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I cleared the brush and weedy trees from this area. It is a little raw right now and it was dark and rainy when I took the photo. I will make some benches and maybe a statue or some yard art to make it more park like. Part of my work is fire prevention the area was full of brush and I had made a few trail through it but now it is cleaned up.

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Probably too late now but I could envision a sea of blue bells, daffs and others in the springtime. Costco has the best deal but you need to be early like September.

Hosta with them ferns?

Azaleas and rhodies?

HG

Rhodies, azaleas, salmonberry, thimbleberry, filbert, salla, heuchera, more sword fern.

I am thinking of putting in some rodies and more ferns. The deer eat hostas and azaleas so I have to be careful of where I put them. They have even eaten the azakeas and hostas right next to the house. I will also use some native plants but for the most part I want to keep it some what open for fire and ease of taking care of it.

So the vote is in and rodies won.

Hope the Root weevil doesn't win Go for a thicker leaf rhododendron.

Eric

Thanks Marlingardener I wiill not do that much to it maybe move a few ferns in and a few rodies and make a bench and such.

Rhodies aren't exactly deer proof either...

There are some less deer bitten than others; the dwarf R. yakusimanum has a furry underside to the leah (inudentum) that makes them less palatable to the hooved piranhas... nice sizes too...

HG

THG I am not sure very much is deer proof, but I have had good luck with rodies so far. I did have a few get some what eaten by the elk. As for azaleas that one would think are like rodies the think they are candy.
Every thing I plant has to have the wild life in mind. With that in mind I have a number of cherry trees that got big so I just let the birds eat the cherries. I am into having good wild life habitat.