Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture

Plants

In the City of Vancouver
Waterwise Demonstration Garden

A more current version of these pages can be found at the City of Vancouver's Water Conservation Landscaping Homepage.

Copyright (C) 1996 City Farmer
Plants chosen by M. Ross Waddell (B.E.S, M.E.S)
Environmental Design/Research
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Trees

Cascara
Rhamnus purshiana

Shrubs

Flowering Currants
Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII'
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'

Gummy Gooseberry
Ribes lobbii

Wood's Rose
Rosa woodsii

Snowbrush
Ceanothus velutinus

Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa
'Yellow Gem' 'Abbotswood', 'Mount Everest'

Salal
Gaultheria shallon

Trailing Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

Kinnikinnick or Common Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Vancouver Jade'

Perennials

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Nodding Onions
Allium cernuum

Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritaceae

Wooly Pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla

Harvest Brodiaea
Brodiaea coronaria

Camasses
Camassia sp.

Common Camas
Camassia quamash

Great Camas
Camassia leichtlinii

Great White Camas
Camassia leichtlinii alba

Cusick's Camas
Camassis cusickii

Cusick's Shooting Star
Dodecatheon cusickii

Broad-Leaved Shooting Star
Dodecatheon hendersonii

Few-Flowered Shooting Star
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Sooke'

White Mountain Avens
Dryas drummondi

Yellow Mountain Avens
Dryas octopetala

Fireweed
Epilobium angustifolium

White Fawn Lilies
Erythronium oregonum
Erythronium oregonum 'White Beauty'

Coastal Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis

Wood Strawberry
Fragaria vesca

Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana

Northern Rice Root
Fritillaria camschatcensis

Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria lanceolata/affinis

Tiger Lily
Lilium columbianum

Cardwell's Penstemon
Penstemon cardwelli

Shrubby Penstemon
Penstemon fruticosus 'Purple Haze'

Yerba Buena
Satureja douglasii

Shore Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium littorali

Fool's or False Onions
Triteleia laxa
Triteleia hyacinthina

UBC Botanical Garden
Plant Introduction Scheme

Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'

Russian Cypress
Microbiota decussata

Kinnikinnick or Common Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Vancouver Jade'

Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Yellow Gem'

Artemisia
Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade'

Shrubby Penstemon
Penstemon fruticosus 'Purple Haze'

Medicinal Herbs

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Chives
Allium schoenoprasum

Borage
Borago officinalis
Feverfew
Chyrsanthemum parthenium

Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Jerusalem Artichokes
Helianthus tuberosus

Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
or
Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum

Elecampane
Inula helenium

Lavender
Lavandula officinalis

Lovage
Levisticum officinale

Lupin
Lupinus sp.

Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis

Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii

Plantain
Plantago major

Sage
Salvia officinalis

Tricolour Sage
Salvia sp.

Wooly Lamb's Ears
Stachys byzantia

Comfrey
Symphytum officinale

Thyme
Thymus vulgaris

Valerian
Valeriana officinalis

Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers in British Columbia

Waterwise Garden Resources: Organizations and Books

Waterwise Gardening

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