Creating a Native Plant Hedge

Planting a native hedgerow will add functional beauty and biodiversity to your yard. A hedgerow can be created with various groupings of native plants in a layered canopy. They can also look like a more traditional monoculture. These are a few of our go-to recommendations for adding some privacy to yard. Plant data from North Coast CNPS Nursery Committee

Any Full Sun Part Shade Full Shade Full Sun Only Part Shade Only Full Shade Only

Any Low Moderate Tall

Any Perennial Herbs Shrubs Trees Annual Herbs Grasses Vines Ferns Succulents

Common Name Scientific Name	Sun	Height	Type	Humboldt Native
Service Berry Amelanchier utahensis		Tall 10 - 16 ft		✓
Incense Cedar Calocedrus decurrens		Tall 12 - 197 ft		✓
Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus		Tall 49 - 131 ft		✓
Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis		Tall 2 - 10 ft		✓
Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium		Tall 4 - 7 ft		✓
Oregon Grape Berberis nervosa		Tall 1 - 7 ft		✓
California Lilac Ceanothus thyrsiflorus		Tall 2 - 30 ft		✓
Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus		Moderate 4 - 5 ft		✓
Coffeeberry Frangula californica		Tall 6 - 15 ft		✓
Silk Tassel Garrya elliptica		Tall 6 - 16 ft		✓
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia		Tall 6 - 30 ft		✓
Cream Bush Holodiscus discolor		Tall 3 - 16 ft		✓
California Wax Myrtle Morella californica		Tall 6 - 33 ft		✓
Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii		Tall 5 - 12 ft		✓
Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. demissa		Tall ~ 20 ft		✓
Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum		Tall 2 - 8 ft		✓