Kiona Native Plants

05/17/2026

🌿 Big News! Memorial Day Weekend Pop-Up Plant Sale! 🌿

Mark your calendars! We are hosting a special two-day pop-up plant sale right next door to our nursery. This is a rare opportunity to shop our plants directly in Glenoma, where you can walk among the tables and hand-pick your favorite Pacific Northwest natives.

We will have a great variety of species, including some exciting new additions to our inventory that you won’t want to miss!

📅 When: Saturday, May 23rd & Sunday, May 24th
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM both days
📍 Location: Glenoma, WA. The pop-up sales location will be just east of 8318 US Highway 12, Glenoma, WA 98336. Keep an eye out for our signs to direct you right to the spot!
🌱 Want to pre-order?
If you’d like to secure your plants ahead of time and pick them up at the sale, download our current species list from kionanativeplants.com and email your requests. (Link in comments)
📌 Please Note: Our next scheduled attendance at Chehalis Farmers Market will be on Tuesday, June 2nd.
We can't wait to see you all next weekend! Happy planting! 🌸🐝

Photo credit: Meredith Cruz, Kiona Native Plants

05/08/2026

Meet the Lorquin’s Admiral 🦋

Have you ever wondered how to attract beautiful butterflies to your garden? The key is to provide exactly what they need at every stage of their life cycle. This photo features a Lorquin’s Admiral larva taken right here at our nursery on one of our Oceanspray shrubs. To help you invite these butterflies to your own space, we will have Oceanspray available for sale this weekend. This plant is essential for this species, serving as both a nectar source and a critical host plant for larvae.

📅 Join Us This Weekend:
Camas Plant & Garden Fair, Saturday, May 9 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Located in Downtown Camas with over 100 local vendors!

McMenamins Edgefield Plant Sale & Eco Fair, Sunday, May 10 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Find us at the Fir Grove in Troutdale with over 40 local vendors.

Photo credit 3: Wikimedia Commons

04/29/2026

2026 Spring Garden Fair 🌸
We are packing up a huge variety of native flowering perennials and heading to the Clackamas County Event Center! Whether you are a long-time enthusiast or just starting out, come see us to get inspired by the possibilities of native gardening.

📍 Where: 694 NE 4th Ave, Canby, OR 97013
🗓️ When: Saturday, May 2 (9am – 5pm) & Sunday, May 3 (9am – 4pm)
🌿 What: Explore over 125 local nurseries and vendors in one spot!

Weekend Outlook ☀️
It is going to be a gorgeous weekend to be outside! We are looking forward to plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures—truly a beautiful couple of days to stroll the fair and enjoy the weather.

See you in Canby! 🌿✨

Photo credit: Meredith Cruz, Kiona Native Plants (Mountain Spiraea, Spiraea splendens densiflora)

04/23/2026

🏡 See you at the Home & Garden Idea Fair!
We are headed to Ridgefield this weekend for the Clark County Home & Garden Idea Fair. Come visit us at the plant sale to find a wide selection of flowering native plants ready to add beauty to your garden and support our local pollinators!

📍 Event Details
When: Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26

Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM both days

Where: Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds
17402 NE Delfel Rd, Ridgefield, WA 98642

Admission: Free (Donations of canned food or to Operation Warm Heart are encouraged!)

Parking: $6

For more information on the event, visit: clarkpublicutilities.com/event/home-garden-idea-fair

We can't wait to talk plants with you! 🌸🐝

If you’ve never been, come down and discover what the fun is all about! The Clark Public Utilities Home & Garden Idea Fair gathers hundreds of local home, yard and garden professionals under one roof for a full weekend of inspiring design and helpful solutions to make your home feel a little more ...

04/16/2026

We’re headed to a brand-new event this weekend! Catch us at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Pop-Up Sale this Saturday and Sunday.
This is our very first time at this sale, and we can’t wait to bring a selection of our native plants to Federal Way. All of our offerings consist of flowering species, which are vital for providing nectar sources and host plants for our native pollinators. Our goal is to enhance the beauty of your garden while fostering excitement about native plants.

Events
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Pop-Up Sale 2525 S 336th St, Federal Way, WA 98003 Saturday, April 18th & Sunday, April 19th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Stop by and see us—we look forward to talking plants with you!

Photo: Sanguisorba menziesii, Menzies burnet. We will have this available at the sale!

Photo credit: Meredith Cruz, Kiona Native Plants

03/26/2026

The spring season is here, and we are preparing for a full schedule of plant sales and garden festivals. 🌸 If you are looking to source PNW native plants for your garden this year, we would love to see you at one of our upcoming stops.

Check out our 2026 event schedule and mark your calendars!

📍 Upcoming Events & Sales:
🌿 April 3–4: Hortlandia (Hardy Plant Society of Oregon) | Wingspan Event Center, Hillsboro, OR
🌿 April 18–19: Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Pop-Up | Federal Way, WA
🌿 April 25–26: Clark County Home & Garden Idea Fair | Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA
🌿 May 2–3: Spring Garden Fair | Clackamas County Event Center, Canby, OR
🌿 May 9: Camas Plant & Garden Fair | Downtown Camas, WA
🌿 May 10: McMenamins Mother Earth Plant Sale & Eco Fair | McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale, OR

📢 Market Update:
While we won't be at the Olympia Farmers Market this year, we are excited to announce a new weekly spot! Catch us at the Chehalis Farmers Market every Tuesday starting in May.

Photo: Great Camas, Camassia leichtlinii - a prolific, easy-to-grow, spring-flowering bulb.

Photo credits: Meredith and Josh Cruz

03/19/2026

Calling all native plant lovers! Join us at the Bellevue Botanical Garden this Sunday, March 22nd, at 10 AM for the NPA March Mania Plant Sale. You won’t want to miss the treasures we’ll have on display.

One of our featured favorites is the Siskiyou Lewisia (Lewisia cotyledon). This rock-garden gem features evergreen rosettes of foliage adorned with vibrant, multi-colored blooms. The colors range from the more common pink and white candy stripes to the less common combinations of orange, yellow, and pink. Their showy flowers can last from mid-spring to early fall.

Siskiyou Lewisia thrives in fast-draining soil and is perfect for containers, rock gardens, slopes, or stone walls.

Along with Lewisia, we’ll be bringing a wide variety of native species to help you create a beautiful, habitat-friendly garden. We hope to see you there!

03/05/2026

Saturday, March 7th: 2026 Native Plant Festival and Sale

Join us for our very first sale of the 2026 season. We will have a wide selection of native plants available to help you kick off your spring planting.
Event Details
Where: Thurston County Fairgrounds | Lacey, WA
When: Saturday, March 7th Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Featured Plant: Beach Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)

We are excited to offer one of the best native flowers of the Pacific Northwest! The Beach Daisy is a highly ornamental choice for any local garden, offering the following benefits:

*Incredible Nectar Source & Habitat: Provides nectar for an extensive and diverse range of native bees, butterflies, and moths, and serves as a caterpillar host plant for native butterflies and moths.

*Showy & Long-Blooming: The lavender blooms with yellow centers provide vibrant color for a significantly long portion of the season.

*Excellent Growth Habit: It grows quickly into a lush, tidy mound shape that enhances any landscape.

*Well-Behaved: It stays where you plant it and does not spread aggressively.

We hope to see you there!

Photo Credits: Meredith Cruz, Kiona Native Plants

02/17/2026

Spring is just around the corner, and we are so excited to get growing! 🌱✨

The nursery is starting to buzz as our favorite natives shake off the frost. We are officially counting down the days until the Thurston Conservation District Spring Native Plant Festival—our very first sale of the 2026 season!

We are updating our inventory every few days as our plants begin to wake up, so keep checking the website to see what’s new.

🗓️ Join us at the Spring Native Plant Festival
Where: Thurston County Fairgrounds | Lacey, WA

When: Saturday, March 7th

Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

🛒 Pre-Order & Pick Up
Want to secure your plants early? Place your order online and choose how you'd like to receive them:

Festival Pick-Up: During the checkout payment page, make a note that you will be picking up at the festival.

Nursery Pick-Up: Otherwise, you can choose a day to pick up your order directly at the nursery!

📍 More Spring Events
If you can make it to the Spring Native Plant Festival, we can’t wait to see you there! We will also be hitting the road for these fantastic upcoming events:

NPA March Mania Plant Sale

Where: Bellevue Botanical Gardens | Bellevue, WA

When: March 22nd | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Hortlandia

Where: Wingspan Event Center | Hillsboro, OR

When: April 3rd & 4th

We can't wait to help you find the perfect native plants to bring your landscape to life this season. See you soon!

10/14/2025

Join us at the Olympia Farmers Market this Sunday, October 19th! This will be our last day at the market for the fall season.

We have updated our online inventory to include many of our dormant plants and bulbs. Available bulbs include Slimleaf Onion, Great Camas, Common Camas, Narrowleaf Onion, and Upland Larkspur. If you would like to place an order, we would be happy to bring it to the market for pick-up.
Visit https://www.kionanativeplants.com/ to place your order. Please note that orders for Sunday pick-up must be placed by Thursday night, October 16th.

We hope to see you there!

Photo credit: Upland Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallii) Meredith Cruz, Kiona Native Plants

10/09/2025

Join us this weekend at the Olympia Farmers Market on Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th. We will be showcasing an interesting native plant, the Umbrella Plant (Darmera peltata). This unique plant blooms before its leaves emerge in the spring, producing tall, leafless stems topped with clusters of pink flowers that rise directly from the ground—quite striking!

After flowering, the large, umbrella-like leaves appear, reaching up to 1 foot in diameter and growing as tall as 3 feet. In the fall, the plant produces a light second bloom, after which the leaves transform into beautiful shades of red and yellow, indicating the onset of winter dormancy.

The Umbrella Plant is commonly found growing near creeks or rivers, as its robust rhizomes are well-adapted to withstand strong currents and flooding. In your garden, be sure to plant this species in areas with consistently moist or wet soil.