Our native Northwest crabapple is an easy to grow shrub or small tree with white flowers and small crabapples that are mostly enjoyed by wildlife. Tolerates a wide range of soils and has been used as a rootstock in areas that would be too wet for more traditional apple rootstocks.

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Latin Name: Malus fusca
Site and Soil: Crabapples like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: own rooted
Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating. Consider Mason Bees to help pollinate and increase fruit production.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 20° F or below.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 10-25 ft. in height
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: September
Yield: 30+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Pacific Crabapple is moderately resistant to Apple Scab. Codling Moth can create wormy apples and aphids can damage the foliage of apple trees.
USDA Zone: 5
Sunset Western Zone: 1-9, 14-16
Sunset Northeast Zone: All zones

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A tough and useful evergreen groundcover that thrives on shade and neglect. Native to the forest understory throughout the western Cascade Mountains, Creeping Oregon Grape forms a low sprawling shrub that stays about 2 feet tall or lower and produces an abundance of bright yellow flowers in spring followed by deep purple Mahonia berries or Oregon grapes as they’re sometimes called in late summer into fall. A great low maintenance ground cover for shade and a good plant to support wildlife.

Latin Name: Mahonia repens
Site and Soil: This Plant likes 1/2 day to full sun (partial shade in hot climates) and well drained soil. It is quite drought tolerant.
Pollination Requirements: Oregon Grape is self-fertile.
Hardiness: This Plant is hardy to minus 20° F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 1-2 ft. in height.
Bloom Time: Early spring
Ripening Time: Late summer
Yield: 1 quart
Pests & Diseases: This Plant is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 5
Sunset Western Zone: 2-12, 14-24
Sunset Northeast Zone: 31, 32, 34-41

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The classic evergreen fern found growing in the understory all up and down the West Coast, the Western Sword Fern is an easy to grow perennial that can withstand a variety of soils and sunlight conditions. It gets its name from the long, sword-like fronds that many of us grew up having botanical sword fights with at summer camp. Deer resistant and rather drought resistant once established. A perfect understory plant.

Latin Name: Polystichum munitum
Site and Soil: Full to 1/2 day sun to almost full shade and well-drained soil. Plants are very drought resistant once they are established.
Pollination Requirements:  Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 30° F.
Size at Maturity: 12-24 inches in height
Pests & Diseases: We have not seen this plant be bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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The Pacific Northwest’s forests are loaded with berry plants of all kinds. From mountain huckleberry fields that have been managed for centuries to gorgeous thickets of salal looking out over the Pacific Ocean from a cliff’s edge, there are berries of all types and flavors all summer long. Though these species are obviously well adapted to the immediate West Coast they also perform well anywhere temperatures don’t get below 0 degrees F. Grow your own backyard berry thicket with these beautiful evergreen shrubs in our Northwest Native Berry Bundle!

Evergreen Huckleberry (1 gallon container)

Growing throughout our Northwest coastal forests, this very attractive, upright growing shrub, Evergreen Huckleberry is prized for its deep green, evergreen foliage and flavorful, juicy, dark blue fruit, which is great for fresh eating and makes delicious preserves and Huckleberry pies. Likes shade or sun and moist, well-drained, acidic soil. It will grow to 8 ft. in height in the shade and 3-4 ft. in height in the sun. Space 2-3 ft. apart to make a beautiful, edible, evergreen hedge. Works well planted amongst Salal for a gorgeous Northwest Native edible landscape.

Creeping Oregon Grape (1 gallon container)

A tough and useful evergreen groundcover that thrives on shade and neglect. Native to the forest understory throughout the Western Cascades, Creeping Oregon Grape forms a low sprawling shrub that stays about 2 feet tall or lower and produces an abundance of bright yellow flowers in spring followed by deep purple Mahonia berries or Oregon grapes as they’re sometimes called in late summer into fall.

Salal Evergreen Shrub (1 gallon container)

This attractive, evergreen, small shrub displays profuse, delicate, white and pink, bell-shaped flowers accented by glossy, dark green foliage. The abundant, dark purple, blueberry-size berries ripen in late summer and are juicy, sweet and tasty. Good for fresh eating and drying, they also make tasty jam and preserves. Salal grows in full sun or partial shade on the coast and in partial shade in warmer, interior regions.

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The deer fern is one of our favorite Pacific Northwest Natives. With is beautiful elegant evergreen foliage and strikingly textured fertile fronds it is an easy, low maintenance fern to throw in the shade garden for added texture. Deer Ferns grow all along the west coast from Alaska down to Northern California and prefer some shade, acidic soil and soils high in organic matter though they are adaptable to many different soils types and solar aspects to an extent. Deer fern deserves to be more widely planted in our cultivated landscapes!

Latin Name: Blechnum spicant
Site and Soil: Full to 1/2 day sun to almost full shade and well-drained soil. Plants are very drought resistant once they are established.
Pollination Requirements:  Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Deer is hardy to minus 30° F.
Size at Maturity: 12-24 inches in height
Pests & Diseases: We have not seen this plant be bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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The Northern Maidenhair Fern, a northeast native fern, is one of the most stunning of any fern species you’ll ever come across. An elegant crown of feathery leaves is held a foot or so above the ground on slender bluish black stems and as the cool summer breeze causes the foliage to wave in the wind it is easy to see why this fern was named maidenhair. A truly stunning addition to the shade garden. Plant in cool, moist soil in shade to part shade. Plants will grow 1.5 to 2 feet tall and form a slowly spreading clump via underground rhizomes.

Latin Name: Adiantum pedatum
Site and Soil: Maidenhair Fern likes partial shade and cool moist soil.
Pollination Requirements: No pollination is required
Hardiness: hardy to minus 40 F.
Size at Maturity: 1-2.5 ft. in height by 2 feet wide
Pests & Diseases: Maidenhair Fern is not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 3

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Latin Name: Mahonia aquifolium
Site and Soil: This Plant likes 1/2 day to full sun (partial shade in hot climates) and well drained soil. It is quite drought tolerant.
Pollination Requirements: Oregon Grape is self-fertile.
Hardiness: This Plant is hardy to minus 20° F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 6 ft. in height.
Bloom Time: Early spring
Ripening Time: Late summer
Yield: 1 quart
Pests & Diseases: This Plant is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 5
Sunset Western Zone: 2-12, 14-24
Sunset Northeast Zone: 31, 32, 34-41

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A beloved plant native to much of Western North American, Saskatoon, also known as Serviceberry or Juneberry, is an easy to grow large shrub or small tree that produces an abundance of early season berries. They are the size of a blueberry and have a pleasant sweet flavor and make an excellent jam. Saskatoon berries are also beloved by birds who flock to them in mass when they’re ripe so you’ll never have to worry about berries at the top of the tree going uneaten.

And the National Champion Saskatoon tree is just down the street from us in Clackamas, OR, growing to a staggering height (for the species) of 44 feet!

Latin Name: Amelanchier alnifolia
Site and Soil: Saskatoon likes full to 1/2 day sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile
Hardiness: Service Tree is hardy to minus 40ºF.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 30-40 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Service Tree is not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 2

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Acer circinatum, or Vine Maple, is a quintessential part of the understory here in the Pacific Northwest! Grown in the shade, it arches across the forest floor like a vine, earning it’s common name, or grown in full sun it becomes a small upright tree. The foliage is stunning, with it’s soft green glow in spring and summer, and it really puts on a show in fall with it’s yellow, red, and orange leaves.

Latin Name: Acer circinatum
Site and Soil: Prefers shady, moist areas and will tolerate sun
Size at Maturity: 15-25ft
Flower Color: deep red
Bloom Time: Spring
Pests & Diseases: none that we have seen
USDA Zone: 4

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Latin Name: Garrya elliptica
Site and Soil: Likes 1/2 day to full sun on the coast, partial shade in warmer, interior regions and acidic, well-drained soil.
Hardiness: This evergreen shrub is hardy to 0° F.
Size at Maturity: 8-10 ft.
Bloom Time: Spring
Pests & Diseases: This Northwest native is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 7

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