Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving Perennials (Ferns)

Polypodiophyta (various genera)

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Canadian wild ginger

Asarum canadense

Asarum Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Asplenifolia

Asplenium ebeneum

Baneberry

Actaea rubra

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Bog-adapted Sedges

Carex species (various)

Brookside Sedge

Carex amphibola

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Japanese Sedge 'The Beatles'

Carex conica 'The Beatles'

Jointed Sedge

Carex phyllocephala

Banana Boat Sedge

Carex siderosticta 'Banana Boat'

Umbrosa Sedge

Carex umbrosa

Christmas Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Cool-growing ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum, Dryopteris, Asplenium)

Drooping Sedge

Carex pendula

Drooping Woodoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Foamflower Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Goldenseal

Hydrastis canadensis

Ornamental Grasses and Ground Covers

Poaceae (grasses) and various ground cover families

Great Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum

Golden Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Hardy Sedges

Carex spp.

Hawaiian Native Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet (Awapuhi) and other endemic species

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Golden Deadnettle

Lamium aureum

Lilyturf 'Silvery Sunproof'

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Liriope Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Native Ginger

Asarum canadense

Uki (Northern Sea Oats)

Chasmanthium latifolium

Native Mosses

Bryophyta (division)

Native Sedges and Woodland Grasses

Carex spp., Calamagrostis spp., Festuca spp., and other native genera

Native Understory Ferns

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

Native Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.

Northern Seaoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Soft Shield Fern 'Plumosum'

Polystichum setiferum 'Plumosum'

Queen Josephine Hosta

Hosta 'Queen Josephine'