GOALS for a Wonder-Flora backyard landscape design, Bellingham, WA
working with the conditions present within different areas of the site & availability of nursery stock as of 9/2023
Recommended native plants are placed in the site plan based on Five microclimates in a Bellingham backyard:
Click here to see spreadsheet
Rain Garden Basin
part shade
Rain Garden Berm
part sun
Raised Bed
Mostly sunny
Rock Garden
Full sun
Mini Forest
Full to part shade
- Screen for privacy and create a sanctuary for family & a nature-friendly haven for birds, pollinators
- Infiltrate stormwater in areas that flood in winter
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working with the conditions present within different areas of the site & availability of nursery stock as of 9/2023
Recommended native plants are placed in the site plan based on Five microclimates in a Bellingham backyard:
Click here to see spreadsheet
Rain Garden Basin
part shade
Rain Garden Berm
part sun
Raised Bed
Mostly sunny
Rock Garden
Full sun
Mini Forest
Full to part shade
Brodiaea blooms on a rain garden berm in June
Resources
Xerces.org Native Plants for Pollinators & Beneficial Insects for the Maritime NW
Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Real Gardens Grow Natives
Northwest Native Plant Guide - King County plant database
www.wonder-flora.com | (360)920-1082 | [email protected]
Xerces.org Native Plants for Pollinators & Beneficial Insects for the Maritime NW
Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Real Gardens Grow Natives
Northwest Native Plant Guide - King County plant database
www.wonder-flora.com | (360)920-1082 | [email protected]
Example plant list for client
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Plant List 3/17/15 Janaki Kilgore 360-920-1082
Plants for screening/ available locally now. Arbutus unedo ‘compacta’ (Compact Strawberry Tree) http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/153 Ceanothus ‘Victoria’ http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/319 Tree, needs shaping to stay compact: Chamaecyparis obtuse ‘compacta’ (Hinoki False Cypress) http://www.esveld.nl/htmldiaen/c/chocom.php Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Blue Surprise’ (Port Orford Cedar) http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1124/blue-surprise-port-orford-cedar--the-guardian-series/ Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ (Mexican Mock Orange) http://plantlust.com/plants/choisya-ternata-aztec-pearl/ Cistus laurifolius ( Laurel-leaf Rockrose) http://www.cistuspage.org.uk/Cistus laurifolius.htm Side garden- evergreen. Daphne Variegated Winter Daphne http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1055/variegated-winter-daphne/Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘purpureus’ (Purpleleaf false holly) http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1063 Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’ (Variegated False Holly) http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1062 Side hedge?- grows to 12’ but could be sheared. Pittosporum heterophyllum (Chinese Pittosporum) http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/pihet5.htm These are the small but very fragrant flowers http://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=1612 Side hedge- lower growing? Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry) http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1611 Could be ordered: Osmanthus x burkwoodii http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1058 |