Proper selection of plants and trees is an area that gets overlooked is the selection of plants and trees for landscaping. You probably don't want to show a Japanese Cherry tree in Anchorage Alaska, let alone a Palm Tree. So we really should know our trees better, I am as guilty as the next guy, and on top of that the Puget Sound area may have lots of rain, but it is pretty mild in climate, so we can get away with showing and growing quite a bit, this probably isn't the case if you live in Chicago and have harsh winters.

What I have here is what I think is a list of trees appropriate for the Northwest, since I am not a Landscape architect, I could be all wrong, but I thought it would be an interesting article to start the thought process going and to remind the architectural illustrator to do a little research.

Trees for Northwest