Plant Growing Guides

Dancing Queen Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Queen'

Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum macropodum

Dark Green Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana and related cultivars

Dark-leaved Heuchera

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia

Dark Purple Heuchera

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple'

Darmera peltata

Darmera peltata

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

Deciduous Ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum acrostichoides, Osmunda cinnamomea, Dennstaedtia punctilobula)

Decorata Hosta

Hosta 'Decorata'

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

Deer Fern

Blechnum spicant

Dense Shade-Preferring Plants

Various species (shade-tolerant flora)

Densiformis Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Devil's Club

Oplopanax horridus

Dicentra

Dicentra spectabilis

Wheki

Dicksonia squarrosa

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Fairy Bells

Disporum

Nodding Mandarin

Disporum cantoniense

Hairy Fairy Bells

Disporum lanuginosum

Nanshan False Solomon's Seal

Disporum nantouense

Variegated Japanese False Solomon's Seal

Disporum sessile

Japanese False Hellebore

Disporum uniflorum

Pretty Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Double Hellebore

Helleborus niger or Helleborus hybridus (double cultivars)

Double Primrose

Primula vulgaris 'Multiplex'

Double White Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana 'Double White'

Downy Rattlesnake Plantain

Goodyera pubescens

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Drooping Sedge

Carex pendula

Drooping Woodoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Drought-tolerant native ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum, Dryopteris, Asplenium)

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

Dryopteris (Wood Fern)

Dryopteris erythrosora, D. affinis, D. filix-mas, and related species

Dryopteris Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora (Autumn Fern) and related Dryopteris species

Dryopteris (Wood Fern)

Dryopteris species

Dusky Cranesbill

Geranium phaeum

Dusky Purple Hellebore

Helleborus x hybridus

Dutchman's Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

Dwarf Astilbe

Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

Dwarf Astilbe Bridal Veil

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bridal Veil'

Dwarf Astilbe Fanal

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Dwarf Astilbe 'Irrlichted'

Astilbe × arendsii 'Irrlichted'

Dwarf Bedding

Impatiens walleriana (most common)