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Demonstration Garden Plants
Latin Name:
Eriogonum compositum
Arrowleaf Buckwheat
Heartleaf Buckwheat
Common Name(s):
Northern Buckwheat
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Water Preference:
VL
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
No
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
One of the showiest of the buckwheats with its many clusters of bright yellow flowers
Latin Name:
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum
Round-Headed Desert Buckwheat
Rock Wild Buckwheat
Common Name(s):
Plant Type:
Small Shrub (usually < 1.5' and not >3')
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
Oregon native mound forming plant with flowers in ball-like heads, sub-shriub. Heat, drought, deer, and wind resistant. Colorful yellow to orange flower in umbels that bloom starting in June through September. Pest free. Attracts birds, bees, and butterflies
Latin Name:
Eriogonum umbellatum
Sulfur Buckwheat
Sulfur Flower Buckwheat
Common Name(s):
Sulfur Eriogonum
Plant Type:
Small Shrub (usually < 1.5' and not >3')
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
Oregon native mound forming shrub, sub-shrub. Heat, drought, deer, and wind resistant. Colorful yellow to orange flowers in umbels that bloom starting in June through September. Pest free. Attracts birds, bees, and butterflies
Latin Name:
Eriophyllum lanatum
Oregon Sunshine
Common Woolly Sunflower
Common Name(s):
Pursh's Woolyleaf
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
No
Provides carpets of color in late spring early summer. Gray to green leaves covered by soft white hairs make this native plant very drought tolerant. Easy to grow. Daisy-like flowers. Attracts hummingbirds.
Latin Name:
Gaillardia aristata
Blanket Flower
Common Gaillardia
Common Name(s):
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
Bright yellow ray flowers contrast with red disk flowers for a great color combination. Colorful native for the flower garden
Latin Name:
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue Oat Grass
Common Name(s):
Plant Type:
Grass
Water Preference:
M
Sunlight Preference:
Full Sun
Oregon Native:
No
Western Native:
No
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
No
Attracts Birds:
No
Deer Resistant:
No
Attracts Butterflies:
No
Used by Wildlife:
No
Dense, rounded clump grass. Bluish-green blades that become graceful and arching with maturity. Produces brown oat-like seed heads. Overwater affects leaf color
Latin Name:
Heliopsis helianthodes 'Sunstruck'
Sunstruck Smooth Oxeye
Common Name(s):
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Sun/part shade
Oregon Native:
No
Western Native:
No
Fire Resistant:
Not Found
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
No
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
Provides excellent mid-summer color into fall. Summer color into fall.
Latin Name:
Heuchera cylindrica
Alumroot
Roundleaf Alumroot
Common Name(s):
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Water Preference:
M
Sunlight Preference:
Partial Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
No
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
No
Used by Wildlife:
No
Flowers are white and striking, and bloom in the mid spring. Leaves are medium green and deciduous. It tends to grow in rocky banks and slopes, at elevations from 3300-9800 feet.
Latin Name:
Holodiscus discolor 'macrophylus'
Oceanspray
Creambush
Common Name(s):
Rock-spiraea
Plant Type:
Med - Lg Shrub (usually >3' and never < 1.5')
Water Preference:
L
Sunlight Preference:
Partial Sun
Oregon Native:
Yes
Western Native:
Yes
Fire Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Pollinators:
Yes
Attracts Birds:
Yes
Deer Resistant:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Used by Wildlife:
Yes
This hardy species, tolerant of wide moisture regimes, soil types, and both sun and shade, is useful for low maintenance riparian plantings, reclamation of droughty and rocky or disturbed sites, and windbreaks. This broad adaptation and abundant midsummer. Seeds were eaten by Native Americans who also used the hard straight stems for arrow, spear & harpoon shafts, halibut hooks, digging sticks & sewing/knitting needles. Pioneers used the wood as pegs in place of nails.
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