Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving ferns

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

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Crested Shield Fern

Polystichum setiferum

Variegated Japanese False Solomon's Seal

Disporum sessile

Drought-tolerant native ferns

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

Dwarf Fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (and other dwarf cultivars)

Fragile Fern

Cystopteris fragilis

Fragrant Fern

Dryopteris fragrans

Golden Tiara Hosta

Hosta 'Golden Tiara'

Goldie's Wood Fern

Dryopteris goldiana

Goldthread

Coptis chinensis

Goutweed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Green Moss

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Bryum capillare, Dicranum scoparium)

Green Shamrock

Oxalis acetosella

Lamiastrum

Lamiastrum galeobdolon

Lamium (Dead Nettle)

Lamium spp.

Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Low-growing bog ferns

Dryopteris, Polystichum, Osmunda species (varies by type)

Spotted Dead-Nettle

Lamium maculatum

Marginal Shield Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Mayapple

Podophyllum peltatum

Moonshine Hosta

Hosta 'Moonshine'

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp.

Ostrich Feather

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Painted Japanese Fern

Athyrium niponicum

Partridge Berry

Mitchella repens

Pipsissewa

Chimaphila umbellata

Purple Cliff Brake

Pellaea atropurpurea

Shade-loving Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiber mioga, Asarum spp., and other shade-tolerant ginger species

Shade-loving Herbs

Various species

Small-leaved fern

Polystichum setiferum or Asplenium trichomanes (depending on species)

Small Shade-Loving Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Adiantum, Asplenium, Athyrium)

Small shade-tolerant herbaceous plants

Various species (mixed category)

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum dilatatum (formerly Smilacina dilata)

Spotted Deadnettle Aureum

Lamium maculatum 'Aureum'

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata