Plant Growing Guides

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Amazon Mist Hair Sedge

Carex comans 'Amazon Mist'

Pacific Sedge

Carex pellita

Jointed Sedge

Carex phyllocephala

Carex secta

Carex secta

Carex (Sedge)

Carex spp.

Sedge (Carex)

Carex species

Drought-tolerant native ferns

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

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

Ornamental Grasses and Ground Covers

Poaceae (grasses) and various ground cover families

Green Moss

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

Hawaiian Native Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet (Awapuhi) and other endemic species

Golden Clubmoss

Selaginella kraussiana 'Aurea'

Liriope Lilyturf Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Lilyturf 'Silvery Sunproof'

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Liriope Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Native Mosses

Bryophyta (division)

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Sedges and Forbs

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

Nutans

Acorus gramineus 'Nutans'

Japanese Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Oshimensis

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Oshimensis'

Sedge (Carex species)

Carex spp.

Mosses (General)

Bryophyta (Division)

Purple Cliff Brake

Pellaea atropurpurea

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Shade-loving Ginger

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

Shade-loving Herbs

Various species

Shade-tolerant grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium)

Smaller Ferns

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

Small Ferns (Shade-loving)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Terrestrial Ferns

Polypodiopsida (division) - various genera including Polystichum, Dryopteris, Athyrium, Osmunda