Plant Growing Guides

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Creeping Ivy

Hedera helix

Creeping Ivy Goldheart

Hedera helix 'Goldheart'

Drought-tolerant native ferns

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

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Green Moss

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

Hawaiian Native Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet (Awapuhi) and other endemic species

Persian Ivy

Hedera colchica

Hedera ivy

Hedera helix

Ivy

Hedera helix

Common Ivy / English Ivy / Atlantic Ivy

Hedera hibernica

Ivy Ground Cover

Hedera species (primarily Hedera helix)

Ivy Groundcover

Hedera helix (English Ivy) / Hedera hibernica (Irish Ivy) / various Hedera species

Irish Ivy

Hedera hibernica

Mounted Ivy Irlandica

Hedera hibernica 'Irlandica'

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Persian Ivy

Hedera colchica

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 Ferns (Shade-loving)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Small-leaved Ivy

Hedera helix 'Parsley Crested'

Supplejack

Ripogonum scandens

Terrestrial Ferns

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

Trailing Ivy

Hedera helix

Trailing Ivy Oro di Bogliasco

Hedera helix 'Oro di Bogliasco'

Vinca Vine

Vinca major

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Water-loving Ferns

Pteridophyta (multiple species)

Wintercreeper Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei