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Plant Sale GuideSnohomish Conservation District30th Anniversary

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Plant Sale Order Deadline| February 9, 2015 |

30th AnniversaryNative Plant Sale & Celebration

| February 28, 2015 | It’s our 30th anniversary and we’re throwing a party. In addition

to the normal Plant Sale activites, there will be speakers, demonstrations, hands-on activities and more!

Plant Sale Guide

Order online | www.theplantsale.org

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Ground Covers | Page 3 & 4

Evergreen Trees | Page 5

Evergreen Shrubs | Page 6

Deciduous Shrubs | Page 7 & 8

Deciduous Trees | Page 9

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Pollinator Packet- Wildflower Seed Mix | $8/$15

Promotes native pollinators by providing wildflowers for forage and native grasses for nesting habitat. Best in sunny areas with well-drained soils.

Species include Pearly Everlasting, Blue Wildrye, Barestem Biscuitroot, Big leaf Lupine, Oregon Sunshine, Roemer’s Fescue, Western White Yarrow, Camas, Douglas Aster, Shaggy Fleabane, Western Bleeding Heart, Tufted Hairgrass, Self Heal, Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, California Oatgrass, Alfalfa, Farewell to Spring, Native Red Fescue, Pink Nodding Onion, and Puget Sound Gumweed.

3-4 ft | Dry-Moist | Sun

Rain Barrel Kit | $45

Rain barrels can help:• save you money on your water bill• reduce flooding in your yard,• help keep our waterways clean for future

generations.

Each kit contains an assembled rain barrel using a 55 gallon food-grade barrel.

New this Year

Plant Photos: (1.) Pearly Everlasting (2.) Puget Sound Gumweed (3.) Pink Nodding Onion (4.) Butterfly Milkweed (5.) Shaggy Fleabane

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Bear Grass | Xerophyllum tenax | $3 Bright green grasslike perennial. Tall stem topped by a cluster of white flowers. Up to 3 ft | Dry | Part Shade | Picture 1

Big Leaf Lupine | Lupinus polyphyllus | $8 Tall perennial with blue flowers. Nitrogen fixer.Up to 5 ft | Moist-Wet | Sun | Picture 2

Blue Eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium indahoense | $3 Clumping wildflower with iris-like leaves that produce small blue flowers.Up to 1 ft | Dry-Moist | Sun | Picture 4

Bunchberry | Cornus canadensis | $8Showy, white flowers, edible berries. Birds use the berries for food.1 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Shade | Picture 3

Cascade Penstemon | Penstemon serrulatus | $8 Wildflower with pink to purple flowers.Up to 3 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 6

Deer Fern | Blechnum spicant | $8 Bright green sterile fronds with one crinkled edge leaf and a crinkled edge. Fertile fronds have black stems.Up to 2 ft | Moist | Part Shade-Shade | Picture 5

Fringecup | Tellima grandiflora | $8Fuzzy, heartshaped leaves. Greenish-white to red flowers. Slug resistant.Up to 1 ft | Moist | Part Shade-Shade

Henderson’s Checker-Mallow | Sidalcea hendersonii | $8Perennial that produces spikes of miniature hollyhock-like flowers.Up to 5 ft | Moist-Wet | Sun

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Kinnikinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | $3 Small pink flowers with bright red berries. Helps protect against erosion.Up to 1 ft | Dry | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 7

Maidenhair Fern | Adiantum aleuticum | $3 Delicate fern that is found in rock crevices.Up to 3 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Sun-Shade | Picture 8

Marsh Violet | Viola palustris | $8 Low groundcover with lavender violet flowers.Up to 2 ft | Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 9

Oregon Iris | Iris tenax | $8 Clumped iris that produces blue to purple flowers.Up to 1 ft | Dry-Moist | Sun

Oregon Stonecrop | Sedum oreganum | $3 Succulent. Foliage turns reddish in fall. Yellow flowers attract butterflies.Up to 0.5 ft | Moist-Dry | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 10

Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | $8Purple flowers attract birds and butterflies. Use at the back of a flower bed.2-3 ft | Dry | Sun | Picture 11

Spreading Stonecrop | Sedum divergens | $3 Succulent. Great for drought prone areas. Yellow flowers attract butterflies.Up to 0.5 ft | Moist-Dry | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 12

Sword Fern | Polystichum munitum | $8Dark green fronds. Use as a structural element. Provides amphibian habitat.Up to 3 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Part Sun

Western Bleeding Heart | Dicentra formosa | $8Fern-like leaves. Small heart-shaped flowers. 2-3 ft | Moist | Shade-Part Sun | Picture 13

Western Columbine | Aquilegia formosa | $8Red and yellow flower. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.Up to 2 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 14

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Douglas Fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | $8Flat, long, yellow-green needles. Dark brown bark furrows when mature. Used in restoration projects.220-290 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 7

Grand Fir | Abies grandis | $8 Flat, dark green needles in two distinct rows. Grayish-brown bark. Common restoration tree.140-200 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade | Picture 6

Noble Fir | Abies procera | $8 Blue-green needles. Gray bark with resin blisters when young. Brownish-gray bark as it matures.100-200 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun

Pacific Madrone | Arbutus menziesii | $3 Waxy, dark green leaves. Reddish brown bark peels each year. Does well on slopes.Up to 90 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 5

Puget Sound Juniper | Juniperus maritima | $8Slow growing & long-lived. Common on coastal bluffs. Attractive blue fruits.Up to 20ft | Dry-Moist | Sun | Picture 4

Shore Pine | Pinus contorta var contorta | $8 Reddish brown bark. Irregular branching. Two needles per fascicle. Great for bluffs.25-50 ft | Dry-Wet | Shade-Sun

Sitka Spruce | Picea sitchensis | $8 Sharp needles. Reddish-brown small-scaled bark. Not palatable to herbivores. Excellent choice for revegetation projects.100-150 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 3

Western Hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla | $8 Yellow-green needles vary in length. Branches lightly droop towards ground. Used in restoration projects.150-200 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Shade | Picture 2

Western Red Cedar | Thuja plicata | $8 Scaled leaves. J-shaped droop branches. Red-gray or brownbark. Useful for revegetation projects.150-200 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Shade| Picture 1

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Evergreen Huckleberry | Vaccinium ovatum | $8 Small, pink, bellshaped flowers. Purplish-black berries. Attracts butterflies.2-13 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Sun | Picture 8

Lingonberry | Vaccinium vitis-idaea | $8 Red, sour berries. Edible berries but best sweetened before consumed.Up to 1.5 ft | Moist | Part Shade | Picture 9

Low Oregon Grape | Mahonia nervosa | $3 Clusters of yellow flowers. Dusty-blue, berries.Up to 2 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Shade

Tall Oregon Grape | Mahonia aquifolium | $3 Shiny, evergreen, holly-like foliage. Yellow flowers, dusty blue berries. Blooms in spring. Great for forming a hedge.5-7 ft | Dry-Wet | Shade-Sun | Picture 10

Pacific Rhododendron | Rhododendron macrophyllum | $3 Flowers from May-June. Host plant for caterpillars. Washington state flower.7-28 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun

Red Huckleberry | Vaccinium parvifolium | $8 Bright red berries. Prefers to grow in/near rotting wood or decaying organic matter.4-6 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Shade | Picture 11

Salal | Gaultheria shallon | $3 Small, bell-shaped, pink flowers. Deep-purple fruit. Used as accents in flower arranging.Up to 5 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Part Sun | Picture 12

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Beaked Filbert | Corylus cornuta var. californica | $8 Fuzzy leaves, hanging catkins. Edible nuts. Used in restoration or ornamental plantings.Up to 20 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Sun | Picture 1

Douglas Spirea | Spiraea douglasii | $8 Called hardhack. Small serrated leaves. Clustered pink flowers in terminal spike. Beaver resistant, grows well in wetlands.Up to 6 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun

Indian Plum | Oemleria cerasiformis | $8 White hanging flowers. Yellowish or purple plumlike fruit. Used in restoration and ornamental plantings.12-15 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 2

Mock Orange | Philadelphus lewisii | $8 Citrus scented, white flowers. Used for streamside hedgerows and steep slopes.10-12 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun

Nootka Rose | Rosa nutkana | $8 Pink-flowering native rose. Red hips. Forage for wildlife. Works well as a screen or hedge.3-8 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun

Oceanspray | Holodiscus discolor | $8 White lilac-like flowers. Beneficial for wildlife.Up to 10 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 3

Pacific Crabapple | Malus fusca | $8 White to pink flowers. Tart, yellowish fruit. Grows in wetlands. Excellent for wildlife.20-30 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 4

Pacific Ninebark | Physocarpus capitatus | $8 Cinnamon colored, shedding bark. Palm shaped leaves. Clustered white flowers.Excellent for restoration and hedges.6-15 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun

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Red Flowering Currant | Ribes sanguineum | $8 Small, red flowers. Produces berries. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.5-10 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 6

Red Osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea | $8 White clustered flowers. White to blue green berries. Tolerates heavy pruning. Works as a screen.Up to 15 ft | Moist-Wet | Shade-Sun | Picture 5

Salmonberry | Rubus spectabilis | $8 Pink flowers. Orange to red fruit. Great for revegetation projects. Edible but not tasty.Up to 12 ft | Dry-Wet | Shade-Sun | Picture 7

Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia | $8 Small white flowers, edible berries. Also known as Saskatoon and Juneberry.Up to 20 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Sun | Picture 8

Sitka Willow | Salix sitchensis | $8 Long dark green leaves with a hairy underside which looks silver underside.Up to 26 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun

Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | $8 Small pink flowers, white berries. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Excellent for bank stabilization.4-7 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Sun

Swamp Goosberry | Ribes lacustre | $8 Flowers attract hummingbirds, fruits attract wildlife. Blooms April - June.Up to 5 ft | Moist-Wet | Shade-Sun | Picture 9

Thimbleberry | Rubus parviflorus | $8 Showy white flowers. Thimble-like red berries. Forms thickets or, when managed, a natural hedgerow.5-8 ft | Moist | Shade-Sun

Twinberry | Lonicera involucrata | $8 Paired small yellow flowers. Inedible berries. Excellent for birds and butterflies.Up to 12 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun| Picture 11

Vine Maple | Acer circinatum | $8 Small pink and white flowers in spring. Green to red branches in winter. Important food source for birds and other wildlife.Up to 25 ft | Dry-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 10

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Big-leaf Maple | Acer macrophyllum | $8 Leaves can be 10 inches across. Flowers are an early nectar source. Due to fast growth, branches can be brittle in the wind.Up to 100 ft | Dry-Moist | Shade-Sun | Picture 1

Bitter Cherry | Prunus emarginata | $8Attractive reddish bark. Attracts birds, butterflies and wildlife for food and shelter. Up to 40 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 2

Black Cottonwood | Populus trichocarpa | $8 White bark. Shiny green heart shaped leaves. Good for wildlife. Attracts beavers.Up to 150 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 3

Cascara | Rhamnus purshiana | $8 Silver gray bark. Small green-yellow clusters of flowers, purplish berries. 15-30 ft | Dry-Wet | Shade-Full Sun | Picture 4

Pacific Dogwood | Cornus nutalli | $8 Dark green leaves. White flowers in April or May. Red to orange fruit in fall.Up to 40 ft | Dry-Moist | Part Shade-Shade

Pacific Willow| Salix lasiandra | $8Excellent for wildlife habitat and soil stabilization. Young, bright yellow twigs provide great winter color.Up to 50 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 5

Paper Birch | Betula papyrifera | $8 Large tree with white peeling bark when mature. Grows well along streams.80-100 ft | Moist-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 6

Red Alder | Alnus rubra | $8Fast growing, short lived tree. Used for quick shade and improving soil health. 75-100ft | Dry-Wet | Part Shade-Sun | Picture 7

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Questions? 425-335-5634, ext. 4scdplantsale@snohomishcd.org

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