APPENDIX I WHATCOM COUNTY'S APPROVED PLANT LIST ...

Botanical Name Height Spread Fall Comment/Common Name in feet in feet Flowers Color NotesDryas drummondii 0.5 1 yellowOrnamental seedcapsules with silverywhite tails.Hardy, gray-green twigsGenista hispanica, lydia, pilosa,with small leaves.& sagittalis2 2 yellowVancouver Gold goodSpanish or Dwarf Broomvariety.Hedera helixEnglish Ivy*JuniperusJuniper-Carpet, Creeper, orSpreaderOenotheraEvening PrimrosePenstemon davidsonii, rupicolaBeard TonguePlygonium affineKnotweedPotentillaCinquefoil *Pyracantha augustifolia'Gnome'*Rosmariunus officinalisRosemary 'Prostratus'Santolina chamaecyparissusLavender Cotton1.5 10-152 5-81 2 varies2 1.5 varies2 4 rose2 2-4 Varies1 4 white2 4-8blue toviolet2 3 yellowSaponaria ocymoides 1 3 pinkSedumStonecropTeucrium chamaedrys orpostratiumGermanderThymusThyme* - Highly recommended species.2 1-5 varies1 2-32 1-2red-purpleor whitewhite topurpleleaves turnbronzeorangeberriesMany varieties. Can beinvasive.Many varieties of lowgrowing junipers.May die back in severewinters, come backstrong.Evergreen shrub,tolerates cold and heat.Informal groundcover.Smothers weeds well,may turn brown insevere winters.One of the hardiest.Dark green needle-likeleaves.Attractive whitish grayfoliage.Trailing habit, darkgreen oval leaves.Use local varieties, cutflower stalks in fall.Toothed, dark greenleaves, water untilestablished.Many varieties.I-8