Week 13 Plant ID

Camassia quamash. “Common camas”

Full sun to very light shade.

Edible bulbs. Major food and trading item for up to 4,000 years ago for coastal people.

Cardamine oligosperma. “Snap weed.”

Full sun to shade. Cool weather weed.

Edible.

Ajuga reptans “Carpet bugleweed” Perennial groundcover- usually evergreen in Victoria

Full sun only with consistent moisture to full shade; can fade in strong sun.

Good ground cover, but spreads easily.

Armeria maritima “Sea pinks” Evergreen perennial

Full sun.

Native to PNW.

Brunnera macrophylla “Siberian bugloss” Herbaceous perennial

Morning sun to light shade best.

Deer seem to leave it.

Akebia quinata “Chocolate vine” Semi-evergreen twinning vine

Full sun to part shade

Generally easy care.

Aesculus hippocastanum “Horse chestnut” Deciduous tree

Full sun to part shade

Distinct leaf scar for winter ID

Syringa vulgaris “Common lilac” Deciduous shrub

Full sun

up to 2000 cultivars (usually purple, but also white and even yellow flowers).

Lithodora diffusa ‘Grace Ward’ Evergreen shrub

Full sun to part shade

Deer and rabbit resistant

Convallaria majalis “Lily of the Valley” Herbaceous perennial

Part shade to shade

Tends to spread, but In dry shade, it will barely move.