paghat wrote:
In article , Michael Hagen
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But if it's for decorative value with the fruits a lesser bonus, they do
creep around quite prettily, rather than producing tall canes that dry out
in homely stands. You should contact a Northwest native plant specialist
like Wally Hansen by e-mail or letter, as such specialists could get this
even if they never bother to put it on their regular lists. Contact
Hansen through www.pnplant.com, or track down the Native Plant Nursery in
Mount Vernon, WA; Pleasant Home Road Nursery in Salem OR; or Black Lake
Nursery in Olympia WA. Or write to the Washington Native Plant Society,
7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (www.wnps.org). WNPS has their
own annual native plant sale at the Bellevue Botanic Garden &/or UW
Aboretum, but also will note in the newsletter other annual native plant
sales (such as at University of British Columbia, The Clallum County
Conservation District in Port Angeles, King County Conservation District
nwp sale, the Hardy Plant Society annual sale in Hillsboro Oregon, &c &c,
many of these events being a chance for specialty nurseries to promote
themselves & provide the public with stuff not offered in typical retail
nurseries.


Black cap's leaves are deep red now and look pretty nice with frost.
Berry production is minimal.
Those are good PNW leads. Where are you?


I'm on the west side of Puget Sound. It's a tiny bit colder in winter &
much windier in summer on our hilltop than ever it was in Seattle, & we
get a couple good snowfalls each winter (but they melt fast). Except for
once-a-decade freeze-your-ass-off exceptions, mainly it's moderate weather
year-round.

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Near the elwha river here. At 1500' elevation we get a winter as

good as east side ones. Precip runs 75-120 inches with wet years
considerably wetter.