Category Archives: Oregon Native Plants

Oregon Native: Hooker’s Fairy Bell

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Plant Name: Disporum hookeri
Common name:Hooker’s Fairy Bell
Plant type:Perennial
Height: 1’ – 3’
Spread: 2’ – 3’
Bloom Time:Late Spring
Flower Color:White
Exposure: Partial to Full Shade
Soil Requirements: Average to rich in organic content
Water Needs: Moist
Attributes:Fall red berries; Flowers attract native bees & other pollinators; Ground-feeding birds eat berries.
Uses: Deep Shade Gardens, Native Gardens, Forested areas, Slopes, Pollinator Gardens
Native to: Washington/Oregon
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone:4b – 8b

Report Submitted by: Viki Ashford

Oregon Native: Red Baneberry

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Plant Name:  Actaea rubra Common name:  Red Baneberry Plant type:  Perennial Herb Height: 1.3’ – 2.6’ Spread: 1′ Bloom Time:  Spring-Summer Flower Color:  White Exposure: Part to Full Shade Soil Requirements:  Tolerates variety of garden soils with moisture. Water Needs: Low to High Attributes:  Deer Resistant; Shade Garden Plant with Red Berries NOTE:   Berries are POISONOUS, but not to birds.  Plants don’t flower until third year. Uses:  Bank Stabilization, Shade Gardens, Native Gardens Native to: North America Oregon Native:  YES USDA Hardiness Zone:  3-8 Report submitted by:  Viki Ashford Photo by: Julie Makin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Horticulture Report: Maidenhair Fern

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Plant Name: Adiantum pediatum
Common name: Maidenhair Fern
Plant type: Fern
Height: 1’ – 2 ½’
Spread: 1’ – 1 ½’
Bloom Time: Not Applicable
Flower Color: Not Applicable
Exposure: Part Shade to Shade
Soil Requirements: Well-Drained, Humusy, Acidic, Moist Soil
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes: Finely textured, frilly fronds with curved stalks, fronds divided into finger-like projections. Wiry stems are reddish-brown to black. Coiled young fiddleheads emerge pink in spring.
Note: High summer heat may cause fronds to brown by mid to late summer, particularly if good soil moisture is not maintained and/or plants are grown in too much sun.
Uses: Attractive ornamental fern for the shaded border, woodland garden, shaded rock garden or native plant garden. Combine with broad leaves.
Native to: North America
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8

Report by: Viki Ashford

Photo by: Carlotta Lucas