Lomatium

Simple design in blue and green with native wildflowers.

Old fashioned rose.

Calochortus macrocarpus- mariposa lily- native to deserts in the western US. www.cwnp.org

Sphaeroalcea grossulariifolia is a native mallow- related to hollyhocks that grows in deserts in the western US. www.cwnp.org

Purple and flowers for your browser. Phlox longifolia a plant native to western North America and just as pretty as any found in the garden. For more info on native plants see www.cwnp.org

Hooker's balsamroot- Balsamorhiza hookeri in rainbow vision. A western US wildflower which looks very much like a plant is closely related to- the sunflower. Visit www.cwnp.org for more information on native plants.

Waters of the Columbia River in Washington State.

Carex geyeri- elk sedge, an ecologically important ground cover in Pacific Northwest forests. Go to www.cwnp.org for more information on native plants.

One of the few native orange flowered plants, it also does well in gardens. Its scientific name is Sphaeralcea grossularifolia. To find out more about native plants visit cwnp.org

Quaking aspen- Populus tremuloides- grove in the Cascades. Growing where there is water- often springs- aspens can form colonies of hundreds of "trees" from one single tree because of the extensive root system that grows new woody stems out of the roots of just one.

My dog, a border collie named Sonny, sniffing the camera while out for a hike in the Cascades.

Inverted strawberries. Bottoms up!

The elusive mountain lady slipper, an orchid native to North America. Found in shaded moist forests.

Roses for your browser.

Petroglyphs from Idaho along the Snake River, made by Native Americans. Some of the rock art in the area is historic, while some is up to 7,000 years old. Some are easier to decipher than others. While the man is fairly obvious, the other could be eyes or???

Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus) along the Columbia River in winter. These reeds were used extensively by Indians for mats and the outside covering of houses. Since the building of dams there are very few places along the river with these reeds, as the old riparian areas that they grew so well in were flooded.

Phlox longifolia, a common native phlox can cover hillsides- especially after fire, making them appear from a distance that they are white with snow. www.cwnp.org

Old fashioned rose from my garden.

Native to western North America and closely related to the European Mahonia's that you can buy in stores- Oregon Grape leaves turn beautiful shades of orange and red in fall, winter and early spring. The leaves don't fall off, but the grace the plant until new growth happens in spring.

Love & Respect

Geese flying, black and white

1927-1928 Dobro (a bluegrass instrument much like a guitar), and monkey flowers (a wildflower native to the western US). Bluegrass and wildflowers...does it get any better?

Barestem biscuitroot or Indian parsley seedlings in early spring- east Cascades, Washington State. Plants in this family and genera when blooming looks like carrots, except this one has yellow flowers instead of white. The leaves are high in vitamin C and were used by Native Americans for fresh greens and seasoning. It tastes like very strong parsley.

This iris is native to the western US and Canada, growing in wetlands and often in wetter swales in the forest.