Attracting MORE Insects with Native Plants: Part 3 – Bird Food and Biological Control
Syrphid fly (larvae are aphid predators) on marsh marigold (Caltha leptosepala) Native plants are the key to attract native fauna. Many of…
Category: Featured Natives
Serviceberry – or is it Saskatoon?
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is a widespread shrub and member of the Rose Family found on both sides of the Cascades in Washington, with…
Goodbye, wild ginger, so long thyme-leaved buckwheat
It’s not quite October and already I’ve had to decide what we will grow for next year. Seed sowing is underway and began…
Late summer flowers for native pollinators
Parnassian butterfly on coyote mint (Monardella odoratissimma), late August at 4500′ Most of our native wildflowers of the lower elevations of Central Washington are at…
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…