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The Plantyd blog

Real designs, real plant lists, and the thinking behind them — walkthroughs of landscapes planned (and exported) in Plantyd.

Hand-illustrated preview of the zone 7a native garden: a light stone path curving between two beds of colorful perennial drifts, under a green shade tree and a golden fall-color tree

July 1, 2026 · 10 min read

Sun and Shade Analysis for a Zone 7a Native Garden: Mapping the Light from Year 1 to Year 15

Plantyd's sun analysis maps the light in a real native garden at year 1 and year 15: watch several hundred square feet of full sun turn to part shade as the trees grow, and see how the 26-species planting was designed for it.

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Top-down backyard master plan detail showing raised vegetable beds ringed by a peony drift, a curved stone path with a bench, labeled perennial masses, and a spruce privacy screen

June 12, 2026 · 8 min read

Whole Home Landscape Design, Piece by Piece: A Zone 6a Master Plan You Can Copy

A whole home landscape design on one sheet: a butterfly garden, raised vegetable beds, a pergola terrace, a spruce screen, and a small orchard on a quarter-acre zone 6a lot, with the design moves worth copying in your own yard.

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