A few perennials that are now in bloom:

Inside-Out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)

Western Columbine (Aquilegia Formosa)

Great Camas (Camassia leichtlinii)

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Inside-out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)

Great Camas (Camassia leichtlinii)

• Blue or purple star-shaped flowers.
• Grows from an edible bulb.
• Bright shade to full sun.
• Can handle soggy soil in winter as long as it dries out in the summer.
• A recent customer declared the flowers of Great Camas “other-worldly”!

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

• Red-and-yellow flowers.
• Blossoms stand higher than the foliage, up to 3 ½’ high.
• Full sun to partial shade; moist soil.

 Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

• Flowers are light to dark pink, fern-like foliage
• Attractive deciduous groundcover 1-2 feet tall.
• Bright shade, moist to fairly dry.

 Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

• Flowers white to light pink, clover-like foliage approximately one foot tall.
• Very moist to very dry, but happily, rampantly spreads in moist conditions.
• Full shade.

 Inside-out Flower, Duck’s Foot (Vancouveria hexandra)

• Woodland groundcover about 1’ tall.
• Slightly taller small nodding white flowers whose curved petals are folded backwards.
• Irregularly rounded small leaves (shaped like a duck’s foot) — delicate, interesting texture.
• Moist to dry conditions; partial to full shade

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