cusick's camass
Camassia cusickii
MBG Plant of Merit 2015
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Blue , violet
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Cusick's camass (Camassia cusickii) is a bulb for borders, cottage gardens, meadows, and naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist soil of most types. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Star-shaped, pale icy blue flowers rise on stems two to three feet tall. It is more drought tolerant than some other camass.
Pairs well with Little bluestem, Black-eyed Susan, and Lanceleaf coreopsis.
Native range
ID and OR.