Achillea millefolium, the common yarrow, is an important nectar source and host plant for a diversity of insects.

Allium cernuum is a light pink nodding onion native to BC that is extremely hardy, edible, and deer resistant.

Anemone multifida, the Pacific anemone, is a wonderfully textured BC native with finely cut foliage covered and white flowers.

Aquilegia formosa has delicate lantern-like flowers that attract pollinators including hummingbirds.

Arbutus menziesii is an attractive evergreen tree with peeling red/brown bark, clusters of fragrant white or pink flowers and edible scarlet fruit.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, known as kinnikinnick or bear berry, is a slow-growing evergreen native ground cover.

Aruncus dioicus, the giant goat's beard, is a stately BC native perennial with tall, creamy white plumes.

Aster subspicatus (Symphyotrichum subspicatum) has lovely lavender flowers with narrow petals around yellow centres.

Camassia leichtilinii or great camas produces elegant spires with masses of star-shaped blue flowers with yellow anthers.

Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' offers open clusters of ruffled white flowers centred with spheres of yellow stamens.

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) is beautiful West Coast native with inflorescences that look like a paintbrush dipped in fiery colours.

Cornus canadensis, or bunchberry, is an excellent native ground cover for part shade and loose humusy soils.

Umbrella plant (Darmera peltata 'Nana') is a great shade perennial that is smaller than the species.

The Pacific or western bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) is a lovely shade with fern-like foliage and pendulous pink flowers.

Dodecatheon pulchellum has pink flowers with reflexed petals and white and yellow highlights around near-black stamens.

Elaeagnus commutata is known as silverberry or wolf-willow. Its fruit is rich in vitamins A, C, and E and is popular with birds.

Erigeron speciosus is a western North American fleabane with attractive lavender or lavender blue flowers.

Eriogonum umbellatum 'Kannah Creek' has bright yellow umbels maturing to orange atop green foliage turning purple-red in winter.

Eriophyllum lanatum is a BC native that bears charming, fern-like, grey foliage topped with loads of yellow, daisy-like flowers.

The beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is a BC native found along the Pacific coast of both North and South America.

Fragaria virginiana, known as wild or Virginia strawberry, offers small, sweet, red, edible strawberry fruits.

Gaultheria shallon or salal is a lovely BC native that offers sweet edible blue-black berries long prized by First Nations peoples.

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink' is a butterfly gaura with delicate pink flowers on arching stems and dark green foliage.

Heuchera micrantha is one of our native alumroots with nice lobed leaves and airy sprays of small white flowers.

Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) offers clouds of tiny creamy white flowers popular with bees and butterflies.

Iris tenax or tough-leaf iris is a West Coast native with beautiful blue, lavender and purple blooms and evergreen foliage

Lonicera involucrata is a non-climbing shrubby honeysuckle with large, oval leaves and pairs of tubular yellow flowers.

Mahonia aquifolium, the Oregon grape, is a native evergreen shrub with thick, dark green, holly-like leaves and yellow flowers.

Mahonia nervosa has emerald green, windmill-like leaves and canary yellow spring flowers and waxy blue berries.

Mahonia repens is a very adaptable, native, woodland ground cover with bright, canary-yellow blooms,