Plant Growing Guides

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

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)

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Wheki

Dicksonia squarrosa

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

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Double Hellebore

Helleborus niger or Helleborus hybridus (double cultivars)

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 Purple Hellebore

Helleborus x hybridus

Dwarf Astilbe

Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

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 spp. (dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Dwarf Impatiens Carnival Magenta

Impatiens walleriana 'Carnival Magenta'

Dwarf Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

Dwarf Sedge

Carex species (various dwarf cultivars)