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ZONE EXPOSURE MATURE SIZE
A-18 Scientific Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width TIME OF PLANT
Common Name
BLOOM
CHARACTERISTICS
Plant LARGE SHRUBS AND TREES (CONTINUED)
List
Peggy Campbell Myrica californica 1 2 3 E 8' to 18' 10' to 20' May to June For large areas or where
pruning will be regular;
Pacific wax myrtle
provides good wildlife habitat
One of the first natives to
UW - Burke Museum Oemleria cerasiformis 2 3 D 5' to 16' Spreading February to like berries in spring, then
bloom in early spring; peach-
5' to 12'
April
Indian plum; osoberry
plum-like berries in summer;
spreads via underground stems
Parrotia persica Late Winter Multi-stemmed, colorful tree
particularly in fall; this cultivar
Scott Arboretum Persian ironwood 3 D 30' 15' to Early is dense and narrowly upright;
'Vanessa'
Spring
tiny flowers with red stamens
Washington Native Plant Physocarpus capitatus 1 2 3 D 8' to 13' 6' to 15' May to June "small to medium" shrub list
Best in part shade; beautiful,
peeling multi-colored bark;
white flowers; see also P.
Pacific ninebark
opulifolius and cultivars in the
Washington Native Plant Sambucus caerulea 2 3 D 10' to 20' 8' to 12' May to June A large, fast-growing shrub
with edible blue fruits that
appear in mid-summer
Blue elderberry
following the large clusters of
creamy-white flowers
Missouri Botanical Garden Xanthocyparis 3 E Up to 30' 12' Smaller weeping form; slender
nootkatensis
(Chamaecyparis
and pyramidal
nootkatensis) 'Pendula'
Weeping Alaska yellow cedar
