Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving shade perennials

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

Allegheny Viburnum

Viburnum alleghaniense

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

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'

Bowl of Cream

Hosta 'Bowl of Cream'

Box-leaved Holly

Ilex crenata

Bunchberry Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Green Velvet Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Velvet'

Candy Hearts Hosta

Hosta 'Candy Hearts'

Cascade Huckleberry

Vaccinium deliciosum

Cathedral Windows Hosta

Hosta 'Cathedral Windows'

Checkerberry

Gaultheria procumbens

Cherry Berry Hosta

Hosta 'Cherry Berry'

Climax Hosta

Hosta 'Climax'

Common Boxwood Angustifolia

Buxus sempervirens 'Angustifolia'

Compact Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta'

Compact Yew

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

Canadian Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Creeping Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei

Creeping Mahonia

Mahonia repens

Creeping Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

Curly Fries Hosta

Hosta 'Curly Fries'

Dancing Queen Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Queen'

Dark Green Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana and related cultivars

Decorata Hosta

Hosta 'Decorata'

Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

Densiformis Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

Devil's Club

Oplopanax horridus

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta minor

Dwarf Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Dwarf Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'

Dwarf Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'