Planting blueprint — Draft 1 - Balanced Food Forest
Each circle is drawn at the plant's mature spread. A group of the same plant in a zone is outlined with a polygon labelled × count; the plants can be set anywhere inside that outlined area at the drawn spacing. The plan is calibrated at 9.5 pixels per foot against an assumed 40 ft house width, so treat the layout as a planting diagram rather than a stake map.
Layers
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Zones
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Scale
5 ft at 9.5 px/ft
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Plant List
Plants in the current map view, added up across zones.
| Plant | Layer | Zones | Qty | Bloom | Harvest |
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Active blooms
Flowering plants in the current view, by month.
Harvest Windows
Fruiting plants in the current view. Berry bushes and shrubs are listed first, then trees and nuts. Hardiness zone 6 timing.
What is on this plan
One row per plant per zone, with quantities added up.
| Zone | Plant | Botanical | Qty | Mature spread | Design note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Callery Pear (Asian Pear) | Pyrus calleryana | 2 | 22.0 ft | Asian pear on the street-facing (south) side, as requested. Two Asian pears of different cultivars (the nursery lists Hosui, Shinseiki and Yoinashi) so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| A | Chicago Hardy Fig | Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' | 1 | 10.0 ft | Fig on the house side of Zone A; wrap the trunk in winter until it is established. |
| A | Aronia 'Viking' | Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' | 3 | 5.0 ft | Deer-resistant berry shrub collar between and around the two trees. |
| A | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 1 | 8.0 ft | Edible cranberrybush on the outer edge, also a wildlife magnet. |
| A | English Lavender 'Hidcote' | Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' | 4 | 3.0 ft | Drought-tolerant fragrant border along the street edge. |
| A | Woodland Sage | Salvia nemorosa | 4 | 2.0 ft | Long-bloom salvia edging the shrub collar. |
| A | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 4 | 2.0 ft | Tough native pollinator filler. |
| A | Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' | Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' | 4 | 2.5 ft | Low border, good under shrubs. |
| A | Coral Bells | Heuchera sanguinea | 3 | 1.5 ft | Colour through the shaded house side. |
| A | Coreopsis (Tickseed) | Coreopsis tinctoria | 4 | 2.0 ft | Cheerful long-season native. |
| B | Autumn Olive / Goumi | Elaeagnus umbellata | 1 | 10.0 ft | Goumi berry as the showpiece shrub for this zone, as the owner suggested. |
| B | Carolina Allspice (Sweetshrub) | Calycanthus floridus | 1 | 8.0 ft | Sweetshrub beside the goumi - strongly deer resistant and fragrant. |
| B | Creamy False Indigo (leadplant) | Baptisia alba 'Sierra Gold' | 1 | 3.0 ft | Nitrogen-fixing shrub-form indigo at the back of the bed. |
| B | Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | 3 | grouped area (4.0 ft) | Silver foliage, deer resistant, long season. |
| C | Aronia 'Nero' (black chokeberry) | Aronia melanocarpa 'Nero' | 2 | 6.0 ft | The berry bushes the owner asked for, mid-zone, within reach of the porch. |
| C | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 1 | 8.0 ft | Second berry shrub for a mixed hedge effect. |
| C | Common Sage (Culinary) | Salvia officinalis | 3 | grouped area (2.5 ft) | Culinary sage - deer resistant, use from the kitchen door. |
| D | Chicago Hardy Fig | Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' | 1 | 10.0 ft | The 10-12 ft plant between the two windows - Chicago Hardy fig, as the owner suggested. |
| D | Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry | Amelanchier lamarckii 'Autumn Brilliance' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Small ornamental tree at the east end of the zone. |
| D | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 3 | 8.0 ft | Shrubs tucked behind the herbaceous row. |
| D | Butterfly Bush | Buddleja davidii 'Nanho' | 1 | 6.0 ft | Butterfly bush at the back of the border - extends the bloom season into frost alongside the asters and goldenrod. Low-medium deer resistance, so keep it inside the temporary fence (or a wire cage) until the stems harden, and plant it in the part of the bed the fence covers longest. |
| D | Woodland Sage | Salvia nemorosa | 5 | 2.0 ft | Front row - deer resistant. |
| D | Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 5 | 2.0 ft | Mid row. |
| D | Bee Balm | Monarda didyma | 4 | 2.5 ft | Hummingbird flowers, deer resistant enough behind the salvia. |
| E | Gooseberry 'Amish Red' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Amish Red' | 4 | 5.0 ft | The row of thorny gooseberries the owner suggested - the thorns plus the dense habit deter deer. |
| E | White Imperial Currant | Ribes nigrum 'White Imperial' | 2 | 4.0 ft | Currants for fruit and pollinator flowers. |
| E | Witch Hazel | Hamamelis virginiana | 1 | 10.0 ft | Witch hazel for the partial-shade end of the zone. |
| E | Plantain Lily | Hosta plantaginea | 3 | 3.0 ft | Part-shade perennial, deer resistant. |
| E | Hardy Geranium 'Rozanne' | Geranium macrorrhizum 'Rozanne' | 4 | grouped area (2.5 ft) | Groundcover for the dry shade. |
| F | Peach | Prunus persica | 2 | 14.0 ft | Peach - 15-25 ft fruit tree for the north-east backyard. Two cultivars (the nursery lists Gala and Indian Free) so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| F | Apple (Honeycrisp type) | Malus domestica | 1 | 18.0 ft | Apple - disease-resistant and long lived. Planted beside Apple 'Enterprise', which pollinates it. |
| F | Apple 'Enterprise' | Malus domestica 'Enterprise' | 1 | 18.0 ft | Apple 'Enterprise' - the pollinizer for the Honeycrisp-type apple. Apples need a second, different variety to set fruit. |
| F | Sweet Cherry | Prunus avium | 2 | 18.0 ft | Sweet cherry on the pool side. Two compatible cultivars are needed to set fruit, so plant this pair (the nursery lists Coral Champagne and Chelan). |
| F | Elderberry 'Adams' | Sambucus canadensis 'Adams' | 1 | 10.0 ft | Elderberry 'Adams' understory for the fruit tree guild, planted with 'Marge' for cross-pollination. |
| F | Elderberry 'Marge' | Sambucus canadensis 'Marge' | 1 | 10.0 ft | Elderberry 'Marge' - the second cultivar. A lone elderberry sets very little fruit. |
| F | Comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 3 | 3.0 ft | Comfrey as a chop-and-drop mulch source. |
| F | Blackberry | Rubus occidentalis | 2 | 4.0 ft | Thornless blackberry along the boundary. |
| F | Strawberry 'Earliglow' | Fragaria x ananassa 'Earliglow' | 6 | 1.5 ft | Edible groundcover under the trees. |
| H | Pawpaw | Asimina triloba | 2 | 16.0 ft | Pawpaw - native to the region. A single tree will not fruit, so this pair of genetically different trees is planted together. |
| H | American Plum (Chickasaw Plum) | Prunus nigra | 2 | 14.0 ft | Chickasaw plum - also available at TreeYo at a listed $19. Two plants so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| H | American Hazelnut | Corylus corellata 'Newell' | 1 | 12.0 ft | American hazelnut for nuts and wildlife value, planted with the European hazelnut beside it - a single hazelnut clone sets no nuts. |
| H | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' | Corylus avellana 'Jefferson' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' - a different hazelnut genotype, required to pollinate the American hazelnut clone. |
| H | Cliffbrush Locust (Rose Acacia) | Robinia hispida | 1 | 8.0 ft | Rose acacia - nitrogen fixing shrub for the tree guild. |
| H | Grape 'Mars' (table grape) | Vitis labrusca 'Mars' | 1 | 8.0 ft | Mars table grape on the boundary fence. |
| H | Hardy Kiwi | Actinidia arguta | 1 | 15.0 ft | Hardy kiwi on the fence - this is the fruiting female vine; it needs the male planted with it. |
| H | Hardy Kiwi (male pollinizer) | Actinidia arguta (male selection) | 1 | 15.0 ft | Hardy kiwi male pollinizer - no fruit of its own, but without it the female vine will not crop. |
| B | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Massed drought-tolerant native. |
| B | Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Pollinator magnet, edible coneflower. |
| B | Woodland Sage | Salvia nemorosa | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Blooms with the coneflowers. |
| B | Coreopsis (Tickseed) | Coreopsis tinctoria | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Fills the front edge. |
| B | Rough Goldenrod | Solidago rugosa | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Autumn gold for the back of the border. |
| B | Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' | Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Low groundcover in front of the shrub. |
| C | Thyme | Thymus vulgaris | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Low creeping thyme, good between paving and shrubs. |
| C | Oregano | Origanum vulgare | 2 | grouped area (2.1 ft) | Oregano for the kitchen herb bed. |
| C | Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Chives - deer resistant, edible flowers. |
| C | Spearmint | Mentha spicata | 1 | grouped area (1.7 ft) | Spearmint - keep in a sunk pot, it spreads. |
| C | Comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 2 | grouped area (2.1 ft) | Comfrey for the fruit tree guild, cut for the compost. |
| C | Strawberry 'Honeoye' | Fragaria x ananassa 'Honeoye' | 8 | grouped area (4.2 ft) | Strawberries as a living mulch under the berry shrubs. |
| D | New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Autumn asters close the season. |
| D | Rough Goldenrod | Solidago rugosa | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Goldenrod backdrop. |
| D | Hardy Geranium 'Rozanne' | Geranium macrorrhizum 'Rozanne' | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Edging perennial, good at the house wall. |
| D | Coral Bells | Heuchera sanguinea | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Low colour at the front. |
| D | Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' | Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Front edge. |
| D | Blue False Indigo | Baptisia australis | 1 | grouped area (1.7 ft) | Nitrogen fixer at the back of the border. |
| E | Wild Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Native columbine for the spring show. |
| E | Comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 2 | grouped area (2.1 ft) | Comfrey in the shade guild. |
| E | Coral Bells | Heuchera sanguinea | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Front edge colour. |
| E | Barrenwort | Epimedium grandiflorum | 5 | grouped area (3.4 ft) | Barrenwort evergreen groundcover. |
| E | Canadian Wild Ginger | Asarum caudatum | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Wild ginger in the moist shade corner. |