Iris Kaempferi

Bearded Irises have thick surface rhizomes, giving rise to fans of sword-shaped, usually broad green leaves, and simple or branched flower stems. Most bear multiple flowers per stem. The flowers have well-developed standards and fall, with a prominent “beard” of white or colored hairs in the center of each fall petal. Avoid high nitrogen fertilizer. Keep mulches away from leaves and rhizomes. Taller cultivars may require staking. Water moderately during growth periods; keep dry while dormant. Tall bearded irises grow to 27 inches and produce flowers, 4 to 8 inches across, in midseason. The cultivar ‘Goldbound’ has double white flowers with yellow veins from summer until the first frost.

Rhododendron 'Hino Crimson'

Hino Crimson' Rhododendron, 'Hino Crimson' Azalea, Early Midseason Rhododendron, Mid Season Rhododendron, Evergreen Rhododendron

Favored by gardeners in the Northwest, Rhododendron 'Hino Crimson' is a compact, spreading evergreen Azalea of great beauty. Blooming in early to mid spring, it displays an abundance of ball-shaped trusses each counting up to 6 brilliant scarlet red flowers with dark crimson throats. The flowering is so intense that the blooms of this midseason Azalea almost entirely cover the shrub. The foliage of small, elliptic, shiny dark green leaves turns bronze to red in cold weather. 'Hino Crimson' is a Kurume hybrid Azalea that is so compact that it works perfectly well in small gardens or rock gardens where it adds an impressive color display.

• Grows with a tight dense habit, up to 2-3 ft. tall (60-90 cm) and 3-5 ft. wide (90-150 cm)
• Winner of multiple awards, including the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society as well as the Rhododendron of the Year Award of the American Rhododendron Society for the North West and South West Regions.
• A part shade lover, this plant is best grown in moist, acidic, humusy, well-drained soils. Plant shallowly. Protect from frost to prevent damage to flowers. Mulch annually with leaf mould to retain moisture, control weeds, and cool the soil.
• Perfect for beds and borders, cottage gardens, rock gardens. Ideal for small gardens and containers!
• Removing spent flowers promotes new growth
•  This shrub should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers.
• All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.

Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.

poa macrantha

Poa macrantha is a perennial grass growing in loose clumps with stems up to 60 centimeters in maximum height. The grass grows from a network of very long, stout rhizomes and stolons which may be up to 4 meters in length, anchoring the grass in its shifting sandy substrate. The inflorescence is a dense series of clustered spikelets that are flattened and longer than wide. The plant is dioecious with male and female individuals bearing different types of flowers; the two flower types are similar in appearance.

Oxalis oregana (Redwood Sorrel)

Redwood Sorrel, Oregon Oxalis

Oxalis oregano (Redwood Sorrel) is a creeping, rhizomatous perennial boasting rose-pink or white flowers, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), adorned with lavender veining from spring to fall. The charming blossoms are borne on slender stems over the foliage of velvety, mid-green, clove-like leaves. Easy to cultivate and maintain, this plant creeps underground via rhizomes and will spread indefinitely, naturalizing in shady, woodland conditions. It makes an attractive groundcover for part shade or deep shade in mild winter areas.

• Grows up to 4-10 in. tall (10-25 cm).
• Easily grown in moist, fertile, humus-rich soil in full or partial shade. Will tolerate sandy sites and clay. Drought tolerant when established, but grows best with occasional watering.
• Propagate by division in spring; small sections of the rhizomes root readily with bottom heat
• Virtually pest and disease free.
• Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.
• Native to coastal forests from Washington to California.

Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'

Spiraea japonica, commonly called Japanese spirea, is a dense, upright, mounded, deciduous shrub that typically grows 4-6’ tall with a slightly larger spread. Leaves (up to 3” long) are oval and sharply toothed. Tiny pink flowers in flat-topped clusters (corymbs) cover the foliage from late spring to mid-summer, with sparse and intermittent repeat blooms sometimes occurring. Flowers are attractive to butterflies.

Genus's name comes from the Greek word spiral meaning wreath about the showy flower clusters seen on most shrubs in the genus.

Specific epithet means Japan, which is part of its native range.

'Little Princess' is an upright, rounded, deciduous shrub that typically forms a compact mound to 30" tall. Features numerous pink flowers in flat-topped clusters (corymbs) in late spring to mid-summer. Attractive to butterflies. Oval, sharply toothed, mint green leaves take on attractive red hues in autumn.

Carex pachystachya

Chamisso sedge is native to western North America and is found in many types of habitats. It can tolerate drier conditions than most of our native sedges. It grows in wet prairies but also on forest edges.Spikes 4 to 12, aggregated into a dense head, 1-2.5 cm wide, unstalked, with both female and male flowers, the female ones towards the tips; bracts subtending the spikes sheathless, reduced, inconspicuous.Perigynia egg-shaped, 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, dark green to dark brown, the margins winged nearly to the bases, the upper 1/2 fringed with teeth, lightly several-nerved on the back, with faint nerves or nerveless below, the beaks shallowly bidentate, up to 1 mm long, narrowly margined and toothed below; female scales elliptical, chestnut-brown to dark brown, with slightly lighter midribs, somewhat shorter and narrower than the perigynia; stigmas 2; achenes lens-shaped, 1.1-1.5 mm long.