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Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) |
Have Shrub Medicinal Edible |
NOID from Laur 1980 or so. Cut fruiting canes to the ground in fall, cut new canes to eye height. Dig out and pot up misplaced new canes to share. Guessing the cultivar may be Heritage or Latham, both pretty popular back in the day. Emerges early Mar Blooms late May Berries mid Jun - late Jul Leave turn golden yellow late Sep |
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Cutleaf Blackberry (Rubus laciniatus) |
Have Shrub Invasive |
This invasive shrub is not as prevalent as the Himalayan variety and does not sucker as freely. I find the berries to be firmer, sweeter, and seedier than the Himalayan berries and usually don't pick these. | |
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Thimbleberry (Rubus nutkanus) |
Have Shrub Native Edible |
Insipid soft berries, the birds like them. Easy to pull where not wanted. Beautiful fall color. | |
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Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) |
Have Shrub Native Edible |
In woods understory. Juicy but bland berries, sometimes get a really sweet one as a treat. 2017, 20 pots planted by SCCD along front creek. Breaks dormancy early Mar Blooms mid Mar - mid May Berries early May - mid Jun |
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Common Rue (Ruta graveolens) |
Have Shrub Aromatic Medicinal |
Hypertension, diabetes, inflammation, insect bites, sprains. Shear to 8" in early spring shaping the shrub. Herb border. Blooms late May - 
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Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) |
Have Shrub |
Easy to propogate, just plop a switch in water. Front field. Blooms late Feb -mid Mar 
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| Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus Chef’s Choice®) |
Have Shrub Aromatic Medicinal Edible |
2019 Culinary herbs. Christianson's. | ||
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Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus 'Hill Hardy') |
Have Shrub Aromatic Medicinal Edible |
2015 culinary herbs, died in spring, 2016 replaced. Try to keep drainage sharp, and don't prune until new growth is strong. Christianson's, Skagit Gardens Blooms |
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Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) |
Have Shrub Native Edible |
Back woods, edge of fields. Buds late Jan Emerges early Mar Blooms early Apr - early May Berries mid Jun - late Jun Leaves turn bright yellow early - mid Sep |
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Christmas Box (Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna) |
Have Shrub Aromatic |
I get no fragrance from this plant whatsoever. Prone to bugs. Spreads quite a bit. Porch bed. Evergreen Blooms early Feb - Early Mar |
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Winter Savory (Satureja montana) |
Have Shrub Aromatic Medicinal Edible |
Astrological herbs 2009. Blooms X - late Sep Fall: Trim to 8" to shape and clean-up 
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Hardhack (Spiraea douglasii) |
Have Shrub Native |
Frontage, pond border Blooms early Jul |
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Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame') |
Have Shrub |
Front bed Emerges early Mar Blooms late Apr - mid Jun Deadhead and ball up mid-late Jun Reblooms early Aug - late Aug |
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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) |
Have Shrub Native |
Side forest, letting colonize. 2017 (20) pots planted along front creek by Snohomish County Conservation District. Berries hang from ___ to late Jan |
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Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris 'Alba') |
Have Shrub Aromatic |
1980 shrub border. Best guess cultivar. Mom Blooms late Apr |
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French Lilac (Syringa vulgaris 'President Lincoln') |
Have Shrub Aromatic |
1980 shrub border. Best guess cultivar. Mom Buds mid Jan Leafs out mid Mar Blooms early mid May |
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Lilac (Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Lavender Lady') |
Have Shrub Aromatic |
1980 front bed. Best guess cultivar. Mom Blooms mid Apr - late Apr |
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Hicks Yew (Taxus 'Hicksii') |
Have Shrub |
2020 from Laur, too much of a deer magnet, she had it in jail. | |
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Thyme (Thymus vulgaris 'Wedgwood') |
Have Shrub Aromatic Edible |
Culinary herbs 2015. Christianson's | |
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Dwarf Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh') |
Have Shrub |
Outcropping 2012. The Plant Farm Evergreen |
