This herbaceous annual grows 1 to 2 feet tall in full sun and moist to dry, well-drained soil. The daisy-like flowers are yellow with a brownish-purple center, and bloom on rough stalks from June to October. It attracts birds for its seeds and pollinating insects for its nectar, and is resistant to browsing by deer.
Otherwise known as Tall Coneflower, this slender, upright perennial typically grows up to 5 feet tall on strong stems. Its leaves and stems are hairy and each stalk is topped by a single, showy, parasol-like flower head featuring 8 to 12 bright yellow rays that droop downward from a large, upright, brownish-purple center cone. It grows best in full sun and in moist soil.
This herbaceous perennial grows up to 4 feet tall, producing bright yellow or yellow-orange, daisy-like flower heads throughout the summer. Growing in full sun and a variety of moist soil types, Orange Coneflower has many varieties and attracts birds with its seeds.
A perennial shrub that grows to 13 feet tall, it has stems covered with fine prickles. The pinkish-purple flowers are produced from early spring to early summer and the fruit, resembling a large yellow to orange-red raspberry, matures in late summer to early autumn.
Also known simply as Thimbleberry, this dense shrub grows up to 8 feet tall on narrow stems that have no thorns. It produces soft, fuzzy leaves and small, white flowers that yield red fruit that ripen in mid to late summer. This plant prefers dry to moist, rocky soils, and can grow in full sun to shade.
Also known as Thimbleberry, this perennial shrub produces 3 to 5 foot long thorny stems. It is commonly found in large colonies, blooming white flowers in May and June, and producing dark, purple-black fruit in the late summer. This plant can grow in full sun to shade, in dry, moist, and gravelly soils. It provides a source of food for birds and mammals, and nesting materials for native bees.
Woods’ Rose, or Western Wild Rose, is a thorny, deciduous shrub that often forms thickets, with individual plants growing 2 to 5 feet in height. It starts growing during the early spring, and produces 2 to 4 inch, pale to vibrant pink flowers from May to July. This species has many varieties and can grow in multiple conditions, including full sun to shade, and in dry to moist, sandy or clay soils.
Nootka Rose is a spindly shrub that can grow up to 10 feet in height. It has light green, paired leaflets with a pair of prickles at the base of each leaf and produces large, pink-rose flowers followed by large, purplish fruits. This shrub can grow in full sun to shade, and in moist to dry soils.
Also known as Redflower Currant or Pink-flowering Currant, this deciduous, perennial shrub grows 4 to 10 feet tall with many erect stems. It produces showy, pink to dark red flower clusters from January to March, followed by bluish-black fruits. Blood Currant is highly attractive to hummingbirds, and very drought tolerant, withstanding moist to drier, well-drained soils, and full sun to partial shade.
This is a short, deciduous shrub that grows 3 to 6 feet in height. Its fragrant, yellow flowers bloom from April to May and produce berries that can be yellow, red, or purple when ripe. This plant is adaptable, tolerating drought, and typically growing in full sun to partial shade, in moist to dry soils. The fruit of Golden Currant attracts birds and mammals, while the flowers provide nectar to hummingbirds and pollinating insects.
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