Trees And Shrubs For Pacific Northwest Gardens

By bh g garden editors updated july 11 2019 skip gallery slides.

Trees and shrubs for pacific northwest gardens.

Some natives are notoriously difficult to propagate and are hard to find in nurseries while others can spread like weeds. Check out the gardens below to see excellent. Flowering shrubs are also a boost to pollinators providing nectar and pollen when little is available. Some shrubs tie the garden together and create a green back drop for other plants.

Perennial flowers are fabulous additions to the garden with their rich waves of colorful blooms that can be enjoyed from spring to fall. Or just browse through more than 100 beautiful photos and learn more northwest native plants. Trees shrubs vines. Designed to serve gardeners living west of the cascade mountains from eugene oregon to vancouver british columbia the great plant picks program selects plants that perform exceptionally well in the pacific northwest region.

However they must also contend with a shortage of sunny days. Shrubs can help you to create a shady bower or dress up the outer edges of tall open canopy trees. Along the back of our garden the east fence there s another evergreen privacy screen it s made up of 1 italian cypress 5 arborvitae emerald green some consider these shrubs i consider them trees 1 juniperus scopulorum skyrocket 1 cryptomeria japonica sekkan sugi and 1 pinus flexilis vanderwolf s pyramid. Gardening in the pacific northwest is full of challenges and opportunities.

With plenty of rain and rich soil gardeners in washington and oregon can grow lush plants without a struggle. Find a native plant. Here are 7 really interesting shrubs for part shade by which we mean they get sun for half the day and shade the other half. Native plant landscaping plans.

The palette of native shrubs to choose from in the pacific northwest is so wide and varied that it can be difficult to narrow down your options when the time comes to start planting. Learn what shrubs and trees to plant now to brighten your garden in the months to come. Gardening in the pacific northwest 15 top native plants of the pacific northwest 15 top native plants of the pacific northwest. Not all viburnum fruit is edible the cranberry bush viburnum viburnum trilobum produces tart red fruit high in vitamin c.

Featuring plants native to western washington and native plant gardening tips. Search for which plants would thrive best in your yard. Look up a specific native plant. A number of shrubs do well in the northwest.