plants in our Butterfly Garden
as of may 2024:
There have been a few changes over the 3 years since we planted at NSUC. Some plants have been removed, some did not survive our warm fall followed by a quick freeze in fall 2023. Many of our native plants came from Coast Salish Nursery.
Here is a list of our current plantings:
Tallish:
Allium • tall white globes
Pacific Nine Bark (Physocarpus Capitatus) •a bush which should grow to 6 ‘
Yarrow • white and lilac
Medium Height:
Asters (Native only) • Symphyotrichum subspicatum • bloom in fall• lilac colour
Bee Balm • bright red flowers
Camas Quamash (CS Nursery)
Chives •Allium schoenoprasum
Daisies
Lobilia Straship • red flowers
Lupin (Lupinus perennis) wild type • lilac purple colours
Nodding Onions • Allium Cernuum (CS Nursery)
Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra Formosa)
Purple candy Tuft (Scabious Colubaria)
Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) wild BC type • attracts butterflies / hummingbirds
Lower Height or Ground Cover
Alyssum • fragrant...Rocky Racoon loves these...we have replanted!
Arbrieta • Rock Cress Native • purple flower
Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) • CSNursery • flowers and berries attract
Sedum
Thyme
Wild Ginger • (CS Nursery)
Wild Strawberries • Woodland (Fragaria Vesca)
Beach (Fragaria Chiloensis)