Plant Name: Camassia cusickii
Common name: Cusick’s camas
Plant type: Bulb
Height: 2’ – 2.5’
Spread:  .75’ – 1’
Bloom Time:  May/June
Flower Color:  Blue
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Requirements:  Moist, fertile, acidic, humusy, well-drained soils; Tolerates Clay Soil.
Water Needs:  Medium to Wet; Tolerates Summer Drought, but keep Moist during Growing Season.
Attributes:  Showy Flowers; Cut Flowers; Deer Resistant; No serious Diseases or Insects; Attracts Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds.
Note: Plant bulbs 4” deep and 4-6″ apart in the fall.
Uses: Naturalize; Plant along Pond edges; Woodland Garden.
Fire-wise: YES
Native To:  Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Oregon
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8

Article by: Viki Ashford, AGC Member

Photo Credit: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons