Selected Plants from the Garden of Colleen Janney

[ (*W) denotes a Water-Wise plant; (*N) = native plant; (*DR) = Disease–resistant variety]

Grasses & Grass-like Plants Microbiota decussata (Siberian Carpet Cypress) *W Bambusa multiplex ‘Golden Goddess’ (Golden Philadelphus lewisii (Mock Orange) *W, *N Clumping Bamboo) Rosa ‘Meidland’ *DR Carex buchananni (Leather-leaf Sedge) Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry) *W, *N Carex morrowii ‘Variegata’ (Silver Japanese Sedge) Tropaeolum peregrinum (Climbing Nasturtium) Carex siderosticta ‘Variegata’ (Broad-leaved Sedge) Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry) *N,*W Chasmanthius latifolium (Northern Sea Oats) *W Vaccinium parvifolium (Red Huckleberry) *N, *W Cyperus albostriatus (Dwarf Umbrella Grass) Weigela florida ‘Elvera’ & ‘Midnight Wine’ Elymus magellanicus (Blue Magellan Grass) *W Hakonechloa macro ‘Aureola’ Trees Helictrotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) *W Abies grandis (Grand Fir) *N, *W Imperata cylindrica (Blood Grass) Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ (Coral Bark Maple) Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Lily Turf) Betula ‘Pendula’ (Weeping Birch) Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’ (Dwarf Hinoki) Luzula nivea ‘Snowbird’ (Snowy Woodrush) Miscanthus sinesis ‘Variegatus & ‘Gracillimus’ *W Perennials Ferns & Groundcovers Molinia caerulea arundinacea (Tall Moor Grass) Agastache sp. (Hysop) Molinia caerulea ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Moor Grass) Arachnoiodes simplicior ‘Variegata’ (Indian Holly Fern) Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Ebony Knight’ (Black Mondo) Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ & ‘Silverking’ *W Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ (Dwarf Fountain)*W Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo) *W Phormium colensoi ‘Jack Spratt’ (Dwarf Mt. Flax) *W Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern) *N Phormium tenax ‘Tricolor’ (New Zealand Flax) *W Catananche caerulea (Cupid’s Dart) *W Phormium tenax ‘Pink Stripe’ (NZ Flax) *W Cimicifuga simplex ‘White Star’ P. tenax ‘Rubrum (NZ Flax) *W Coreopsis spp. *W P. tenax ‘Dusky Chief’ (NZ Flax) *W Cotula squalida (New Zealand Brass Buttons) Sisyrinchium bellum, S. californicum, & S. douglasii Dierama pulcherrimum (Fairy Wand) (Blue-eyed, Yellow-eyed & Purple) *W Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Daisy) *W Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass *W Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’ Tradescantia virginiana (Spiderwort) Hedyotis caerulea (Mountain Bluet) Shrubs & Vines Lysimachia spp. (Loosestrife — many) Amelanchier alnifolia (Serviceberry) *N, *W Monarda (Bee Balm) Calocephalus brownii (Cushion Bush) *W Polystichum munitum (Sword Fern) *W, *N Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera aurea nana’ Romneya coulteri (Matilija Poppy) (Goldthread Branch) Santolina sp. (Lavender Cotton) *W Corylus cornuta (Beaked Hazelnut) *N, *W Silene californica (California Indian Pink) *W Erica arborea (Tree Heather) Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ (Dwarf Lamb’s Ears) *W Hebe pinguifolia ‘Pagei’ *W Teucrium chamaedrys (Germander) Hebe ‘Pluto’ *W Trachelium ‘Devotion Purple’ Heptacodium micronoides (Seven Sons Flower) Verbascum sp. Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray) *N, *W Veronica sp. *W Ilex crenata (Japanese Holly) Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’ *W Kirengeshoma japonica (Japanese Yellow Waxbells) Review all plant lists & intervews at: Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’ (Box Honeysuckle) www.co.thurston.wa.us/health Lonicera pileata (Privet Honeysuckle) *W Type in “garden tour” under “search.” Maelenbeckia axellaris (Wire Vine)