According to the Language of Flowers: White Camellias symbolize Adoration. ~ Viki Ashford
April 9, 2020: Today in the Garden
Tag Archives: Ashland Garden Club
April Flowers
My first Peony of 2020 ~ Gena Goddard, AGC Member
Spring Bouquet
I have had this native plant bouquet for over a month in the house…
It is simple, Red Flowering Currant and Howard McMinn Manzanita. When the sun shines the Manzanita is covered with fuzzy bumble bees and honey bees! ~Donn Rhee, AGC Member
Cheerful Flowers
Can you name the four flowers in this vase?
~Melody Jones, AGC Member
Pacific Wildflower
On our hike yesterday we saw one of our favorite wildflowers, a Pacific Hounds Tongue, it is an old herbal I first heard of in Tasha Tudor literature. It is a Borage Family member and has a pretty little ‘forget me not” flower.” ~Joanie Kintscher, AGC President
Pacific Hounds Tongue (Adelinia grande) is an early-blooming native perennial plant that prefers to grow in light dappled shade. Hound’s tongue is commonly found growing beneath Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana). It attracts native bees and hummingbirds and is an occasional larval host plant for moths and butterflies.
Oregon Native: Callirhoe involucrate (Purple Poppy Mallow)
Plant Name: Callirhoe involucrate
Common name: Purple Poppy Mallow
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Height: .5’ – 1’
Spread: .5’ – 3’
Bloom Time: May – June
Flower Color: Magenta
Exposure: Full Sun
Soil Requirements: Dry, Shallow, Rocky
Attributes: Showy Flower; Drought Tolerant; Nectar for Bees; Attracts Butterflies.
Note: Grows well from seed & may self-show. Long tap root makes transplanting difficult.
Uses: Semi-Evergreen Ground Cover; Rock Gardens; Native Plant Gardens.
Native to: Central United States
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 – 8
Report by: Viki Ashford
Photo by: Stan Shebs Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callirhoe_involucrata_group.jpg
