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Here is a list of bird-friendly native plants suitable for planting in Quiet Water.
​The list was created by Craig Berdie, a local plant expert.

The following plants are easy to establish and are strongly recommended:
  • Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant.  Early spring flowers and berries.  Looks worn out by mid-summer.
  • Vaccinium ovatum, Evergreen huckleberry. Birds - and humans - love the berries that ripen in late summer.
  • Myrica cerifera, Wax Myrtle. A great source of bird food in the fall.
  • Symphoricarpos albus, Snowberry.  Late berries, spreads fairly aggressively but controllable.
  • Mahonia aquafolium, Oregon Grape. Summer berries, spreads once established.
  • Arctostaphylos, Manzanita.  Great ground cover.  Needs well-drained sunny location.
  • Holodiscus discolor, Ocean Spray. Little slow to establish but gets big. Food and shelter.
  • Ceanothus (native) Another dry sunny plant. Not truly native to this area but global warming making it so, not for bird food but great cover, bee friendly - and gets big.
  • Lonicera involucrata, Twinberry. Prolific and can get big.
  • Cornus sericea, Red Osier Dogwood. Needs moist conditions.  Berries are late.
  • Baccharus pilularis, Coyote Bush. Good for shelter and late season flowers are critical for native bees.
  • Gaultheria shallon, Salal. Berries are edible and good ground cover but hard to establish and then control.
Other plants worth a try are:
  • Philadelphus lewisii, Mock Orange. Been slow to establish.
  • Rubus parviflorus, Thimbleberry. Slow to establish ground cover with limited food value.
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