Plant Growing Guides

Alpine Lady Fern

Athyrium distentifolium

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Sambucus, Ilex, Viburnum, Cornus)

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Brookside Fern

Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis

Buckler Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

Canada Mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Inch Lichen

Cladonia uncialis

Compact Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Dense Shade-Preferring Plants

Various species (shade-tolerant flora)

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Dwarf Bedding

Impatiens walleriana (most common)

Dwarf Impatiens Carnival Magenta

Impatiens walleriana 'Carnival Magenta'

Erect Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Evergreen Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Buxus, Ilex, Taxus, Euonymus)

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Flowering Understory Plants

Various species (forest floor shade-tolerant flowering plants)

Forest Understory Plants

Various shade-tolerant species

Forest Wildflowers

Various species (Trillium, Bloodroot, Trout Lily, etc.)

Green Moss

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

Herbaceous Groundcovers

Various species (e.g., Ajuga reptans, Lysichiton americanus, Sagina subulata)

Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Impatiens Deco

Impatiens walleriana 'Deco'

Impatiens Tempo Tempo Burgundy

Impatiens walleriana 'Tempo Tempo Burgundy'

Impatiens Tempo Orchid

Impatiens walleriana 'Tempo Orchid'

Lichen and Moss

Lichenes (symbiotic) and Bryophyta (division)

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Moss and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses) and Lichenized fungi (lichens)

Mosses and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses); Lichenes (lichens)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Ground Cover

Bryophyta (division)

Moss-loving shade plants

Various species (Bryophyta division and shade-tolerant angiosperms)

Mounding White

Impatiens walleriana 'Mounding White'

Native Plants (General Growing Guide)

Various species by region

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Groundcovers and Sedges

Carex spp. and various native groundcover genera

Native Sedges

Carex spp.

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Native Mosses and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses) and Lichens (symbiotic fungus + algae/cyanobacteria)

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Perennials and Wildflowers

Mixed native species (varies by region)