Lance-leaf Self Heal only needs a short 20-30 day stratification to germinate. This lovely plant is a wonderful groundcover and works well incorporated into a native lawn replacement. It can take mowing and light-medium foot traffic.

Coyote Bush has no germination requirements, though a little (7-10 days) cold moist stratification may improve germination rates. This is a fantastic wildlife shrub. It provides late season food for all sorts of pollinators, and song birds love it for food (insects), roosting, and nesting! It's evergreen and makes a fantastic garden specimen and hedge plant!

Sea Thrift is another adorable little ground cover requiring only 30 days of cold moist stratification. It is evergreen and is loved by tiny carpenter bees when in bloom!

While the cheery Oregon Sunshine generally requires 30-60 days of cold moist stratification, I often find it germinates on the shorter end of that range. They are evergreen and also make a lovely ground cover.

If you haven't started your native seed sowing project yet, don't despair! Many species need only a brief period of moist stratification, and yet others don't require any special treatments! Here are some great examples!

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Our PNW native groundcover collection includes: Douglas Iris, Riverbank Lupine, Oregon Sunshine, Lanceleaf Self Heal, and Seaside Daisy and a custom hand sewn gift bag. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4418774483/garden-lovers-gift-groundcover-seed

Each collection includes 5 packets of PNW native seeds. https://sleepycatnatives.etsy.com

Our Oak Savanna collection is a selection of Willamette Valley natives once commonly seen growing in the Garry Oak understory. This collection includes Blue Gilia, Dark Throat Shooting Star, Elegant Tarweed, Meadow Checkermallow, and our Clarkia Mix (assortment of the three Clarkia species found in the Willamette Valley). https://www.etsy.com/listing/4418442980/willamette-valley-oak-savanna-collection

In giving wildflower seeds, you are giving the gift of flowers for decades to come.

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River Bank Lupine is a big one, with super showy flowers in late Spring and is green year around! It's a fantastic weed suppressor.

Oregon Sunshine is a bright and cheerful plant! It grows up to 2 ft tall when in flower, and while not in flower tends to hover around 1 ft tall and forms a lovely silver evergreen mat. It's an excellent weed suppressor while still playing well with it's neighbors.

Seaside Daisy is a looong blooming evergreen beauty! It starts blooming at the end of April and when happy and with a little deadheading can continue through November! I have 8 that are still blooming today (November 19)!

Douglas Iris is Oregon's only native evergreen Pacific Coast Iris! It's extremely showy while flowering, and once the flowers have disappeared it has a beautiful clump grass appearance that continues through the Winter!

Got holes in your garden beds you need to fill? Want them to be evergreen and uninteresting to deer? Here are 4 Oregon natives that check all of those boxes!

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Dark Throat Shooting Stars are in full bloom!

Nootka Roses are starting to bloom!

Fringe Cups are in their full glory!

Around the Willamette Valley Red Elderberry bushes are mostly ending their flower show for berry production. Closer to the Oregon coast they are still blooming hard!

Flowers are popping everywhere now and now that the lovely sunshine has arrived seedlings need constant watering. I'm currently converting my little greenhouse into a shade house for native seedlings. #nativeplants #nativegarden #PNW #nativeseeds #alwaysbesowing

Order fulfillment in progress.

Salad box propagator filled with Fireweed, Rydberg's Penstemon, and Self Heal seedlings.

Supervisor Cassie, in the office to ensure quality seeds are packaged.

It's not too late to sow your native seeds! Quite a few species have short or even no dormancy to break! Many of these, both annual and perennial, will begin flowering in their first year! sleepycatnatives.etsy.com
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Very excited to be getting back to business! Go native seeds!
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