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Lathyrus japonicus (Beach Pea)
This stunning native pea can be found draped over driftwood on sandy beaches where it forms pollinator-friendly patches of purple, bluish, and pinkish flowers tolerant of salt spray. Plant Details...
Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oatgrass)
A smaller-statured tufted perennial bunchgrass for full sun well-drained sites and preferring mineral soils. Plant Details habitat Meadows and woodlands light Full sun to part shade moisture Dry to moist...
Plantago maritima (Seaside Plantain)
Perennial salt-tolerant wildflower with linear, flattened leaves and spike-like flowers. Grows from salt marshes to rocky shorelines in full sun. Plant Details habitat Rocky shorelines and salt marshes light Full...
Cerastium arvense (Field Chickweed)
Mat-forming perennial wildflower with fairly large white flowers and soft blueish-green foliage. Drought-tolerant and very well-suited for shallow soils with drainage in full sun to some partial shade. This species...
Camassia quamash ssp. maxima (Common Camas)
A stunning perennial wildflower in the Asparagus plant family with purplish-blue flowers (sometimes light blue blue and occasionally white) and an edible bulb. Yellow, pollen-packed stamens contrast against the colourful...
Rumex occidentalis (Western Dock)
Western Dock is a tall, leafy perennial of local estuaries. This species forms a basal rosette of large, lance-shaped leaves and sends up tall flowering stalks. The seeds include a...
Turritis glabra (Tower Mustard)
Biennial or short-lived perennial native mustard that is an important host plant for Julia's Orangetip butterfly (also called Sara's Orangetip). Grows in sandy or rocky sites in full sun. Plant...
Amsinckia menziesii (Small-flowered Fiddleneck)
Common Fiddleneck is an annual forb and a member of the borage family (Boraginaceae), known for its distinctive helicoid cymes—coiled inflorescences, which are clusters of flowers arranged on a stem....
Eriocoma lemmonii (Lemmon's Needle Grass)
One of the most drought-tolerant bunchgrasses of southern Vancouver Island, occurring on shallow soil rocky bluffs and meadows. Plant in full-sun well-drained soils. Like all native bunchgrasses, this plant is...
Artemisia suksdorfii (Coastal Mugwort)
Coastal Mugwort has the characteristic aroma of the sage species that grow in the interior grasslands and prairies. It grows in full sun to partial shade and appreciates drainage, which...
Drymocallis glandulosa (Sticky Cinquefoil)
A lovely creamy-yellow flowered species with nice foliage that grows to mid-height. Grows well in partial shade to full sun and is common to rocky seepage (seasonal moisture). The name...
Eriophyllum lanatum (Woolly Sunflower)
One of the most cheerful and pollinator-friendly meadow plants of Southern Vancouver Island. Small sunflower-like bright yellow flowers provide oodles of colour in mat-forming bunches of blueish-green woolly foliage. The...