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

Shade Hosta

Hosta spp.

Shade-loving Conifers

Various genera (Taxus, Tsuga, Thuja, Podocarpus, etc.)

Shade-loving Hosta

Hosta spp.

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 Shrubs

Multiple species (general category)

Boxwood & Inkberry (Shade Shrubs)

Buxus spp. & Ilex glabra

Shade-tolerant Coleus

Plectranthus scutellarioides

Dwarf Yew (Taxus)

Taxus baccata (and other Taxus species)

Shade-tolerant Euonymus

Euonymus japonicus

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Shade-Tolerant Shrubs

Multiple species

Aucuba (Japanese Laurel)

Aucuba japonica

Viburnum and Boxwood (Shade-Tolerant Shrubs)

Viburnum spp. and Buxus spp.

Beech and Hornbeam

Fagus species (Beech) and Carpinus species (Hornbeam)

Rhododendron and Holly (Shade-Tolerant Understory Shrubs)

Rhododendron spp. and Ilex spp.

Shadowland Autumn Frost Hosta

Hosta 'Shadowland Autumn Frost'

Shiro Fukurin

Hosta 'Shiro Fukurin'

Shrubby Understory Species

Various genera (e.g., Sambucus, Viburnum, Ilex, Lindera)

Boxwood and Privet

Buxus spp. and Ligustrum spp.

Shrubs

Various species (Woody plants, generally 3-15 feet tall)

Siebold's Spurge

Euphorbia sieboldiana

Siebold's Hosta

Hosta sieboldii

Skimmia Bronze Knight

Skimmia japonica 'Bronze Knight'

Skimmia 'Bronze Knight'

Skimmia japonica 'Bronze Knight'

Japanese Skimmia

Skimmia japonica

Skimmia japonica 'Bowhill Red'

Skimmia japonica 'Bowhill Red'

Japanese Skimmia 'Fragrant Cloud'

Skimmia japonica 'Fragrant Cloud'

Skimmia 'Nymans'

Skimmia japonica 'Nymans'

Skimmia japonica 'Red Marble'

Skimmia japonica 'Red Marble'

Japanese Skimmia 'Rubella'

Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'