Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving Perennials (Ferns)

Polypodiophyta (various genera)

Acid-loving shade perennials

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

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aoki

Aucuba japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Asarum

Asarum spp.

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

Aspidistra

Aspidistra elatior

Aitoku Aspidistra

Aspidistra aitoku

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 serratifolia

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba japonica var. serratifolia

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Aureomarginata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureomarginata'

Aureo-variegata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureo-variegata'

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

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

Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

Bishop's Weed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Blue Cadet Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Cadet'

Blue Skies Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Skies'

Blue Vision Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Vision'

Box-leaved Holly

Ilex crenata

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Green Velvet Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Velvet'

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Cast Iron Plant

Aspidistra elatior

Christmas Box

Sarcococca confusa

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Climax Hosta

Hosta 'Climax'

Coast Beard-heath

Leucothoe keiskei

Common Boxwood Angustifolia

Buxus sempervirens 'Angustifolia'

Compact Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta'

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Variegated Mirror Plant

Coprosma repens 'Variegata'