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Scientific Name TIME OF PLANT A-17
Common Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width BLOOM CHARACTERISTICS
LARGE SHRUBS AND TREES (CONTINUED) Plant
List
Beautiful native for larger
spaces; will attract wildlife;
King County Native Corylus cornuta 2 3 D 10' to 20' 8' to 15' March to May can be pruned into tree-like
form or left to its natural
Beaked hazelnut
vase-like shape; dangling male
catkins add winter interest
Wikipedia Commons Crataegus x lavallei 3 D 15' to 30' 15' to 30' May to June Small white flowers; small
orangey-red fruits
Lavalle hawthorn
Narrow form fits in smaller
King County Native Cascara 2 3 D 15' to 30' 5' to 10' April to May berries; glossy foliage turns
Frangula purshiana
spaces; purple to blue-black
orange to yellow in fall
Creamy-white flower clusters
King County Native Oceanspray 3 D 8' to 15' 6' to 15' June to July over winter; great for native
persist as brown seeds
Holodiscus discolor
butterflies and birds; good soil
binder
Yellow flowers with bright red
bracts; shiny black berries;
Lonicera involucrata
attractive to hummingbirds;
Peggy Campbell Black twinberry 1 2 3 D 6' to 9' 8' to 10' Summer/June need space to look their best;
pruning may be necessary to
keep looking tidy
Best for large rain gardens
creamy, white flowers; needs
Magnolia virginiana
Wikipedia Commons 'Moonglow' 1 (Semi) 35' to 40' 15' to 18' Summer acidic soils; this cultivar is
Late Spring
E*
to Early
hardier, more upright; may
Sweet bay or swamp magnolia
require some summer irrigation
after established
Best suited to large rain
gardens; white to pink apple
King County Native Pacific crabapple 1 2 3 D 10' - 30' 10' - 30' April to May clusters of yellowish-red fruits;
Malus fusca
blossoms in small clusters;
nice fall color; attractive to
wildlife
Malus transitoria Upright growing, vase shaped;
small star-shaped flowers from
'Schmidtcutleaf'
Great Plant Picks Golden Raindrops TM 3 D 20' 15' Spring pink buds; profuse blooms;
also explore other disease
Cutleaf crabapple
resistant non-native species
