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

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Canadian wild ginger

Asarum canadense

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Asarum Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Asplenifolia

Asplenium ebeneum

Minutissimum Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissimum'

Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Dwarf Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

Japanese Aucuba 'Picturata'

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'

Japanese Aucuba (Gold Dust Plant)

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Aucuba Nana

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

Aucuba Rozannie

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

Aucuba 'Rozannie'

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba japonica var. serratifolia

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Aureo-variegata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureo-variegata'

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'

Box-leaved Holly

Ilex crenata

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum