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Beat the Heat: Fuss-free Plants for Late Summer Gardens

Filling a Pacific Northwest garden with color and greenery in May is easy. The hard part is finding the right plants to keep it looking lush in hot, crispy August - especially as we're settling into the "new normal" of 90+ degree days in this climate-changed world! Fret-not, we've got this! Here's some of our faves for creating a garden that can beat the heat, conserve water, support the birds and the bees we love so much - through the dog days of summer.
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  • Close-up of the showy white flower of arrowleaf buckwheat (Eriogonum compositum). One of 150+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Showy pink flower of baldhip rose (Rosa gymnocarpa). Another stunning Pacific Northwest native shrub available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • The flowering growth habit of the showy lavender flower of seaside daisy, also known as beach daisy (Erigeron glaucus). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native wildflowers, shrubs and trees available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, native plant nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of birch-leaved spirea flower (Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida). One of the 100+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants, shrubs, and trees available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • Close-up of the showy blue flower of blue blossom ceanothus (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of Blue Globe Gilia flower with honey bee with purple pollen sacs. Gilia capitata. Seed offering from Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Flowering broadleaf stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium). One of the 100+ species of stunning Pacific Northwest native plants, shrubs and trees available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of Buckbrush flower (Ceanothus cuneatus). Another stunning Pacific Northwest native shrub available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of the dried seed heads on California oatgrass (Danthonia californica). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, native plant nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of a coast silk tassel branch (Garrya elliptica), evergreen leaves and unique tendrils of blooms. One of 100+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Coastal Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) close-up of leaves in rock garden. One of 150+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Common madia flowers and foliage (Madia elegans). One of 150+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of the yellow flower of creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plant available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • Close-up of Douglas Aster flower (Symphyotrichum subspicatum / Aster subspicatum). Another stunning Pacific Northwest native plant available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of the pink flowers of fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium). One of the 150+ species of Pacific Northwest Native Plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon
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  • Tray of foothill sedge (Carex tumulicola) plug in propagation. One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • Closeup photo of the golden yellow flowers of goldenrod (Solidago canadensis, Solidago lepida, Solidago elongata). One of 150+ Oregon native plants sold by Sparrowhawk Native Plants
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  • Close-up of Kinnikinnick flowers (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi). Another stunning Pacific Northwest native plant available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Fragrant white flowers of native mock orange shrub (Philadelphus lewisii). One of 100+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Closeup of oceanspray flowers (Holodiscus discolor) - native Oregon shrub. One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up Oregon stonecrop flower (Sedum oreganum). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
  • Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum). One of 100+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close up of the underside of the umbel of delicate white flowers of Oregon yampah, or eppaw, (Perideridia oregana). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon
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  • Foliage of pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • White peeling bark on the trunk of a paper birch tree (Betula papyrifera) in fall. One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, native plant nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • Drooping, bright green branches of Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). One of 150+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of a population of prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha). One of 150+ species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • A small form shore pine (Pinus contorta ssp. contorta) in a wild bog. One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close up of the bright white berries on snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, Native Plant Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close up of the inflorescence of spreading blue rush (Juncus patens). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, native plant nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Growth habit of young Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum). One of 100+ Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon
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  • Bright yellow flowers of tall Oregon grape (Berberis aquifolium or Mahonia aquifolium). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants nursery in Portland, Oregon
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  • Close up of a gorgeously symmetrical, dark brown flower cone of western coneflower (Rudbeckia occidenalis). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants, native plant nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of a cluster of vibrant orange flowers on a western wallflower (Erysimum capitatus). One of approximately 200 species of Pacific Northwest native plants available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Close-up of Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Another stunning Pacific Northwest native plant available at Sparrowhawk Native Plants Nursery in Portland, Oregon.
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