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Beautiful salmon and orange infused new growth is perfect with the pinkish apricot flowers held nicely above the leaves. Starting to sound like a wine description but this is indeed a fine vintage. Exceptionally handsome, good stamina and well behaved. We've drifted into the singles ad genre.

A vigorous cross between our native stream orchid Epipactis gigantea and the European marsh orchid, E. palustris. This will make lots of stems to 18" with small flowers whose various parts are colored in orange-red, brownish and yellow and white. Easy given a rich moist soil and hardy to Z5. 

In an effort to make remediances for the recent geographical name flux spurred by one who shall not be named we are gonna call this "Vancouver Sunshine" rather than "Oregon Sunshine". Particularly so because this was discovered by our friend and vaunted Vancouver Island rock gardener Janice Currie from Sooke Hills near Victoria. A particularly low growing form of this variable species which forms a dense flat mat in stony substrate that would make an excellent blanket to keep you warm and safe in these tumultuous times. This is one Canadian import that comes tariff and animosity free, and there are certainly lessons to be learned from its humble but cheery yellow daisy flowers.

Why do the PNW natives always get named for Oregon? We need the vitamin D more than they do so let’s just pretend this is Washington sunshine rather than Oregon, no matter the Oregonian origins of this Cistus nursery selection. A happy little trailside favorite for many that we are happy to have in a take-home-able option. Adaptable to variable conditions including drought (though not amiable to wet feet) as well as a pal to pollinators this definitely falls into the category of “plants for the future”, and if moral victories aren’t your cuppa the well textured silvery foliage and happy yellow flowers make sure the senses don’t go unsatisfied.