What Would You Suggest For A Natural Looking Shrub For Our Front Yard”

Question

We live in Sunriver, OR, at 4,000 ft elevation. We do get snow: nothing to 1.5 ft. We basically have a large square for our front yard designed with a natural look of grasses, juniper, a few lg. rocks, and 3 mid-size blue spruce. It is a forest environment with deer, squirrels, raccoons, etc. Most of the front plants are all about 1 ft. in height and I would like maybe one or three bushes to put at the corner closest to the front door btwn that door and a small patio that grow to approx. 4-5 ft or that I could keep trimmed to create a focal pt or at least some different heights. Our front yard was planted 4 yrs.ago. Any help or suggestions for something different you can give me would be so much appreciated. Thanks. Patty

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Answer 1

You have many, many choices for this application.

These articles will suggest quite a few of those options:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/shrubs-for-zone-4-gardens.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-5/planting-zone-5-shrubs.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-6/bushes-for-zone-6-gardens.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-6/zone-6-hedge-plants.htm