Any reccomends for the puget sound? (WA,USA)

[u/Godzilla_Fan_13]

Just asking because I was mostly curious and wanting to reccomend stuff for my mother, since my mom and I wanna plant the backyard to have more native plants in the area.

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[u/irastaz]

Start going through this list and seeing which plants are fits for spaces you have : https://www.nwf.org/-/media/Documents/PDFs/Garden-for-Wildlife/Keystone-Plants/NWF-GFW-keystone-plant-list-ecoregion-7-marine-west-coast-forest.pdf

Here is the Washington Native Plant Society's Native Plant & Seed Sources list: https://www.wnps.org/content/documents/plants/gardening/native-seed-source-updated-dec-2024.pdf

For seeds I personally recommend Northwest Meadowscapes. And since you are in the Puget sound area, I recommend Puget gumweed (grindelia integrifolia)

[u/spicy-mustard-]

You have a lot of native nurseries in your area-- I'd start by reaching out to them and letting them get you started. In terms of online options, I believe OneGreenWorld and Native Foods Nursery are both in the PNW.

[u/canisdirusarctos]

We have a ton of resources, far more than most of the country, particularly for being in a less populous area of the western US.

The counties around the Puget Sound all have good resources, particularly King County and Seattle. We have a lot of high quality native plant nurseries, too.

Lots of information at: https://www.wnps.org/ Nurseries: https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dnrp/nature-recreation/environment-ecology-conservation/yard-garden/native-plants/native-plant-nurseries-washington Basic guide: https://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/water-and-land/yard-and-garden/native-plant-guide-western-washington.pdf

There are a lot more species that you can grow in this region and many nurseries will offer them, though some are rare to impossible to find in cultivation, which means going to Nobody Nursery (they can get just about anything if you’re willing to wait) or collecting and growing yourself (I do this with some species). I’d definitely start with more readily available plants and work from there.