Perennials

Camassia quamash (Common Blue Camas)

Camassia quamash

Also known as Common Camas (Quamash)

$11.95

Size

☀SunFull sun to part shade
💧WaterModerate (wet winter, dry summer)
🌡Zones4-8
🦌DeerResistant
🌊CoastalSuitable

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About This Plant

Camassia quamash (Common Blue Camas), 'Common Blue Camas', is valued for seasonal interest and the role it plays in PNW garden borders.

An ornamental perennial valued for its seasonal flower display and the role it plays in the garden border.

Full sun to part shade suits this species. Plant in moist, well-drained soil. Hardy USDA Zone 5 to 9. Provide consistent moisture during establishment. Cut back in late fall or early spring.

For a Pacific Northwest native perennial of similar character, consider Aquilegia formosa (Western Red Columbine), Tellima grandiflora (Fringecups), or Dicentra formosa (Pacific Bleeding Heart) , all support native pollinators.

Plant Details

Botanical
Camassia quamash
Common name
Common Camas (Quamash)
Lifecycle
Perennial
Foliage type
Deciduous
Mature size
12-30 in tall × 4-6 in wide
Growth rate
Moderate
Bloom time
Late spring (April to June)
Bloom color
Blue
Foliage color
Green

Care Notes

Plant bulbs 4-6 in deep in fall in humus-rich, neutral to slightly acid soil. Requires wet meadow conditions in spring; tolerates summer drought once dormant. Goes fully summer-dormant after seed set. WARNING: Camas bulbs resemble toxic Death Camas (Toxicoscordion venenosum) when not in flower; never harvest wild bulbs without expert identification.

Garden Attributes

  • Pacific NW native
  • Deer resistant
  • Coastal suitable
  • Grown organically
  • Pollinator value: Bees, Bumblebees, Native bees, Native specialist bees
  • Wildlife: Pollinator support
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