Blooming Time: Summer

Nuttalls Violet

Viola nutalli

Native to the region

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

Silverleaf Phacelia

Phacelia hastata

Native to the region

Part sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 9

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

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 9

Ledge Stonecrop

Rhodiola integrifolia

Native to the region

Part shade
Medium water needs
Zones 6 to 9

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Native to the region

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

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

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

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

 

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

Foxglove Penstemon

Penstemon digitalis

Native to the region

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

Clasping Coneflower

Dracopis amplexicaulis

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 2 to 11

Tall Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Native to the region

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

Lemon Beebalm

Monarda citriodora

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 2 to 11

American Mountain Ash

Sorbus americana

Native to the region

Full shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 6

Snowberry

Partial to full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 2-7

Kinnikinnick

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Native to the region

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

New England Aster

Symphotrichum novae-angliae

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 8

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

Hawthorn

Crataegus ssp.

Full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Thyme

Thymus ssp.

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 8

Bellflower

Campanula scouleri

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Yellow Bee Flower

Cleome lutea

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 7

Lavender

Lavendula ssp.

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 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

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Native to the region

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

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 3 to 10

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

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Whitethorn Acacia

Vachellia constricta

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 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

Bee Bush

Aloysia gratissima

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 7 to 10

Desert Marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 6 to 10

Hyssop

Agastache ssp.

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 10

Chia

Salvia columbariae

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Blanket Flower

Gaillardia pinnatifida

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Cosmos

Cosomos sulphureus

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zone 3 to 10

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 6 to 8

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.

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 6 to 10

California Goldenrod

Solidago californica

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 6 to 10

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

Full sun
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 7 to 10

Russian Sage

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10

Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Native to the region

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

Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 3 to 8

Leavenworths Eryngo

Eryngium leavenworthii

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10

Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus

Native to the region

Part shade
Dry, drought tolerant
Zones 6 to 10

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 7

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

Saw Palmetto

Serenoa repens

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 7 to 11

Carolina Rose

Rosa carolina

Native to the region

Part shade to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 4 to 9

Purple Passion Flower

Passiflora incarnata

Native to the region

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

Inkberry

Ilex glabra

Native to the region

Part shade
Wet water needs
Zones 4 to 9

Whiteleaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum albescens

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

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

Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Native to the region

Partial to full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Summer Farewell

Dalea pinnata

Native to the region

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

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to wet water needs
Zones 3 to 9

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Native to the region

Full sun
Medium water needs
Zones 4 to 10

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annus

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry water needs
Zone 3 to 10

Lanceleaf Blanketflower

Gaillardia aestivalis

Native to the region

Full sun
Dry to medium water needs
Zones 5 to 9