[Brynn]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing Katerina!!

[Brynn]

I live in sort of the border between urban/suburban/county side of Portland Oregon, USA. Lots of forested area ribboned from the Cascade mountains through the city and out to the temperate rain forest and mountains of the pacific coast. In general, this is mixed Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, and Sitka and Hemlock in the forests, with a few others sprinkled in, and stands of Alder, Ash, and Poplar in the river bottom areas. Ferns, Mosses, Lichens, Horestail, and Mushrooms grow in abundance in all areas as well, and of course many understory plants, too lengthy to even start here!

In my particular neighborhood, we have Western Red Cedar, Sequoia, Redwood, Dawn Redwood, Douglas Fir, White Spruce, Blue Spruce, Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Poplar, Ash, Alder, Hawthorn, Magnolia, (several species) Maple, (many species), Pin Oak ( not native but planted in abundance 100 years ago) White Oak (native), Madrone, Manzanita, Rhodedendron, Azalea, and Lilac, and Witch Hazel, Cherry, Apple and Pear…and many more varieties of shrubs and small trees folks have put in their gardens. Perennials herbs grow large here and survive the winter and so you’ll see shrubbery borders made from lavender and rosemary are pretty common.

Growing in my garden in no particular order:

Arnica, Chamomile, Calendula, Self Heal( Prunella), Echinacea, Skullcap, Elecampane, Blue vervain, Showy Milkweed, Boneset, Yarrow, Wood Betony, Nicotania, Pleurisy Root, Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Marjoram, Parsley, Marshmallow, Oregon Grape, Meadowsweet, Sage, Rosemary, Lavender, Lemon balm, St John’s Wort, Lady’s mantle, Red Clover, Motherwort, Nettle, Hops, Horehound, Bergamot, Comfrey, Raspberry, Wintergreen, Blueberry, Wild Ginger, Wild Rose (Nookta sp) Chives, Peppermint, Spearmint, Lemon Balm, Mugwort, Sweet Annie (Artemisia Annua), Black Elder, Angelica, Loosestrife, Day Lily, Honeysuckle, Dandelion, Chickweed (Stellaria) Cleavers, Mullein, Goldenrod, Horse Radish, Salvia, Angelica, Valerian, California Poppy, Catnip, Catmint, Nigella, Borage, and probably some more I’m forgetting as I stare out the window looking out in the dark, thinking of who is all out there waiting out the winter!

( This garden is 15 years old so I have been adding medicinals each season…some I brought with me from my last move and have lasted the 15 years such as Comfrey and Arnica, and others only joined me the last year or two)

Thank you for the conversation and journal entry Katerina! So cool to see what grows in your area on the opposite side of the country from me, both North to South and East to West! Douglas I love your beautiful list, we have a lot of the same plants!…its too late for me to do all the latin names at the moment, but I’d love to actually make a spreadsheet with all that. Madeline, happy growing this coming season!