Plant Growing Guides

Sedge

Carex species

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Sedge Bowles' Golden

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedge 'Oehme'

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedge Frosted Curls

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' or similar Carex cultivar

Sedge grass

Carex species

Oehme Variegata Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Autumn Moor Grass

Sesleria autumnalis

Hakonechloa (Japanese Forest Grass)

Hakonechloa macra

Shade-loving Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiber mioga, Asarum spp., and other shade-tolerant ginger species

Shade-loving Grasses

Multiple species (e.g., Luzula, Carex, Festuca)

Shade-loving Herbs

Various species

Shade-loving Herbs Collection

Asperula odorata (Woodruff), Symphytum officinale (Comfrey), Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)

Shade-loving Ornamental Grasses

Various genera (Carex, Hakonechloa, Luzula, Milium, Chionochloa spp.)

Shade-loving Sedges

Carex species (various)

Shade Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Shade-tolerant Carex Grass

Carex species (various shade-tolerant cultivars)

Shade-tolerant grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium)

Shade-tolerant Mosses

Bryophyta (Division); various species including Hypnum cupressiforme, Dicranum scoparium, Polytrichum commune

Shade-tolerant Native Ferns

Various species (Polystichum, Osmunda, Adiantum, Dryopteris genera)

Shade-tolerant Ornamental Grasses

Various species (Carex, Hakonechloa, Luzula, Milium, Deschampsia, Polystichum hybrids)

Shade-tolerant Sedges

Carex spp.

Slender Sedge

Carex gracillima

Small Alpine Ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum lonchitis, Cystopteris fragilis, Asplenium viride)

Smaller Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium, Platycerium)

Small Ferns (Shade-loving)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Small-leaved fern

Polystichum setiferum or Asplenium trichomanes (depending on species)

Small Sedges and Grasses

Carex spp. and Poaceae family (various genera)

Small Shade-Loving Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Adiantum, Asplenium, Athyrium)

Small shade-tolerant herbaceous plants

Various species (mixed category)

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum dilatatum (formerly Smilacina dilata)

Black Snakeroot

Cimicifuga racemosa

Sphagnum Sedge

Carex sphagnicola

Spiked Wood Sedge

Carex spicata

Spotted Deadnettle Aureum

Lamium maculatum 'Aureum'

Spotted Dead-Nettle 'White Nancy'

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

Spreading Wood Sedge

Carex laxiculmis

Supina Bluegrass

Poa supina

Sweetbay Magnolia Understory Herbs

Magnolia virginiana (host plant for understory ecosystem)

Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum

Sweet Woodrush

Luzula odorata