Plant Growing Guides

Dancing Queen Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Queen'

Dark Green Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana and related cultivars

Dark-leaved Heuchera

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia

Dark Purple Heuchera

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple'

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

Diandra Sedge

Carex diandra

Dicentra

Dicentra spectabilis

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Fairy Bells

Disporum

Pretty Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Double Hellebore

Helleborus niger or Helleborus hybridus (double cultivars)

Double Primrose

Primula vulgaris 'Multiplex'

Downy Rattlesnake Plantain

Goodyera pubescens

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

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 (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)

Dwarf Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

Dwarf Fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (and other dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta minor

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta spp. (dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Dwarf Impatiens Carnival Magenta

Impatiens walleriana 'Carnival Magenta'

Dwarf Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'

Dwarf Sedge

Carex species (various dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'