What are these magic beans?
What native plant from Chelan County yields such large and distinctive seeds? Why, it’s our only native peony! Brown’s peony (Paeonia brownii) is…
Tag: native plants
Head for the hills… for the wildflowers
Eriogonum ovalifolium near Windy Pass By late June the wildflowers at the lower elevations in Central Washington are past their peak, but at higher…
Looking for Seeds
It all begins with the seeds. Almost all of the close to 140 species I sell are grown from seed. A very few…
Balsamroot time
Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagitata) may be the iconic wildflower of the east slopes of the Cascades in Washington. In a good year, like…
Behold the bitterroot
The gorgeous flowers of bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) seemingly pop onto the soil surface in April in much of our region. The blooms can vary in…