People seem to love Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium, Mahonia repens) or hate it. I happen to think it is a wonderful plant used in the right situations. The deer don't mess with it much, it has four season interest, loves the sun or the shade and grows easily in our area. The larger variety needs enough room to show off it's natural shape, and it's prickly and needs to be put a safe distance away from tender skins.
Sulphur Buckwheat is the other 'ever not so green' shown. I can't say enough about this one, one of my favorites right now. It has such a pleasing shape-and it's not finicky. Some of our natives don't like living in captivity. They either are hard to transplant, or love life and take over a small landscape. This buckwheat is easy going and looks great all year. Drought resistant. Likes full sun.
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