Steller Landscapes

05/27/2026

Honeysuckle vine. Lonicera ciliosa.

12/31/2025

12/22/2025

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) is a no‑fuss Oregon native shrub. Typically growing 1.5 to 6 feet tall and rounded, it spreads by suckers. Its wavy, opposite leaves give it a soft woodland look, while tiny pink‑white flowers feed pollinators in spring and summer. By late season, those blooms turn into the plant’s iconic white berries, which hang on through winter, offering cold‑season forage for birds before eventually softening and fading.
Snowberry is another great option for erosion control. Its dense, spreading root system knits soil together on slopes, streambanks, and disturbed sites, making it a dependable stabilizer in tough conditions. Thriving in sun to part shade and tolerating poor soils, drought, and urban environments, it’s a tough, go-anywhere native for habitat gardens, hedgerows, and restoration projects. For vigorous regrowth and abundant berries, it can be cut back to the ground in early spring.
Snowberry is a resilient shrub that adds value to wildlife and provides erosion control, making it an indispensable component of the landscape.

12/19/2025

False Solomon’s seal is a great choice for homeowners looking to bring stability and natural beauty to shady areas of their yard. Its spreading rhizomes help hold soil in place on slopes and woodland edges, reducing erosion while creating a soft, layered groundcover. In spring, arching stems are topped with delicate, fragrant white flower plumes, followed by red berries that attract birds through fall. This low‑maintenance native thrives in partial to full shade and rich, well‑drained soils, making it an easy, dependable plant for creating a healthy, resilient understory in any shaded garden.

12/18/2025

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is a hardy native shrub that thrives in shady woodland edges and disturbed sites, forming dense thickets that stabilize soil and provide cover for wildlife. Its large white flowers attract pollinators in spring, while soft red berries ripen in summer, feeding birds, mammals, and people. Thornless and shade-tolerant, thimbleberry is valued for erosion control and supporting wildlife.

12/10/2025

The subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) is a distinctive evergreen tree, recognized for its tall, narrow, spire-like form and fuzzy, upright, and often purple cones. Predominantly found in the mountainous regions of western North America, especially near the timberline in the Olympic, Cascade, and Rocky Mountains, this member of the Abies family thrives in cool, moist, and snowy environments with short growing seasons. Adapted to deep snow and persistent coolness, subalpine firs favor regions with narrow temperature ranges and consistently humid, chilly conditions, maintaining their iconic form in these unique climates. In forests where subalpine firs dominate, they provide shelter for wildlife, and their seeds are a tasty treat for birds and small mammals.
Reaching heights up to 100 feet, their dense, drooping branches and upward-curving needles create the appearance of green waves, while their showy cones disintegrate when mature to disperse seeds widely to grow the next generation of this evergreen.

The subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) is a distinctive evergreen tree, recognized for its tall, narrow, spire-like form and fuzzy, upright and often purple cones. Predominantly found in the mountainous regions of western North America, especially near the timberline in the Olympic, Cascade, and Rocky Mountains, this member of the Abies family thrives in cool, moist, and snowy environments with short growing seasons. Adapted to deep snow and persistent coolness, subalpine firs favor regions with narrow temperature ranges and consistently humid, chilly conditions, maintaining their iconic form in these unique climates. In forests where subalpine firs dominate, they provide shelter for wildlife, and their seeds are a tasty treat for birds and small mammals.
Reaching heights up to 100 feet, their dense, drooping branches and upward-curving needles create the appearance of green waves, while their showy cones disintegrate when mature to disperse seeds widely to grow the next generation of this evergreen.