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A-4 Scientific Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width TIME OF PLANT
CHARACTERISTICS
BLOOM
Common Name
Plant EMERGENTS CONTINUED
List
Large, round flower clusters
King County Native Small-fruited bulrush 1 E 24" to 36" 12" to 24" June to in combination with spiky
persist over winter; attractive
Scirpus microcarpus
August
Spreading
flowers; good soil binder;
spreads aggressively

GROUNDCOVERS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, AND FERNS
Attracts insects and butterflies;
aromatic leaves; many varieties
Achillea
Summer to
including‘Moonshine’ 'Paprika',
Peggy Campbell Yarrow 3 D 24" to 36" 24" to 36" Early Fall and 'Terracotta'; flower stalks
remain over winter providing
forage for wildlife
Missouri Botanical Garden 'Variegatus' 2 3 (Semi) 24" 18" to 24" Fragrant; sword-shaped leaves;
Acorus calamus
E*
may require more water to get
established
Sweet flag

Grows in clumps; semi-
Acorus gramineus
Gardens and Plants 'Ogon' 1 2 (Semi) 10" 4" to 6" Spring deer resistant; fragrant flowers;
evergreen, brighter in sun;
E*
may require more water to get
Golden variegated sweet flag
established
Beautiful red and yellow
Aquilegia formosa
flowers; attracts hummingbirds
Peggy Campbell Western columbine 2 3 D 12" to 36" 12" to 36" Spring and butterflies; will re-seed;
tolerant of seasonal flooding

Low-growing ground cover;
Snohomish County Bearberry, kinnikinnick 2 3 E 6" to 12" 24" to 36" March to pink buds open to small,
easy-care once established;
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
June
Spreading
bell-shaped white flowers; red
berries
Unique dark purple-reddish-
brown three-lobed blooms;
King County Native Wild ginger 2 3 E 4" to 6" Spreading April to June smell like ginger when
Asarum caudatum
kidney shaped glossy leaves
36"
crushed: Asarum caudatum f.
album has white flowers