Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving Ground Covers

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

Vinca (Periwinkle)

Vinca minor

Acid-loving shade perennials

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

Ajuga

Ajuga reptans

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

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aoki

Aucuba japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Apricot Hellebore

Helleborus × hybridus 'Apricot'

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

Astilbe

Astilbe × arendsii

Astilbe Amethyst

Astilbe × arendsii 'Amethyst'

Astilbe Bressingham Ruby

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bressingham Ruby'

Astilbe Bridal Veil

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bridal Veil'

Chinese Astilbe 'Superba'

Astilbe chinensis 'Superba'

Astilbe Fanal

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Astilbe 'Fanal'

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Astilbe Koblenz

Astilbe × arendsii 'Koblenz'

Astilbe Red Baron

Astilbe × arendsii 'Red Baron'

Astilbe 'Red Beauty'

Astilbe × arendsii 'Red Beauty'

Astilbe 'Red Sentinel'

Astilbe × arendsii 'Red Sentinel'

Athyrium Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Painted Japanese Female Fern

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum (formerly Athyrium filix-femina 'Pictum')

Wavy-leaved Atrichum moss

Atrichum undulatum

Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Dwarf Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

Japanese Aucuba 'Picturata'

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'