Derby Canyon Natives
Ted Alway, Owner
PO Box 385  | 
9750 Derby Canyon Road
Peshastin, WA 98847
(509) 548-9404

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WILDFLOWERS
Listed alphabetically by species.

Click on the species name to see photographs of the plant from WTU's Plants of Washington Image Collection,
Central Washington Native Plants Gallery, or USDA Plants Gallery

  Flower Bloom    Drought   Container
Names Height color time Exposure tolerant Comment sizes
Achillea millefolium 18-30" white Jun-Sept S X Long blooming, aromatic fern-like 10ci, 3.5"
yarrow           foliage, butterfly attractant  
Agastache rupestris 30-42" pink/orange July-Sept S X Finely textured foliage, fragrant.  3.5"
sunset hyssop           Hummingbirds love it   
Anaphalis margaritacea 18-24" white July-Sept S X White flower clusters, silvery lvs. 3.5"
pearly everlasting            Rhizomatous. Butterfly plant.  
Antennaria microphylla 6-12" pink to rose May-June S X Forms woolly gray mats, with 3.5"
rosy pussytoes           flowers borne above  
Aquilegia formosa 24-30" red/yellow May-July PSH   Bi-colored flowers: sepals red,   3.5"
red columbine           petals yellow.  Needs moist place  
Artemisia frigida 12-18"     S X Finely cut foliage, very aromatic, 3.5"
prairie wormwood           forms attractive mounds.  
Aruncus dioicus 36-60" creamy white June PSH, SH   Robust tall plant from moist areas; 3.5", 1 gal
goatsbeard           mass of tiny fls above fern-like lvs  
Asclepias tuberosa 15-18" orange July-Aug S X lovely orange flowers, v. attractive 3.5"
orange butterflyweed           to butterflies; seeds from CO  
Balsamorhiza sagittata 12-24" yellow April-May S X Showy sunflower, gray-green 10ci, 40ci
arrowleaf balsamroot            foliage; Central WA icon  3.5"
Calylophus serrulatus 9-12" yellow June-Aug S  X Bright flowers most of the summer  3.5"
dwarf sundrops           very drought tolerant  
Castilleja elmeri 12-24" pink May-June S   Chelan Co. endemic; striking pink 3.5"
Wenatchee Indian paintbrush           inflorescence on good-sized plant  
Dicentra formosa 8-18" pink May-June PSH, SH   From shady, moist parts of the forest 3.5"
Pacific bleeding heart           Lovely fl. clusters above divided lvs  
Erigeron linearis 6-10" yellow Apr-May S  X Charming mounds in shrub-steppe 3.5"
line-leaved daisy           covered with bright yellow daisies  
Erigeron speciosus 18-24" blue-purple June-Aug S, PSH   Blue-purple ray flowers surround 3.5"
showy daisy           a golden center, dark green leaves  
Eriogonum douglasii 8-12" yellow May-June S X Small leaves, woody,   3.5"
Douglas buckwheat           little mound form  
Eriogonum heracleoides 12-18" yellow-white May-June S X Compact clusters of flowers in a   3.5"
creamy buckwheat