Small camas is a perennial that produces a stem up to three feet high with blue-violet, star-shaped flowers. It is found on grassy slopes and meadows at low to mid-elevations and blooms from April to June.
Scarlet gilia is a biennial to perennial forb with a flowering stem up to 2 feet tall. Long, red tubular flowers grow on stems, and bloom occurs August to October. Found on hillsides and slopes at higher elevations.
Penstemon procerus features blue-purple, tubular petals and attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. The plants are fairly common at middle to high elevations of western North America from Alaska to California.
Silvery lupine has multiple erect stems 1 to 2 feet tall with blue to violet flowers that grow on spikes 8 inches long. Bloom occurs June to August. Found in stream valleys, dry roadsides and rocky prairies.
Fireweed is a perennial forb with erect stems 1 to 6 feet tall. Pink flowers grow on long stems, and bloom occurs June to September. Grows in moist to dry disturbed areas such as clearings, roadsides and river bars.
Sulphur-flower buckwheat is a perennial forb or subshrub that grows in sandy and gravelly areas in sagebrush communities on dry slopes, ridges and rock outcrops at elevations up to 10,000 feet.
Parsnip-flower buckwheat features white to yellow flowers on branching woody stems that are 4 to 24 inches tall. Bloom is from May to July or later in higher elevations. Found in forest openings and on ridges.
Want to entice more bees to your vegetable garden? Plant mustard. Bees absolutely love mustard flowers! The pretty, bright yellow flowers produce an abundance of both pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators.
Desert buckwheat is an attractive, long-lived perennial with variably colored, ball-shaped flower clusters. It provides nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinators, as well as seeds for songbirds and rodents.
Woods' rose is a common wild rose that grows in a variety of habitats in the Pacific Northwest and provides habitat for a variety of bees and other wildlife. Its fragrant pink flowers attract bees and other pollinators.