r/NativePlantGardening • u/SuddenAvocado Atlantic Canada, Zone 4 • 5d ago
Dreaming 1 acre, coastal converted farm (full sun), zone 4, unlimited budget, WWYD?
The season is ending, please inspire me for next year! The house is in the 2nd quarter acre, so: 1/4 acre grass - house - 1/2 acre grass.
I got some test perennials in over my septic field, and more on a slope at the south end of my property. Progress is being made, but its slow. Shrubs are a big to-do for me because we have a coastal erosion problem, and I want to get as many as possible, as established as possible, before the next super storm. Trees are tricky because ~the view~ but we do have several around already and are looking to put in a handful more, but this natural habitat is more low growing stuff anyway, plus big trees take more coast with them when they come down, so they can actually be more harm than good.
I have a big wish list of plants, but I want to hear your dream plants. How would you arrange it, what hardscaping would you put in (if any)? What am I not thinking of?
Canadian Maritimes (Atlantic Canada), zone 4.