Native Plant Propagation Guidelines:
forbs
Annual herb, 10 – 45 cm tall. Blue/white pea-like flowers (to 7 mm long) in short clusters; palmately compound leaves, seed pods to 3 cm long. Flowers April - May. Grows in open, gravelly and sandy sites, dry to moderately dry. Lupines fix nitrogen and fertilize poor soils. Photo by Moralea Milne. Click here for propagation information.
Low-growing (10-25 cm tall) perennial from slender, branched, creeping rhizomes. Smooth, heart-shaped leaves up to 10 cm long, usually 2 per stem. Cylindrical shaped terminal clusters of small, white, delicately perfumed flowers stand above the leaves. Fruit is small, round, pale green /mottled berry which turns dark red. Requires moist, humus rich soils that don’t totally dry out in summer. Takes short periods of water-logged soil in winter. Good for use as ground cover in woodland areas or under shrubs. Photo by Dave Polster. Click here for propagation information.
Annual herb, stems leafy, slender, nearly hairless to somewhat glandular-hairy, simple or freely branched, 5-30 cm tall. Yellow flowers with a reddish-brown blotch on the lower lip that resembles a monkey’s face. Showy plant for a moist, semi-shady rockery. Photo by Chris Junck. Click here for propagation information.
Tufted perennial herb, 15 – 30 cm tall with greyish-green, grass-like leaves. Flowers are purple with a satiny sheen, up to 4 cm across and very showy. Plant in well-drained soils in full sun. One of the showiest early spring flowers. Wonderful for sunny rock gardens, low borders, planters, and meadows. Photo by Dave Polster. Click here for propagation information.
Slender hairless perennial from a tuberous-thickened root; stems leafy, solitary, 40-120 cm tall. Leaves several, well-distributed along the stem, once or sometimes twice pinnately divided into long, narrow segments, leaf stalks sheathing basally. Small white or pinkish flowers. Requires well-drained, sunny, nitrogen-medium soils. Photo by Moralea Milne. Click here for propagation information.