Plant Growing Guides

Fairy Bells

Prosartes hookeri

Fairy Bells

Disporum uniflorum

Native Shade Asters

Symphyotrichum spp.

False Spirea

Astilbe × arendsii

Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

Female English Holly

Ilex aquifolium (female cultivars)

Fern

Polypodiophyta (various genera and species)

Fernette

Polystichum setiferum 'Fernette'

Ferns (Christmas Fern & Ostrich Fern)

Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) & Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)

Ferns (Wood Fern & Shield Fern)

Dryopteris spp. & Polystichum spp.

Fern (Multiple Species)

Pteridium and other genera (Polypodiopsida)

Ferns (Ostrich, Cinnamon, Christmas)

Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich), Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon), Polystichum setiferum (Christmas)

Ferns (Shield, Wood, and Royal varieties)

Polystichum spp., Dryopteris spp., Osmunda spp.

Ferns with Japanese Forest Grass

Various Polypodiopsida spp. with Hakonechloa macra

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

First Frost Hosta

Hosta 'First Frost'

Florida-Friendly Native Plants

Various species native to Florida

Shade Flowering Companions Collection

Astilbe spp., Dicentra spectabilis, Impatiens walleriana, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Flowering Dogwood Stellar Pink

Cornus florida 'Stellar Pink'

Flowering Shade Plants

Various species

Flowering Shade Shrubs (Viburnum & Hydrangea)

Viburnum spp. & Hydrangea spp.

Flowering Understory Plants

Various species (forest floor shade-tolerant flowering plants)

Flowering Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Sambucus, Viburnum, Ilex, Cornus)

Flowering Understory Trees

Various species (e.g., Cornus, Cercis, Amelanchier, Halesia)

Foam Flower

Tiarella polyphylla

Foamflower

Tiarella polyphylla

Foamflower Oakleaf

Tiarella polyphylla

Oakleaf Foamflower

Tiarella polyphylla

Foamflower Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Foamy Flower

Heuchera micrantha

Stinking Roger

Helleborus foetidus

Forest Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora (Autumn Fern) / Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) / Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)

Forest Floor Groundcovers

Various species (common genera: Maianthemum, Oxalis, Vinca, Helleborus, Asarum)

Forest Understory Plants

Various shade-tolerant species

Forest Wildflowers

Various species (Trillium, Bloodroot, Trout Lily, etc.)

Fortune's Hosta

Hosta fortunei

Fragrant Blue Hosta

Hosta 'Fragrant Blue'

Fragrant Bouquet Hosta

Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'

Fragrant Hosta

Hosta plantaginea

Frances Williams Hosta

Hosta × 'Frances Williams'

Fraser's Sedge

Carex fraseri