Plant Growing Guides

Spotted Dead-Nettle

Lamium maculatum

Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium

Japanese Mahonia

Mahonia japonica

Cascades Mahonia

Mahonia nervosa

Cascades Mahonia

Mahonia nervosa

Mahonia 'Charity'

Mahonia × media 'Charity'

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Male Fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

Marginal Aquatic Ferns

Various species (e.g., Osmunda regalis, Dryopteris cristata, Polystichum setiferum)

Hosta (Plantain Lily)

Hosta spp.

Marginal Plants: Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. and Juncus spp.

Marginal Shield Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Marmalade Coral Bells

Heuchera × 'Marmalade'

Melic Grass, Purple Melic Grass

Melica uniflora

Miniature Male Fern

Polystichum tsus-simense

Miniature Hosta

Hosta spp. (dwarf cultivars)

Mission Bells

Aquilegia formosa

Moisture-loving Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Dryopteris, Athyrium, Osmunda)

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Montana Hosta

Hosta montana

Moonlight Sonata

Heuchera 'Moonlight Sonata'

Moonshine Hosta

Hosta 'Moonshine'

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Moss and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses) and Lichenized fungi (lichens)

Mosses and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses); Lichenes (lichens)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Ground Cover

Bryophyta (division)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Moss-loving shade plants

Various species (Bryophyta division and shade-tolerant angiosperms)

Mottled Beauty

Epimedium x versicolor 'Mottled Beauty'

Mounding White

Impatiens walleriana 'Mounding White'

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Mounted Ivy Irlandica

Hedera hibernica 'Irlandica'

Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta ventricosa 'Variegata'