hendersonii Henderson’s Wood Sedge
Cinna latifolia Woodreed
Circaea alpina Enchanters Nightshade
Coptis laciniata Cutleaf Goldthread
Cornus canadensis Bunchberry
Corydalis scouleri Western Corydalis
Dicentra formosa Pacific Bleedingheart
Disporum hookeri Hooker Fairy–bell
Disporum smithii Large–flowered Fairy–bell
Dryopteris arguta Wood Fern
Dryopteris expansa Spreading Wood Fern
Stachys cooleyea Cooley’s Hedge-nettle
Thalictrum occidentale Western Meadowrue
Tiarella trifoliata Laceflower
Trientalis latifolia Western Starflower
Urtica dioica Stinging Nettle
Vicia gigantea Giant Vetch
Anemone lyallii Small Wind–flower
Anemone oregana var. felix  Oregon Anemone
Boykinia occidentalis  Slender Boykinia
Calypso bulbosa Fairy Slipper
Cynoglossum grande Pacific Hound’s–tongue
Cypripedium montanum  Mountain Lady–slipper
Cystopteris fragilis Brittle Bladder Fern
Dicentra formosa ssp. oregana Oregon Bleeding Heart
Erythronium oregonum  Giant Fawn–lily
Goodyera oblongifolia Giant Rattlesnake–plantain
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern
Lonicera ciliosa Trumpet Vin e
Nothochelone nemorosa Turtle Head
Sanicula crassicaulis Pacific Sanicle
Synthyris reniformis Snow Queen
Trillium chloropetalum Giant Trillium
Viola hallii Hall’s Violet
Viola sempervirens
Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed
Festuca occidentalis Western Fescue–grass
Festuca subulata Bearded Fescue–grass
Fragaria vesca var. bracteata Wood Strawberry
Galium triflorum Sweetscented Bedstraw
Geum macrophyllum Oregon Avens
Heuchera micrantha  Smallflowered Alumroot
Hieracium albiflorum White–flowered Hawkweed
Iris tenax Oregon Iris
Ligusticum apiifolium Parsley–leaved Lovage
Ligusticum grayii Gray’s Lovage
Lilium columbianum Columbia Lily
Heracleum lanatum Cow–parsnip
Lupinus latifolius Broadleaf Lupine
Luzula campestris var. congesta Field Woodrush
Luzula parviflora Small–flowered Woodrush
Lysichitum americanum Skunk Cabbage
Maianthemum dilatatum False Lily–of–the–valley
Mertensia platyphylla Western Bluebells
Mitella caulescens Leafy Mitrewort
Mitella pentandra Five–stamened Mitrewort
Monotropa uniflora Indian-pipe
Montia parvifolia Streambank Springbeauty
Nemophila menziesii Baby Blue–eyes
Oplopanax horridus Devil’s Club
Osmorhiza chilensis Mountain Sweet–root
Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass
Potentilla glandulosa Sticky Cinquefoil
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata Heal–all
Pyrola asarifolia Wintergreen
Satureja douglasii Yerba Buena
Scirpus microcarpus Small–fruited Bullrush