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

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Checkerberry

Gaultheria procumbens

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Cool-growing ferns

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

Creeping Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei

Decorata Hosta

Hosta 'Decorata'

Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

False Spirea Ostrich Plume

Astilbe × arendsii 'Ostrich Plume'

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Goldenseal

Hydrastis canadensis

Gold Standard Hosta

Hosta 'Gold Standard'

Great Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum

Hawaiʻi Tree Fern

Cibotium glaucum

Hawaiian Native Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet (Awapuhi) and other endemic species

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Hosta 'Allan P. McConnell'

Hosta 'Allan P. McConnell'

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

Golden Deadnettle

Lamium aureum

Laurustinus Lucidum

Viburnum tinus 'Lucidum'

Minuet Hosta

Hosta 'Minuet'

Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta ventricosa 'Variegata'

Native Ginger

Asarum canadense

Native Understory Ferns

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

Pandora's Box Hosta

Hosta 'Pandora's Box'

Patriot Hosta

Hosta 'Patriot'

Paul's Glory Hosta

Hosta 'Paul's Glory'

Queen Josephine Hosta

Hosta 'Queen Josephine'

Small Alpine Ferns

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

Black Snakeroot

Cimicifuga racemosa

Torch Song Hosta

Hosta 'Torch Song'

Undulata Hosta

Hosta undulata

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Wild Sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis