Oregon is home to native plants that bloom every month of the year. By carefully selecting plants that bloom during different seasons, you can provide more stable and reliable food sources for wildlife.
Spring Bloomers
Oregon Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum)
Common Camas (Camassia quamash)
Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Oso Berry / Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum) – starts late spring
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria affinis)
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
Summer Bloomers
Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea)
Pacific Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum) – continues into summer
Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis, S. lepida)
Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata)
Bearberry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos columbiana)
Pacific Crabapple (Malus fusca)
Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
Fall Bloomers
Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis, S. lepida) – peaks in fall
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) – late bloomers possible
Western Heather (Cassiope mertensiana) – high elevation
Blue Wildrye (Elymus glaucus) – flowers mostly wind-pollinated
Winter Bloomers
Oso Berry / Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) – very early, late winter to early spring
Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) – can start blooming late winter in mild areas
Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) – flowers late winter/early spring
Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata) – cones and pollen in winter (wind-pollinated)
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) – pollen cones in winter
