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

Achlys triphylla is a unique ground cover attractive to pollinators and hummingbirds. The dried three-part leaves smell like vanilla.

Adiantum pedatum, the northern Maidenhair fern, is one of the most beautiful of all ferns with distinctive palmate fronds.

Agastache foeniculum is a long-blooming perennial great for summer colour and bees and butterflies.

Amelanchier alnifolia or Saskatoon berry offers tasty blueberry-like fruit and is also in important pollinator plant.

Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) has crisp white flowers attractive to butterflies and which are useful for drying.

This charming red or 'Rubra' form of Anemone multifida deserves to be better-known.

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

Anemone occidentalis, the western pasqueflower, has charming white flowers and ornamental silky seed heads.

Antennaria dioica 'Rubra', pink pussytoes, is small, cold hardy ground cover with silver leaves and fuzzy, pink 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.

Armeria maritima, sea thrift or sea pink, forms compact mounds of grass-like foliage topped with clusters of pink flowers.

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

Asarum caudatum is a beautiful western North American wild ginger that includes BC within its native range.

Asarum caudatum f. album known as western wild ginger has glossy evergreen leaves and 3-petaled creamy-white flowers.

Asclepias speciosa is the western North American sister species to the eastern common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

Asplenium trichomanes is a darling native fern that is incredibly tough with pure black stipes and bright green fronds.

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

The lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina, is a beautiful and elegant native fern with pale green deciduous fronds.

Deer fern (Blechnum spicant) is a beautiful BC native fern for shady moist places.

Caltha palustris 'Plena' is a cold-hardy, moisture-loving, Marsh marigold with green leaves and double, button-shaped, yellow flowers.

Campanula rotundifolia is a widespread harebell found throughout temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

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

Ceanothus velutinus is a beautiful white-flowered species related to the California lilacs with aromatic foliage.

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

Cornus sericea (syn. stolonifera) is a beautiful native shrub known as red osier dogwood most famous for its red winter stems.

Darlingtonia californica is an amazing and rare carnivorous plant known as the California pitcher plant.

Dodecatheon hendersonii is a western North American shooting star locally common at the southern tip of Vancouver Island.