Plant Donation - Premier Landscaping
- Heather Matthias
- Jun 23
- 4 min read
We are so grateful to Premier Landscaping for their generous plant donation! These wonderful plants would have made a beautiful wildlife habitat but unfortunately the job was cancelled. Our friends at Millwood Community Garden have graciously offered space to host these plants while we coordinate finding them new homes. All funds raised from donations for these plants goes to support the building of Bowdish Community Garden and Food Forest this fall at Bowdish Middle School in Spokane Valley, WA. Scroll down for more information about these plants and how they can benefit and beautify your landscape!
Woods Rose – Rosa Woodsii
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun
Water: Low Water
Mature Size: 3 to 6’
Bloom Time: May, June, July, August
Bloom Color: Pink
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: Yes
Plant Notes
This native species is adapted to a variety of soil types: moist, well-drained, clay loam, sandy loam or sandy. Plants support a variety of wildlife according to the USDA plant database.
Fruits of Woods’ rose are a good source of energy and protein and are eaten by many animals, including squirrels, deer, coyotes, and bears. Many birds and mammals are sustained by the persistent dry hips when the ground is covered with snow. The plants are browsed by livestock and big game from spring through fall, but the young spring leaves are especially palatable. Porcupines and beavers also browse the leaves. Thickets formed by Woods’ rose provide nesting and escape cover for many birds and small mammals.
Nootka Rose – Rosa Nutkana
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun
Water: Moderate Water
Mature Size: 6-10’ tall and 3-4’ wide
Bloom Time: May, June, July, August
Bloom Color: Pink
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: No
Plant Notes
According to the USDA plant guide, Nootka rose is an attractive shrub that can be incorporated into landscaped areas. It should be planted where its spread by rhizomes and suckers will not be a problem.
For more info: https://nativeplantspnw.com/nootka-rose-rosa-nutkana/
Vine Maple – Acer Circinatum
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun, Full Shade
Water: Moderate Water
Mature Size: 20-30’ tall and 15-20’ wide
Bloom Time: March-June
Bloom Color: White
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: No
Plant Notes
Great fall color! Leaves are showy hues of yellow in shadier spots to brilliant red in sunnier locations.
According to the Washington Native Plant Society: Deer and elk browse the leaves during summer. Birds and small mammals rely on the flowers, buds, and seeds. Squirrels and chipmunks eat and cache the seeds. This plant is a larvae source for the brown tissue moth and the Polyphemus moth, as well as a good nectar source for bees.
Common Snowberry – Symphoricarpos albus
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Water: Low to Moderate Water
Mature Size: 2-5’ tall and 4-6’ wide
Bloom Time: May-June
Bloom Color: White to pale pink / white berries
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: Yes
Plant Notes
According to WSU PNW Plants: In the Pacific Northwest native plant community Common Snowberry is widely known for its white, waxy berry-like drupes that provide winter substance for area songbirds. Also known as Waxberry or Coralberry.
Not edible for humans.
For more info: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=syal
Black Cottonwood, aka Balsam Poplar, aka Black Poplar
Populus Balsamiferia
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Moderate to Low Water
Mature Size: 150’ tall and 40’ wide
Bloom Time: April-May
Bloom Color: White Catkins
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: No
Plant Notes
According to WSU PNW Plants: As the largest of the American poplars, Black Cottonwood is also one of the largest hardwood trees in western North America.
Black cottonwood grows on a variety of soils and sites, from moist silts, sands, and gravels of aquatic islands and river bars to rich humus upland sites. While it prefers the wetter sites it is considered drought tolerant.
For more info: https://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=217
Smooth Sumac – Rhus glabra
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun
Water: Low Water
Mature Size: 8-12’ tall and 8-12’ wide
Bloom Time: Summer
Bloom Color: Green, Yellow | Red fruit
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: No
Plant Notes
According to the Washington Native Plant Society: Smooth sumac is a favorite in gardens because of its interesting architectural structure, beautiful fall color and striking rusty red fruit clusters. Sumac spreads readily by shallow roots and will form a colony over time.
For more info: https://www.wnps.org/native-plant-directory/213:rhus-glabra
Douglas Hawthorn –
Crataegus Douglasii
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun, Full Shade
Water: Moderate Water
Mature Size: 10-30’ tall and 12-20’ wide
Bloom Time: April-June
Bloom Color: White
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: Yes
Plant Notes
According to Sparrowhawk Native Plants: Dark, shiny leaves unfurl in early spring, providing essential host properties to native butterfly and moth larvae. In April or May, the canopy becomes laden with dense clusters of white flowers that are visited by a plethora of insect pollinators. By fall, the leaves turn attractive hues of red, orange and yellow, which are accented by dark berries that beckon countless species of hungry songbirds. From top to bottom, all parts of this tree do magic for wildlife, making this an ideal choice for gardeners that are interested in creating habitat at home.
For more info: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=crdo2
Ponderosa Pine – Pinus Ponderosa
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Moderate Water
Mature Size: 60-100’ tall and 25-30’ wide
Spokane Native: Yes
SpokaneScape Plant: Yes
Plant Notes
According to Gardenia.net: Performs best in full sun in medium moisture, well drained soils. Good in coastal areas and sandy soils. Will adapt to a wide range of soil conditions and is drought tolerant when established.
Keep an eye out for adelgids, conifer aphid spedies, pine sawfly and pine shoot moth. Deer resistant.
Thanks to its deep taproot, Ponderosa Pine is very wind-resistant.
For more info: https://www.gardenia.net/plant/pinus-ponderosa
Winter Red Holly – Ilex verticillata
Sun: Part shade, Full Sun, Full Shade
Water: Moderate Water
Mature Size: 6-10’ tall
Bloom Time: March-June
Bloom Color: White | Red fruit
Spokane Native: No
SpokaneScape Plant: No
Plant Notes
Extremely showy with bright red berries persisting through winter.
Blue Mist Bluebeard –
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist'
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Low Water once established
Mature Size: 2-3’ tall and wide
Bloom Time: March-June
Bloom Color: Blue
Spokane Native: No
SpokaneScape Plant: Yes
Plant Notes
Attractive compact, mounding grower with fragrant powder blue blooms. Long blooming season. Creates a wonderful border for perennial beds, or use along walks and entryways. Deciduous.
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