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Now to wait 10 years for it to grow. Foundation is Native Intermountain West Songbird Pre-Planned Garden combined with their cold hardy saliva collection. Then the SCCD tree sale. Groundcovers from Tall Grass (waggon wheel penst), Fred Meyer (sedum poppers), NWSP (pineleaf penstemon), and Vickie's (the dark sedum whose name eludes me atm.) Also Firecracker penstemon inspired by the landscape design posting (from Floralia?)

The process was ordering the collection back in Jan. Invested in a $100 electric rototiller that did an amazing job churning the gravel, sand, woodchips and occasional rock. Designed with Garden Planner (was $10 from Amazon but no longer available.)

Name that native! Tree tax at the end. All within about an half an acre. Contest winner can collect seeds? What is a good prize? I also have no idea how to ID grasses and would love a good book/site.

My first spring swallowtail. These are why I keep my invasive Dame's Rocket -- they love to dance around it. What is visiting your garden?