Planting blueprint — Draft 2 - Deer-Proof Berries and Kitchen Herbs
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, wrapped and staked for its first three seasons. Two cultivars (the nursery lists Hosui, Shinseiki and Yoinashi) so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| A | Aronia 'Viking' | Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' | 4 | 5.0 ft | The main deer-resistant collar around the pear. |
| A | Aronia 'Nero' (black chokeberry) | Aronia melanocarpa 'Nero' | 3 | 6.0 ft | Second aronia row on the house side. |
| A | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 2 | 8.0 ft | Thickening the outer edge with edible cranberrybush. |
| A | Blue False Indigo | Baptisia australis | 3 | 4.0 ft | Nitrogen-fixing, near-impossible for deer to browse. |
| A | Woodland Sage | Salvia nemorosa | 5 | 2.0 ft | Front edging row. |
| A | Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' | Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' | 4 | grouped area (2.5 ft) | Low groundcover between the shrubs. |
| B | Carolina Allspice (Sweetshrub) | Calycanthus floridus | 1 | 8.0 ft | Sweetshrub as the showpiece - one of the most deer-resistant shrubs available. |
| B | Nannyberry Viburnum | Viburnum lentago | 1 | 8.0 ft | Nannyberry for fruit and autumn colour. |
| B | Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | 1 | 8.0 ft | Buttonbush - a native, and a host for the swallowtail butterfly. |
| B | Creamy False Indigo (leadplant) | Baptisia alba 'Sierra Gold' | 1 | 3.0 ft | Nitrogen fixer at the back. |
| C | Aronia 'Nero' (black chokeberry) | Aronia melanocarpa 'Nero' | 2 | 6.0 ft | Berry shrubs in the middle of the zone, as the owner asked. |
| C | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 2 | 8.0 ft | Second berry shrub, extends the hedge. |
| C | White Imperial Currant | Ribes nigrum 'White Imperial' | 1 | 4.0 ft | White currant for the kitchen. |
| D | Chicago Hardy Fig | Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' | 1 | 10.0 ft | Chicago Hardy fig between the windows, as suggested - the single most protected spot on the property. |
| D | Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry | Amelanchier lamarckii 'Autumn Brilliance' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Serviceberry closing the zone at the east end. |
| D | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' | Corylus avellana 'Jefferson' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' (European hazelnut) - a different genotype, required to pollinate the multi-stem hazelnut clone beside it. |
| D | American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Viburnum trilobum | 4 | 8.0 ft | Continuous shrub back row. |
| D | American Hazelnut (multi-stem shrub form) | Corylus americana 'Newell' | 1 | 8.0 ft | Multi-stem hazelnut as a second layer behind the border - paired with Hazelnut 'Jefferson' planted beside it, because a single hazelnut clone does not pollinate itself. |
| D | Woodland Sage | Salvia nemorosa | 6 | 2.0 ft | Front row. |
| D | Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 5 | grouped area (2.0 ft) | Mid row. |
| E | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' | Corylus avellana 'Jefferson' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' (European hazelnut) - a different genotype, required to pollinate the multi-stem hazelnut clone beside it. |
| E | Gooseberry 'Amish Red' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Amish Red' | 5 | 5.0 ft | Thorny gooseberry row - the owner's suggestion, doubled. |
| E | Black Currant 'Consort' | Ribes nigrum 'Consort' | 3 | 5.0 ft | Black currants for jam. |
| E | Witch Hazel | Hamamelis virginiana | 1 | 10.0 ft | Witch hazel in the shade corner. |
| E | American Hazelnut (multi-stem shrub form) | Corylus americana 'Newell' | 1 | 8.0 ft | Hazelnut multi-stem for nuts - planted with Hazelnut 'Jefferson' beside it so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| E | Plantain Lily | Hosta plantaginea | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Part-shade evergreen-ish foliage. |
| F | Peach | Prunus persica | 2 | 14.0 ft | Two peaches for a reliable crop - different cultivars (the nursery lists Gala and Indian Free) so the pair pollinates. |
| F | Apple (Honeycrisp type) | Malus domestica | 1 | 18.0 ft | Apple as the third tree, planted beside Apple 'Enterprise' which pollinates it. |
| F | Apple 'Enterprise' | Malus domestica 'Enterprise' | 1 | 18.0 ft | Apple 'Enterprise' - the pollinizer for the main apple; two varieties are required for fruit. |
| F | Elderberry 'Adams' | Sambucus canadensis 'Adams' | 2 | 10.0 ft | Elderberry thicket - 'Adams' plus 'Marge' so every bush has a different cultivar beside it. |
| F | Elderberry 'Marge' | Sambucus canadensis 'Marge' | 1 | 10.0 ft | Elderberry 'Marge' - the second cultivar that makes the thicket crop. |
| F | Comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 4 | 3.0 ft | Comfrey mulch block. |
| F | Blackberry | Rubus occidentalis | 3 | 4.0 ft | Thornless blackberry on the boundary. |
| F | Strawberry 'Earliglow' | Fragaria x ananassa 'Earliglow' | 8 | 1.5 ft | Groundcover between the trees. |
| G | Asparagus | Asparagus officinalis | 15 | 3.0 ft | Perennial asparagus bed in the low-priority rear zone - the alternative the owner flagged as TBD. |
| H | Pawpaw | Asimina triloba | 2 | 16.0 ft | Pawpaw at the rear of the zone - two genetically different trees, since one alone will not fruit. |
| H | American Plum (Chickasaw Plum) | Prunus nigra | 2 | 14.0 ft | Chickasaw plum - the cheapest fruit tree in the plan. Two plants so the pair cross-pollinates. |
| H | American Hazelnut | Corylus corellata 'Newell' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Hazelnut - the American clone, planted with a second genotype so it sets nuts. |
| H | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' | Corylus avellana 'Jefferson' | 1 | 12.0 ft | Hazelnut 'Jefferson' - a different genotype, required for the hazelnut clone to crop. |
| H | Shagbark Hickory | Carya ovata | 2 | 25.0 ft | Shagbark hickory for nuts and future canopy - two trees, since a hickory needs a second tree for a nut crop. |
| H | Cliffbrush Locust (Rose Acacia) | Robinia hispida | 2 | 8.0 ft | Nitrogen-fixing shrub for the tree guild. |
| H | Grape 'Mars' (table grape) | Vitis labrusca 'Mars' | 1 | 8.0 ft | Grape on the fence line. |
| A | English Lavender 'Hidcote' | Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Fragrant street-edge planting. |
| B | Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Silver drought-tolerant massing. |
| B | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 5 | grouped area (3.4 ft) | Native filler. |
| B | Rough Goldenrod | Solidago rugosa | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Autumn structure. |
| B | Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Pollinator bonus. |
| C | Common Sage (Culinary) | Salvia officinalis | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Culinary sage - the most deer-resistant kitchen herb. |
| C | Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | 6 | grouped area (3.7 ft) | Chives along the path edge. |
| C | Thyme | Thymus vulgaris | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Creeping thyme between pavers. |
| C | Oregano | Origanum vulgare | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Oregano. |
| C | Rosemary | Salvia rosmarinus (Rosmarinus officinalis) | 1 | grouped area (1.7 ft) | Rosemary - deer resistant, but give it the sunniest corner. |
| C | Comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 2 | grouped area (2.1 ft) | Comfrey leaf for the compost and for the fig guild. |
| C | Strawberry 'Honeoye' | Fragaria x ananassa 'Honeoye' | 10 | grouped area (4.7 ft) | Strawberry carpet under the shrubs. |
| D | Bee Balm | Monarda didyma | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Beebalm for the pollinators. |
| D | New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Autumn asters. |
| D | Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Silver late-season structure. |
| D | Hardy Geranium 'Rozanne' | Geranium macrorrhizum 'Rozanne' | 5 | grouped area (3.4 ft) | Edging. |
| D | Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' | Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Front edge. |
| E | Hardy Geranium 'Rozanne' | Geranium macrorrhizum 'Rozanne' | 5 | grouped area (3.4 ft) | Groundcover. |
| E | Wild Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 3 | grouped area (2.6 ft) | Native columbine. |
| E | Barrenwort | Epimedium grandiflorum | 6 | grouped area (3.7 ft) | Barrenwort groundcover. |
| E | Canadian Wild Ginger | Asarum caudatum | 4 | grouped area (3.0 ft) | Wild ginger in the moist corner. |