Why choose native plants? Pacific Northwest native plants know how to live here and how to thrive here. They often need much less water and less fertilizer. They spread slowly and are not invasive. They support a wide diversity of wildlife. And best of all, they look great!<\/p>\n
Just about every gardener is aware of our west coast native California Poppy. It has a huge range from far southern Washington State to Mexico. There are several subspecies, but this one is exceptional. This perennial<\/em> California Poppy is very different than the species. \u2018Martima\u2019 or Coastal California Poppy is a low, tidy, mat that erupts in wave after wave of flowers from spring to autumn. The tight congested foliage is handsome blue green and pairs well with the golden flowers that have a central \u00a0area of orange. This plant is native to sand\/very well drained \u00a0soils and if you replicate that in your garden this will be a very long lived plant. It also excels in well-drained soil in containers and will drape over the edge and follow the contours closely. Ideally this plant is adapted to slopes with just light water during the summer. No need to dead head; this plant is naturally remontant, re-blooming without any intervention from the gardener. Loved by all native pollinators and cherished by big black and yellow native bumbles. Grows to 4\u2033 tall as foliage \u2013 8\u2033 in flower its spread on average is about 2\u2032 x 3\u2032 in a year. Detests all shade, do not even try. Avoid compost and enriched soils, average soil is best. Not bothered by deer, rabbits, slugs, snails. Image courtesy of Xera Plants. For a colorful 11×17 poster of all the PNW Native Annuals we offer, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why choose native plants? Pacific Northwest native plants know how to live here and how to thrive here. They often need much less water and less fertilizer. They spread slowly and are not invasive. They support a wide diversity of wildlife. And best of all, they look great! Just about every gardener is aware of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[2078],"product_tag":[1999,743,2056,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/34641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=34641"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=34641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}