Blooming Time: Late Spring

Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 9

Nuttalls Violet

Viola nutalli

Native to the region

Part sun to full shade
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Western Vervain

Verbena lasiostachys

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 4 to 10

California Milkweed

Asclepias californica

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 11

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Native to the region

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Puget Sound Gumweed

Grindelia integrifolia

Native to the region

Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 5 to 8

American Basswood

Tilia americana

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 2 to 8

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Native to the region

Part shade
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 8

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Native to the region

Part shade
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Clasping Coneflower

Dracopis amplexicaulis

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 2 to 11

Kinnikinnick

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 2 to 6

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Native to the region

Part shade
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 2 to 7

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Littleleaf Mock Orange

Philadelphus microphyllus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9

Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 4 to 9

Yellow Bee Flower

Cleome lutea

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Pacific Madrone

Arbutus menziesii

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 6 to 9

Bigleaf Maple

Acer macrophyllum

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 6 to 7

Sugarbush

Rhus ovata

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 6 to 10

California Lilac

Ceanothus ssp.

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10

Summer Lupine

Lupinus formosus

Native to the region

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zone 6 to 10

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Douglas Meadowfoam

Limnanthes douglasii

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 6 to 9

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Native to the region

Part shade
Medium water
Zones 6 to 8

Spiderflower

Cleome isomeris

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 6 to 10

Bachelor Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
All zones

Mescal Bean

Sophora secundiflora

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Yellow Bells

Tecoma stans

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 7 to 11

Indigo Bush

Dalea greggii

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Fairy Duster

Calliandra conferta

Part shade
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to11

Bee Bush

Aloysia gratissima

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Chia

Salvia columbariae

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Desert Bluebells

Phacelia campanularia

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zone 4 to 10

Blanket Flower

Gaillardia pinnatifida

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 10

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 6 to 8

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Native to the region

Partial shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zone 3 to 10

Note: Not recommended as a landscape tree. Better suited for unvisited hedgerows and shelterbelts.

Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia

Native to the region

Partial shade
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 7 to 10

Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus

Native to the region

Part shade
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 6 to 10

Carolina Laurel Cherry

Prunus caroliniana

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Southern Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Medium to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Purple Passion Flower

Passiflora incarnata

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 5 to 9

Sage

Salvia officinalis

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10

Spotted Bee Balm

Monarda punctata

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Spotted Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Lanceleaf Blanketflower

Gaillardia aestivalis

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9