Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving ferns

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

Acid-loving Ground Covers

Various species (Gaultheria, Vaccinium, Euonymus, Ajuga, Lycopodium spp.)

Vinca (Periwinkle)

Vinca minor

Acid-loving Hosta

Hosta spp.

Acid-loving shade perennials

Multiple species (e.g., Rhododendron spp., Pieris spp., Kalmia spp.)

Japanese Bugbane

Actaea matsumurae

Baneberry, Black Baneberry, Black Cohosh

Actaea simplex

Adder's Tongue Fern

Ophioglossum vulgatum

Ajuga

Ajuga reptans

White Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Alba'

Alba Ajuga

Ajuga reptans 'Alba'

Ajuga Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans

Ajuga / Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans

Atropurpurea Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Ajuga Black Scallop

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Ajuga Bugleweed Burgundy Glow

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'

Ajuga Burgundy Glow

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'

Giant Bronze Ajuga

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Ajuga Metallic Crest

Ajuga reptans 'Metallic Crest'

Ajuga Multicolor

Ajuga reptans 'Multicolor'

White Ajuga

Ajuga reptans 'Alba'

Purple Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Atropurpurea Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'

Ajuga Jungle Green

Ajuga reptans 'Jungle Green'

Variegated Carpet Bugle

Ajuga reptans 'Variegata'

Allegheny Pachysandra

Pachysandra procumbens

Allegheny Spurge

Pachysandra procumbens

Allegheny Viburnum

Viburnum alleghaniense

Alpine Astilbe

Astilbe pumila

Alpine Lady Fern

Athyrium distentifolium

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aoki

Aucuba japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Appalachian Sedge

Carex appalachica

Apricot Hellebore

Helleborus × hybridus 'Apricot'

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Ashwood Spotted Double

Helleborus niger × argutifolius hybrid

Ashwood Strain White Form

Helleborus niger subsp. macranthus 'Ashwood Strain White Form'

Ashwood Strain Yellow Form

Erythronium californicum 'Ashwood Yellow Form'

Astilbe

Astilbe × arendsii

Astilbe Amethyst

Astilbe × arendsii 'Amethyst'

Astilbe Bressingham Ruby

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bressingham Ruby'

Astilbe Bridal Veil

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bridal Veil'

Astilbe Cattleya

Astilbe × arendsii 'Cattleya'