Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi
Height: 20cm max
Width: 60cm wide
Season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Dec
Bloom Colour: Pink
Purpose: Living mulch (low growing spreader)
Plant type: Native Perennial
Notes: Drought tolerant; evergreen with berries in winter
Clematis Ligusticifolia
Height: 20m
Width: 30cm
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Bloom Colour: White
Purpose: Climber to add height
Plant type: Native Perennial
Notes: Drought tolerant; Deer avoidant; Pollinator; Butterfly and Hummingbird attractant; Toxic
Lonicera Ciliosa
Height: 6m
Width: 30cm
Season: All Summer
Bloom Colour: Orange
Purpose: Climber to add height
Plant type: Native Perennial
Notes: Drought tolerant; Pollinator; Butterfly and Hummingbird attractant
Allium Cernuum
Height: 50cm
Width: 15cm
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Bloom Colour: Purple/Pink
Purpose: Purple colour at mid height
Plant Type: Native Perenial
Notes: Drought tolerant; Butterfly attractor; Edible (all parts)
Asclepias Speciosa
Height: 1m
Width: 1m
Season: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Purpose: Monarch food, Larvae Host
Plant Type: Native Perennial
Notes: Pollinator attractant; Drought tolerant
Lupinus Sericeus
Height: 20cm-60cm
Width: 50cm max
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug
Bloom Colour: Blue/Purple
Purpose: Nitrogen Fixer
Plant Type: Native Perennial
Notes: Drought tolerant; Pollinator; Butterfly attractant and Largae host; Hummingbrid attractant; Deer avoidant; Toxic
Sedum Herbstfreude 'Autumn Joy'
Height: 40–60 cm
Width: 50–60 cm
Season: Aug, Sep, Oct
Bloom Colour: Pink (matures to copper-red)
Purpose: Pollinator food (bees, butterflies)
Plant Type: Non-native (cultivar of Sedum telephium, originally Eurasian)
Notes: Excellent late-season nectar source; drought tolerant; succulent foliage; deer resistant; remains attractive into winter
Eriogonum Umbellatum
Height: 30cm
Width: Spreading
Season: un, Jul, Aug, Sep
Purpose: Support beneficial insects; Living Mulch
Plant Type: Native Perennial
Notes: Drought, Pollinator attractant; Disease avoidant
Ratibida columnifera
Height: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept
Bloom Colour: Yellow
Purpose: Seeds for birds,
Plant Type: Native perennial
Notes: drought tolerant, pest and disease free, pollinator, not prized by deer
Sedum Kamtschaticum
Height: 20cm max
Width: spreading
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Bloom Colour: Yellow
Purpose: Living mulch
Plant Type: Non-Native
Notes: Drought, tolerant; Flexible soil types; Pollinator and butterfly attractant; Disease, Pest resistant; Deer avoidant.
Sedum Spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
Height: 10–15 cm
Width: 30–45 cm
Season: Jun, Jul, Aug
Bloom Colour: Reddish-pink
Purpose: Ground cover; pollinator food
Plant Type: Non-native (cultivar of Sedum spurium, originally Eurasian)
Notes: Spreads quickly; drought tolerant; attracts pollinators; foliage turns red in fall; deer resistant
Rudbeckia Laciniata 'Hortensia'
Height: 1.5-2m
Width: 60-90cm
Season: Late Summer
Bloom Colour: Yellow
Purpose: Attract a wide variety of pollinators and provide seeds in fall
Plant Type: Perennial wildflower; non-native
Notes: Aggressive
Sedum Divergens
Height: 10–15 cm
Width: 30–60 cm
Season: Jun, Jul
Bloom Colour: Yellow
Purpose: Ground cover; erosion control; pollinator food
Plant Type: Non-native (native to Asia)
Notes: Spreads rapidly by runners; drought tolerant; attracts bees; excellent for rock gardens; low maintenance
Iris Siberica
Height: 60–90 cm
Width: 30–60 cm
Season: May, Jun
Bloom Colour: Purple (also available in many other colours: white, yellow, blue, etc.)
Purpose: Ornamental; pollinator food
Plant Type: Non-native (originally from Europe and the Mediterranean)
Notes: Drought tolerant; rhizomatous spread; attracts bees; deer resistant; prefers well-drained soil
Thymus Serpyllum
Height: 5-10cm
Width: Up to 60cm
Season: Summer
Purpose: Ground cover, living mulch, attracts bees
Plant Type: Perennial, ground cover herb
Notes: Fragrant mat-forming plant that attracts pollinators
Aquilegia Canadensis
Height: 30-90cm
Width: 30-60cm
Season: May-July
Purpose: attracts pollinators, woodland gardens.
Plant Type: perennial herbaceous plant
Notes: spring blooming perennial with distinctive nodding, red & yellow flowers.
Artemisia Frigida
Height: 20–50 cm
Width: 30–60 cm
Season: Jul, Aug, Sep
Bloom Colour: Pale yellow (often inconspicuous)
Purpose: Erosion control; drought-tolerant ground cover; wildlife habitat
Plant Type: Native
Notes: Fragrant silvery foliage; spreads by rhizomes; drought tolerant; grazed by wildlife; excellent for dry, poor soils
Fragaria Virginiana
Height: 10–20 cm
Width: 30–60 cm
Season: May, Jun
Bloom Colour: White
Purpose: Ground cover; edible fruit; pollinator food; wildlife support
Plant Type: Native
Notes: Spreads by runners; attracts bees and butterflies; edible berries; good for erosion control; tolerant of various soils
Geum Triflorum
Height: 15–45 cm
Width: 30–45 cm
Season: Apr, May, Jun
Bloom Colour: Pink to reddish-pink
Purpose: Pollinator attractant; ornamental
Plant Type: Native
Notes: Unique feathery seed heads; drought tolerant; prefers well-drained soil; spreads slowly by rhizomes; attracts bees
Gaillardia Aristata
Height: 60–120 cm
Width: 30–90 cm
Season: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Bloom Colour: Yellow with dark brown centers
Purpose: Pollinator food; wildlife support; ornamental
Plant Type: Native
Notes: Attracts bees and butterflies; reseeds readily; tolerant of drought and clay soils; long blooming period; good cut flower
Monarda Fistulosa
Height: 60–120 cm
Width: 45–60 cm
Season: Jul, Aug
Bloom Colour: Pale purple to lavender
Purpose: Pollinator food; Monarch nectar source; medicinal and aromatic uses
Plant Type: Native
Notes: Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds; drought tolerant; aromatic foliage; resistant to deer; spreads by rhizomes
Hylotelephium sedum 'Plum Dazzled'
Height: 25cm
Width: 30cm
Season: Spring to late Fall
Bloom Colour: Bright pink
Purpose: Weed suppression, ornamental
Plant Type: Introduced perennial
Notes: Drought tolerant, living mulch, pest and disease resistant, not prized by deer
Works Cited:
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.gardenia.net/plant/thymus-serpyllum-creeping-thyme
https://notsohollowfarm.ca/store/Allium-cernuum-Nodding-Wild-Onion-p312802085
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/wild-strawberry
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://wildaboutflowers.ca/products/sage-prairie-sagewort
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://rockwoodforest.com/collections/shrubs/products/common-purple-iris
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.gardenia.net/plant/rudbeckia-laciniata-hortensia
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.gardenia.net/plant/sedum-spurium-dragons-blood
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.gardenia.net/plant/sedum-kamtschaticum
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.gardenia.net/plant/sedum-herbstfreude-autumn-joy
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/showy-milkweed?srsltid=AfmBOorMoe1Vals15E5z9gOwTOrwt1ulfrhR0C0q0zK0sUPW6pjKgbsd
Image taken July 14, 2025 from https://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/lupinus-sericeus, Mark Turner
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/PastinakePflanzegeerntet.jpg
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/helenium-autumnale
https://okanaganxeriscape.org/db/plant/145
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/aquilegia/canadensis/
https://www.whistlernaturalists.ca/single-post/kinnikinnick-arctostaphylos-uva-ursi
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/helenium-autumnale
https://alseed.com/product/wild-bergamot/
https://kb.jniplants.com/prairie-smoke-geum-triflorum