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ZONE EXPOSURE MATURE SIZE
Scientific Name TIME OF PLANT A-15
Common Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width BLOOM CHARACTERISTICS
SMALL TO MEDIUM SHRUBS (CONTINUED) Plant
List
Symphoricarpos x Magenta berries cover this
Wikipedia Commons 'Magic Berry' 2 3 D 4' to 6' 4' to 6' April to June upright coralberry and add
doorenbosii
winter interest
Coralberry
Missouri Botanical Garden 'Hancock' 2 3 D 2' 6' to 10' May to June Bright magenta berries persist
Symphoricarpos x
chenaultii
through the winter on this
shrub that protects berms
from erosion
Hancock coralberry
Dwarf variety with compact spire
Taxodium distichum form; see other cultivars such
as ‘Cascade Falls’ (weeping to
Tall Trees Group Dwarf bald cypress 1 2 3 E 5' 3' to 4' 20’), ‘Shawnee Brave’ (narrow
'Peve Minaret'
pyramid to 20’); may still require
occasional summer irrigation
Dwarf variety of western red
Thuja plicata cedar; unusual threadlike
'Whipcord' 2 3 E 5' 4' cascading bright green
branches; turns bronze in winter;
PNW Plants Dwarf western red cedar ‘Collyer’s Gold’ available
other smaller cultivars such as
For partly or very shady spots,
King County Native Evergreen huckleberry 3 E 4' to 10' 6' June flowers, beautiful foliage and
Vaccinium ovatum
this native evergreen provides
March to
wildlife habitat
White flowers; dense mounding
habit; compact; tri-lobed leaves;
Viburnum opulus
Wikipedia Commons 'Nanum' 2 3 D 2' to 3' Spreading Late Spring deer resistant; handsome filler
3'
plant; readily re-seeds requiring
Dwarf Cranberry Bush
extra maintenance to control;
many other shrubs available
LARGE SHRUBS AND TREES
Wikipedia Commons Acer buergerianum 3 D 20' to 25' 20' to 25' Early Spring Red, orange, or yellow fall
color; attractive flaking bark on
Trident maple
older trees
