Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving ferns

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

Acid-loving Perennials (Ferns)

Polypodiophyta (various genera)

Acid-loving shade perennials

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

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Allegheny Viburnum

Viburnum alleghaniense

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Canadian wild ginger

Asarum canadense

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Asarum Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Asplenifolia

Asplenium ebeneum

Minutissimum Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissimum'

Autumn Frost Hosta

Hosta 'Autumn Frost'

Baby Bunting Hosta

Hosta 'Baby Bunting'

Baneberry

Actaea rubra

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

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

Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

Bishop's Weed Argenteum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Argenteum'

Bishop's Weed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Blue Cadet Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Cadet'

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

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'

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Bunchberry Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Calypogeia fissa

Calypogeia fissa

Candy Hearts Hosta

Hosta 'Candy Hearts'

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Cascade Huckleberry

Vaccinium deliciosum

Cathedral Windows Hosta

Hosta 'Cathedral Windows'

Checkerberry

Gaultheria procumbens

Cherry Berry Hosta

Hosta 'Cherry Berry'

Climax Hosta

Hosta 'Climax'

Compact Yew

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

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Cool-growing ferns

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

Canadian Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea