Native plants for containers and pots
Renting, or gardening on a balcony or patio, doesn't rule out natives — pollinators find containers readily. These species stay in scale and tolerate the harsher conditions a pot imposes: roots that freeze and bake far more than they would in the ground. Go bigger than looks necessary, since a large pot swings less in temperature and dries out more slowly.
Bedfellow lists 381 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 381 in search.
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
- Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
- Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula)
- Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
- Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
- Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
- American White Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
- Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)
- Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- Chia (Salvia columbariae)
- Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
- Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
- Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
- White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
- Claretcup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
- Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria affinis)
- Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis)
- Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora)
- Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
- Seaside Heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum)