Favorite Plants

Here is a list of posts with photos & information about interesting, beautiful & notable plants that grow well in Seattle.

Trees
Acer circinatum (Vine Maple):part sun or shade
Arbutus menziesii (Madrona):sun
Magnolia ashei (Ashe's Magnolia):sun
Pinus kwangtungensis (Hainan White Pine):sun
Quercus garryana (Garry Oak):sun
Quercus suber (Cork Oak):sun
Sassafras albidum (White Sassafras):sun
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sierra Redwood):sun or part sun
Sorbus (Mountain Ash, Rowan, Whitebeam):sun

Shrubs
Agave palmeri (Palmer's Agave):sun
Daboecia cantabrica (Irish Heath):sun
Fatsia japonica (Fatsia):shade
Fothergilla major (Mountain Witch Alder):shade
Hebe (Hebe):sun
Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony):part sun
Paeonia suffruticosa 'Zi Er Giao' (Chinese Tree Peony):part sun
Rosa rugosa (Sea Tomato):sun

Perennials
Acanthus hungaricus (Hungarian Bear's Breeches):sun
Allium (Ornamental Onion):several species of this genus for sun
Allium karataviense (Turkestan Onion):sun
Armeria maritima (Sea Thrift):sun
Asarum caudatum (Wild Ginger):shade
Crocus ochroleucus (Fall Crocus):sun
Darlingtonia californica (Cobra Lily):bog plant
Dicentra formosa (Western Bleeding Heart):shade
Erigeron speciosus (Showy Fleabane):sun
Euphorbia nicaeensis (Spurge):sun
Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed):sun
Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil):sun
Paeonia corsica (Paeonia cambessedesii, Corsican Peony):sun

Plant Families
Cupressaceae (Cypress):sun
Ericaceae (Heath):sun