Plant Growing Guides

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Sarcococca

Sarcococca confusa

Sarcococca confusa

Sarcococca confusa

Sweet Box, Himalayan Sweet Box

Sarcococca confusa 'Kew Green'

Himalayan Sweetbox

Sarcococca himalayensis

Himalayan Sweetbox

Sarcococca hookeriana

Fragrant Sarcococca

Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna

Fragrant Sarcococca

Sarcococca ruscifolia

Willow-leaved Sarcococca

Sarcococca saligna

Sarcococcus

Sarcococcus spp.

Sweetbox

Sarcococcus confusa

Himalayan Sweet Box

Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis

Fragrant Sarcococca

Sarcococcus ruscifolia

Himalayan Sweet Box

Sarcococca saligna

Himalayan Sweetbox

Sarcococca wallichii

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 Hosta

Hosta spp.

Shade-loving Grasses

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

Shade-loving Hosta

Hosta spp.

Shade-loving Ornamental Grasses

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

Shade-loving Sedges

Carex species (various)

Shade-loving shrubs

Various species

Shade-loving Understory Shrubs

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

Shade-providing large-leaf plants

Various species (Hosta, Fatsia japonica, Alocasia, Philodendron, etc.)

Shade-providing native shrubs

Various species (region-dependent)

Shade Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Shade Shrubs

Multiple species (general category)

Boxwood & Inkberry (Shade Shrubs)

Buxus spp. & Ilex glabra

Shade-tolerant Carex Grass

Carex species (various shade-tolerant cultivars)

Shade-tolerant Coleus

Plectranthus scutellarioides

Dwarf Yew (Taxus)

Taxus baccata (and other Taxus species)

Shade-tolerant Euonymus

Euonymus japonicus

Shade-tolerant grasses

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

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

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.

Shade-Tolerant Shrubs

Multiple species