Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving shade perennials

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

Allegheny Viburnum

Viburnum alleghaniense

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Appalachian Sedge

Carex appalachica

Minutissimum Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissimum'

Autumn Frost Hosta

Hosta 'Autumn Frost'

Baby Bunting Hosta

Hosta 'Baby Bunting'

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

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

Blue Cadet Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Cadet'

Blue Ivory Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Ivory'

Blue Mammoth Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mammoth'

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

Blue Skies Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Skies'

Blue Vision Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Vision'

Blue Wedgewood Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Wedgewood'

Bog-adapted Sedges

Carex species (various)

Bowl of Cream

Hosta 'Bowl of Cream'

Brittle Bladder Fern

Cystopteris fragilis

Brookside Sedge

Carex amphibola

Bunchberry Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Candy Hearts Hosta

Hosta 'Candy Hearts'

Fingered Sedge

Carex digitata

Gray Sedge

Carex divulsa

Tall Fescue Sedge

Carex elata

Gray's Sedge

Carex grayi

Muricate Sedge

Carex muricata ssp. muricata

Black Sedge

Carex nigra

Carex panicea

Carex panicea

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pennsylvanica

Remote Sedge

Carex remota

Carex (Sedge)

Carex spp.

Sedge (Carex)

Carex species

Pendulum Sedge

Carex pendula

Carex Sedge

Carex spp.

Sedge (Carex)

Carex spp.

Cascade Huckleberry

Vaccinium deliciosum

Cathedral Windows Hosta

Hosta 'Cathedral Windows'

Checkerberry

Gaultheria procumbens

Cherry Berry Hosta

Hosta 'Cherry Berry'

Climax Hosta

Hosta 'Climax'

Clubmoss

Lycopodium clavatum

Compact Yew

Taxus × media 'Densiformis' (or similar compact cultivars)

Canadian Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Creeping Mahonia

Mahonia repens

Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Creeping Sedge

Carex reptans

Creeping Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

Crested Buckler Fern

Dryopteris cristata