Plant Growing Guides

American Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra var. neglecta

Balsam Zanzibar Red

Impatiens walleriana 'Zanzibar Red'

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

Canada Mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

Canada Violet

Viola canadensis

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Compact Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Dwarf Bedding

Impatiens walleriana (most common)

Dwarf Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Dwarf Impatiens Carnival Magenta

Impatiens walleriana 'Carnival Magenta'

Erect Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Flowering Understory Plants

Various species (forest floor shade-tolerant flowering plants)

Forest Wildflowers

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

Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Impatiens Blitz

Impatiens walleriana 'Blitz'

Impatiens Mega Pink (Busy Lizzie)

Impatiens walleriana 'Mega Pink'

Impatiens Deco

Impatiens walleriana 'Deco'

Impatiens Tempo Tempo Burgundy

Impatiens walleriana 'Tempo Tempo Burgundy'

Impatiens Tempo Orchid

Impatiens walleriana 'Tempo Orchid'

Impatiens (Busy Lizzie)

Impatiens walleriana

Infinity Yellow

Impatiens walleriana 'Infinity Yellow'

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Moss and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses) and Lichenized fungi (lichens)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Ground Cover

Bryophyta (division)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Mounding White

Impatiens walleriana 'Mounding White'

Native Flowering Understory Plants

Various species (regional)

Native Forbs and Wildflowers

Various species (polyphyletic group)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Native Groundcovers and Sedges

Carex spp. and various native groundcover genera

Native Sedges

Carex spp.

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Perennials and Wildflowers

Mixed native species (varies by region)

Native Sedges

Carex spp.

Native Sedges and Forbs

Carex spp., Juncus spp., and various herbaceous dicots

Native Sedges and Woodland Grasses

Carex spp., Calamagrostis spp., Festuca spp., and other native genera

Native Shade Perennials

Various species (mixed planting category)

Native Shade-Tolerant Wildflowers

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Violet

Viola species (various)

Native Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.