Local ecology
Plants that belong here — better for birds, butterflies, and lower long-term care.
Ready-to-plant kit for ~200 sq ft (9 plants). Adjust quantities in cart anytime.
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Planting blueprint
Landscape-style blueprint for the delaware natives, labeled placements, plant names, and quantities that match the kit you can add to cart.
Plant care
These plants want steady moisture the first season
Summersweet
Deep soak 1–2 times a week the first season so roots chase moisture down. A quick daily splash trains shallow roots and stress.
Check under the mulch with a finger, damp, not swampy.
In your list: Chokeberry, New Jersey Tea, Summersweet, Witch Hazel, Jim Dandy Holly, Southern Gentleman Holly, Sparkleberry Holly, Winter Red Holly, Spicebush
This is general Zone 7 (Delaware Valley) guidance for the plants in this garden, not a guarantee of survival. Soil, sun, and weather at your address still matter. Overwatering kills as often as drought.
This is a common design for this garden type. Quantities match the kit you can add to cart, scale up or down in cart if your bed is larger or smaller.
In this collection
Add individually, or grab the whole kit above.
Design this garden
Prefer a custom size or photo of your bed? Same planner as the homepage, we prefill this collection, then show installation day through full glory with a cart-ready list.
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Installation day, first summer, and full glory, then buy the list.
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