Spring 2025 plant list

Annual Flowers

Name	Light requirements	Water requirements	Good for	PDX-area native?
Bluehead Gilia	Sun - Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Columbia Coreopsis	Sun - Sun/Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Coyote Tobacco	Sun	Moderate - dry	Hummingbirds, other Beneficial insects	No
Douglas Meadowfoam	Sun - Sun/Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
Elegant Calicoflower	Sun	Wet - moderate	Bees	Yes
Farewell to Spring	Sun	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Fragrant Popcornflower	Sun	Wet - moderate	Bees	Yes
Large-Flowered Mountain   trumpet	Sun	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
Red Maids	Sun	Moderate	Bees	Yes
Showy Tarweed	Sun	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
Denseflower Willowherb	Sun	Wet - moderate	Bees, other Beneficial insects	Yes

Perennial Flowers

Name	Light requirements	Water requirements	Good for	PDX-area native?
Bigleaf Lupine	Sun - Shade	Wet - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Blue vervain	Sun	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies, hummingbirds	Yes
Brewer's Rockcress	Sun	Dry; requires good drainage	Bees	No
Broadleaf Stonecrop	Sun - Sun/Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
California Poppy	Sun	Moderate - dry	Bees, other Beneficial insects	Yes
Fringecups	Sun/Shade - Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, other Beneficial insects	Yes
Heal-All	Sun - Shade	Moderate	Bees, other Beneficial insects	Yes
Largleaf Avens	Sun - Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Narrowleaf Milkweed	Sun	Moderate - dry; requires good drainage	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	No
Oregon Stonecrop	Sun - Sun/Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Oregon Sunshine	Sun - Sun/Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Riverbank Lupine	Sun	Wet - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Scarlet Monkey Flower	Sun - Sun/Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, other Beneficial Insects	No
Seaside Daisy	Sun/Shade - Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	No
Shade Phacelia	Sun - Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Showy Milkweed	Sun	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects	Yes
Straightbeak Buttercup	Sun - Sun/Shade	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
Western Goldentop	Sun	Wet - moderate	Bees, Butterflies	Yes
Yarrow	Sun - Sun/Shade	Moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects, Edibility	Yes

Shrubs

Name	Light requirements	Water requirements	Good for	PDX-area native?
Blue Elderberry	Sun - sun/shade	moderate - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects, Bird habitat	Yes
Pacific Ninebark	Sun - Shade	Wet - dry	Bees, Butterflies, other Beneficial Insects, Bird habitat	Yes